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Locations of the offices and jails in Tombstone before the completion of the county court house and city hall in 1882 are difficult to pin down as Tombstone was a town of tents, shacks and even wickiup’s in those first months of its existence and was in a constant state of transition. According to one source, The Last Chance: Tombstone’s Early Years, John Meyers Meyers, the location of Tombstone’s first jail or lockup was an adobe structure on Fremont St. near the one built in 1882 that stands there today. Another source mentions on the night Marshal Fred White was shot the lockup was described as “nearby” and was a structure about 10’ x 12’ and built with 2”x 4s”, one on top of the other and spiked together. It was described as quite strong and secure for ordinary purposes. ....
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The Truth About Wild West Gunfights Shutterstock By Joseph A. Williams/Jan. 22, 2021 11:53 am EDT Shootouts in the Wild West are, in the popular imagination, full of stereotypes. Many movie-goers have seen Clint Eastwood as a lone drifter coming to mete out justice through the barrel of a gun or an all star team of gunslingers defending a village ravaged by bandits. The Wild West, and in particular its shootouts, are engraved into popular culture. But are these shootouts true? The violence of Wild West shootouts has many surprising historic kernels of truth. Where it differs is that these affairs of quick death were even more violent than imagined, and there was often little distinction between good guys and bad guys. Many of these gunfights involved brutal individuals who sometimes worked on the side of the law and sometimes did not. In most cases, drunkenness and gambling were involved. In some cases, the historical events reveal outstanding ....