U.S. & World History – Shortly after the famous gunfight at O.K. Corral October 26, 1881, the people in Tombstone, Arizona took sides. Some people sided with cowboys Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury. Others backed law enforcement. And even with the supporters of the cops, some people praised the town Marshal Virgil Earp, while others read his brother the Wyatt act.