History:: The Clanton Gang was also known as “The Cowboys” by the locals in the Arizona Territory.
The Clanton’s arrived in the Arizona Territory in 1878. They first undertook ranching and freighting, but by 1873 they were involved in outlaw activities, including cattle rustling, stage robberies, ambushing teamsters and murder. With Newman Hayes “Old Man” Clanton at the helm, the Clanton family, with their neighbors - the McLaury’s, and several ranch hands, controlled the territory from Tombstone, Arizona to the Animas Valley in New Mexico. Their activities were unchallenged until the arrival of the Earp brothers to Tombstone. Their confrontations eventually led to the famous “Shoot Out at the O.K. Corral".
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