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May 14, 2013 · William Floyd Claiborne, called Billy the Kid (not to be confused with the original “Billy the Kid” whose given name was William H. Bonney), was born in Mississippi on Oct. 21, 1860. He came to Arizona in the early 1880s and worked as an amalgamator at mines in Charleston (a town a few miles southwest of Tombstone) and at the Neptune smelter in Hereford. Claiborne eventually fell in with a ...
Sep 5, 2006 · Five of the Cowboys (Ike and Billy Clanton, Frank and Tom McLaury and Billy Claiborne), Cowboy sympathizer Wes Fuller and Billy Clanton’s and Frank’s horses had ended up in a 15-foot-wide vacant lot on the south side of Fremont Street behind the O.K. Corral.
Jan 15, 2019 · Ike Clanton, Billy Claiborne, and Wes Fuller were the only Cowboys who came out of the fight alive – and that was because they ran for their lives. 30 rounds were fired in a matter of 30 seconds behind the O.K. Corral. The Earps came out with a few scratches, but three Cowboys were dead. The Aftermath Of The Shootout
On October 26, when Virgil Earp attempted to arrest Ike Clanton, Frank and Tom McLaury, Billy Clanton, and Billy Claiborne for disturbing the peace, all hell broke loose. In what has since forever been known as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton made the mistake of cocking their pistols when approached by the Earp ...
They were Billy Claiborne, brothers Ike and Billy Clanton, and brothers Frank and Tom McLaury. These two groups hated each other. Long story short. Between 1879 and 1880, Tombstone's population exploded with prospectors searching for silver ore and the town needed law enforcement.
Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton rode into town and stopped at the saloon in the Grand Hotel. Cowboy pal Billy Claiborne told them of the beatings delivered to their brothers, and Frank dropped his whiskey glass without taking a sip. As the afternoon continued, the town grew more and more agitated, buzzing with trepidation that a conflict was ...
William "Billy" Claiborne was a 19th century Human cattle rustler and horse thief who was involved in the shootout at the OK Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona, on October 26, 1881. Claiborne was one of two survivors on the losing side of the duel, the other being Ike Clanton. In 2268, Pavel Chekov was identified as Billy Claiborne in a bizarre recreation of the duel created by the Melkot. (TOS ...
