The Los Angeles Times reports that the town of Tombstone, Arizona has too many people wanting to reenact the famous gunfight at the OK corral.
Professional actors and retired gentlemen have formed various groups who sell their services to tourist visitors so they can watch a recreation of the famous event. Local politicians are concerned that there are way too many such groups and it is very disruptive to the town local folks.
(from the Times) “Every man in the United States born between 1942 and 1957 wanted to be a cowboy,” said Mike Christie, 37, a computer consultant who plays Wyatt Earp in Keith’s show. “When they retired from IBM or GE or wherever, they realized, ‘I can do this.’ And they moved here.”
October 26, 1881 the three Earp brothers fought two pairs of brothers. While a minor event in the real west, Hollywood movies have made it an important event today which draws thousands to the Arizona town to see where it happened. Wyatt Earp was the most famous of the three brothers and died in 1929.
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