"All of the principals are labeled, including the three Earp brothers, the McLaurys, Doc Holliday, Billy Clanton, "Billy the Kid" Claiborne, several witnesses, and the crowd which came to watch from the south end of town. However, the star lot in the auction by mile was one linked to Corbett's near contemporary Wyatt S Earp, a gunfighter from the Battle at OK Corral - generally regarded as the most famous gunfight in the history of the Old West.Įarp's own annotated sketch of the epic battle (produced during an 'interview' about the gunfight with a man he regarded as a son, John Flood) with the Clanton and McLaury brothers went under the hammer. "He lived but a short time after he was shot, perhaps 3 hours, and at or about Seven O- clock that morning he died." The letter sold as expected for $20,000. Written to a well-wisher, Mr Harrington, in May 1865 it reads: "Dear Sir In Answer to Your request I would say that Booth was Shot on the Morning of the 26th of April 1865 Near Port Royal, Virginia at which place we crossed the Rappahannock in Pursuit. Also provided in the sale was a handwritten, signed letter by the lawman.
#OSKETCH OF OLD WEST GUNFIGHT CRACK#
The Union army sergeant shot President Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth as the latter passed a crack in the wall of a burning barn in Virginia - against orders to take him alive. Thomas P "Boston" Corbett would certainly consider himself to be a true American too, regardless of what others might have thought of his actions. Without any particular kind words being offered, the gun made it as far as $20,000.Ĭapone considered himself to be living out the American ideal of capitalism. "You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." Capone was once quoted as saying. Colt records indicate that this pistol was manufactured in 1939, the year Capone was released from federal prison. 384221, bears a four inch barrel, Colt logo stamped on the left side, with factory-original wood grips with Colt logos in relief. 38 Special revolver was up for grabs at the sale. Thought to have been responsible for the St Valentine's Day massacre, he was eventually locked up on tax evasion charges.His personal Colt Police Positive. In future issues, we will showcase other seldom-seen or never-before-published photos of people who were a part of the Old West.Over the weekend Alexander Autographs held its Fall Historical Auction, which held some classic pieces of Americana, and proved to be dominated by the United States's love of guns:Īl Capone is one of the most famous gangsters to have lived. Some of these images are of famous, or infamous, characters, whereas others are unidentified and unknown. In the slide show, we offer a sampling of their photographs of Native Americans, mountain men, scouts, buffalo hunters, military leaders, cowboys, gamblers, gunfighters, rangers and showmen. We are fortunate that thousands of local and traveling photographers captured every aspect of Western life. Curtis are a wonderful, beautiful and sometimes sad record of the Western landscape and its native people. Photographs taken by pioneer photographers from William Henry Jackson to Edward S. Native Americans, who stood in the way of the European invaders, were inevitably doomed, but they had great leaders and fought a noble battle for their way of life. Some were lawless and ruthless, while most were hardworking and religious. Many were uneducated except in the way of the wilderness.
Beginning with the California 49ers, there now exists a priceless photographic record of those brave, foolish, reckless, legendary souls who opened up a frontier. Photography became available just in time to capture most of the Westward movement of our nation.Īlthough too late for the Spanish Southwest and the early explorers such as Lewis and Clark, the arrival of the daguerreotype in America in the 1840s was just in time for the second half of the 19th century in the West.
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