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William Harrison Clanton (1862 – October 26, 1881) was an outlaw Cowboy in Cochise County, Arizona Territory. He, along with his father Newman Clanton and brother Ike Clanton, worked a ranch near the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory and stole livestock from Mexico and later U.S. ranchers.
Billy Clanton. American Folk Figure. He was a reluctant combatant in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. When becoming knowledgeable about the intentions of his older brother Ike to foster a confrontation with city lawmen, he attempted to calm him then persuade him to leave town.
Billy Clanton was a member of the Clanton Gang, a group of outlaws who feuded with the Earps in Arizona. He was killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881 and buried at Boothill Graveyard, where his tombstone can be seen today.
In Tombstone at the time of the gunfight were five members of the Cowboys: Billy Claiborne, brothers Ike and Billy Clanton, and brothers Tom and Frank McLaury. During that brief battle, 3 men were killed, 3 were wounded, 2 ran away, and one fought but was unharmed.
Nov 24, 2009 · On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
The Clanton family and their ranch hands were a loosely organized gang of outlaws who operated along the Mexican border, stealing cattle, robbing stagecoaches, ambushing teamsters, and committing murder. They were commonly known as the Clanton Gang or simply the “Cowboys.”
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2:30 p.m. October 26, 1881. The most famous gunfight of wild west history gets under way in a vacant lot officially known as Lot #2, Block 17, in Tombstone, Arizona. The Earps, Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil, along with Doc Holliday open fire on nineteen year old Billy Clanton, Tom, and Frank McLaury.
