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Johnny Behan. John Harris Behan (October 24, 1844 – June 7, 1912) was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as Sheriff of Cochise County in the Arizona Territory, during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was known for his opposition to the Earps. Behan was sheriff of Yavapai County from 1871 to 1873.
v. t. e. Boothill Graveyard is a small graveyard of at least 250 interments located in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. [ 2 ] Also known as the "Old City Cemetery", the graveyard was used after 1883 only to bury outlaws and a few others. It had a separate Jewish cemetery, which is nearby.
Frederick G. White (c. 1849 – October 30, 1880) was an American lawman and the first town marshal (equivalent to chief of police) of the mining boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory. White was elected to the position on January 6, 1880. At the time, Tombstone was still an emerging frontier town with fewer than 1,000 residents, and did not ...
January 31, 1931. (1931-01-31) (aged 84) Tucson, Arizona, US. Nationality. American. Known for. Lawman in the American Old West and author of Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite. William Milton Breakenridge (December 25, 1846 – January 31, 1931) [1] was an American lawman, teamster, railroader, soldier and author.
The O.K. Corral hearing and aftermath was the direct result of the 30-second Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on October 26, 1881. During that confrontation, Deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone Town Marshal Virgil Earp, Assistant Town Marshal Morgan Earp, and temporary deputy marshals Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday shot and killed Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury.
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cowboys on October 26, 1881. While lasting less than a minute, the gunfight has been the subject of books and films into the 21st century. Taking place in the town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory, the ...
Ellen "Nellie" O'Kissane was born in County Cork in the mid 1840s to Frances and Patrick O'Kissane. Their surname was later anglicized to Cashman. [6] Some sources give 1844 as her year of birth, while some other research indicates she was the Ellen Cashman baptised on 15 October 1845. The exact location of her birth is uncertain; she was ...
These lies were monstrously bigger than Nixon’s denials about his knowledge of Watergate, but by 2000, fewer politicians were paying a price for lying. It was, looking back, a transitional time.