128 years ago today ...

It was on this date, October 26, 1881, when the famous shoot-out at the O.K. Corral took place in Tombstone, Arizona. In an age where we're buried in politics, it's hard to believe this event was highly political, with the Democrats verses the Republicans. At each other's throats even way back then -- now there's a surprise. There's so much interesting information about this event, as well as the people and town, that I couldn't begin to cover it all. Check out the O.K. Corral website if you want to learn more.

We visited Tombstone, Arizona during one of our vacations. A lot of people don't like those tourist-trap places, but I thought it was cool. There's so much history surrounding this one little town. We spoke with someone in one of the stores and they had the movie Tombstone playing on a small television. Many people believe this is the most accurate telling of what happened. It's one of my favorite movies and Val Kilmer's role as Doc Holliday totally makes the film. I found a clip of some of him online ...