After silver was discovered nearby in 1877, Tombstone quickly grew into one of the richest mining towns in the Southwest. Wyatt Earp, a former Kansas police officer working as a bank security guard, and his brothers, Morgan and Virgil, the town marshal, represented "law and order" in Tombstone, though they also had reputations as being power-hungry and ruthless. The Clantons and McLaurys were cowboys who lived on a ranch outside of town and sidelined as cattle rustlers, thieves and murderers. In October 1881, the struggle between these two groups for control of Tombstone and Cochise County ended in a blaze of gunfire at the OK Corral.
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Today in social studies:
7th grade- Skills Iowa & group work on Road Trip USA Task #3 in class.
6th grade- Skills Iowa & Skills Tutor in class.
8th grade- Skills Iowa & 3rd World Farmer, which goes along with our book, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
Mr. Johnson
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