The Gunfight at the OK Corral on 26 October 1881 is one of the most enduring stories of the Old West. It led to a series of violent incidents that culminated in the Vendetta Ride in which Wyatt Earp Doc Holliday & several other gunslingers went after their rivals the Cowboys. Like most tales of the Wild West the facts are buried under layers of myth & the line between good guys & bad guys is blurry. Wyatt Earp leader of the so-called good guys was charged with stealing horses in the Indian Territory in 1870 & jumped bail. Becoming a buffalo hunter & gambler he got into several scrapes & earned a reputation as a gunfighter. Several times he helped lawmen arrest outlaws but usually his assistance came more because of a personal grudge against the criminal than any real respect for law & order. He even got fired from a police job in Wichita for beating up a political rival.