O.K. Corral (building)

O.K. Corral
Allen Street frontage
O.K. Corral (building) is located in Arizona
O.K. Corral (building)
O.K. Corral (building) is located in the United States
O.K. Corral (building)
LocationTombstone, Arizona
Coordinates31°42′46.9″N 110°4′3.6″W / 31.713028°N 110.067667°W / 31.713028; -110.067667
Part ofTombstone Historic District (ID66000171)
Designated CPOctober 15, 1966[1]

The O.K. Corral (Old Kindersley[2]) was a livery and horse corral from 1879 to about 1888 in the mining boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, in the southwestern United States near the border with Mexico.

Despite its association with the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the historic gunfight did not take place within or next to the corral on Allen Street, but in a narrow lot on Fremont Street, six doors west of the rear entrance to the corral. The lot was between Harwood's home and C. S. Fly's 12-room boarding house and photography studio.[3]

The 1957 film Gunfight at the O.K. Corral made the shootout famous and the public was incorrectly led to believe it was the actual location of the altercation. Despite the historical inaccuracy, the corral is marketed as the location of the shootout, and visitors can pay to see a re-enactment of the gunfight. The corral is now part of the Tombstone Historic District.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Bell, Bob Bose (2006) True West Magazine
  3. ^ Ziegler, Jack (May 5, 2000). "C.S. Fly: Frontier Photographer". Benson News-Sun. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2014.