I love rewatching these videos!! His voice takes me back to a time when kids rode bikes and summer days lasted forever, and summer nights were filled with fireflies and neighborhood gatherings. When you waited all week for your favorite tv show to come on and cartoons were just for Saturday morning. Before you grew up and things become complicated. What a magical gift to possess. Being able to take people to a time where each household only had 1- phone with one number and no one called after 10pm. I miss the simplicity of those days sometimes but I always have Jerry Skinner and his timeless voice to take me back.
@@JerrySkinner1943 Wow, thank you so much. Your videos mean so much especially with so much crap out there. I have never watched one I didn’t like and I rewatch them often before bed. Thanks for taking the time to make them.
I agree with you I really miss those days. I m 68 years old and boy do I miss those times. Way before all of these pronouns, when men were men and women were women. I grew up hunting and fishing , sense I was about 6years old. When you could buy a gun down at the old store as long as you had the money. No background checks and hardly any murders.
I grew up next door to Virgil Earps grandson, George Law in Portland Oregon. He told the best stories to us kids. He passed away in 1983 at his breakfast table drinking his coffee from a saucer as he always did. Said drinking coffee out of a saucer would give your life longevity. He passed away at 93 years old. He was self supportive till the day he died
@Bear woman Harley Cassie Quinn Saenz how do you think the rest of us Earps got here. Had they of not had children I wouldn't be here. Wyatt never had any more children after his first wife and child died.
@Sid Nunja You still need the cup. I still remember my grandparents "saucering" their coffee. Pour from cup to saucer then drink. I thought it was mostly to cool it some, but also to filter out the grounds that the percolators without a paper filter allowed to pass into the coffee.
@@mr.mikeaz OK, but I'm sure they sometimes lived in a house and used a percolator. I know my grandparents lived in a house on their farm and perced their coffee on a wood fired cookstove. My point was you had a lot of grounds in your coffee, whether perced on a stove in a house or boiled in a pot on a fire. I think the cup to saucer routine helped to reduce the amount of coffee grounds you swallowed, which may be why they considered it better for your health. My Old Man was born in 1904 & he also saucered his coffee. And yea, I've boiled a few pots of coffee myself. I grew up in a remote area without electricity or indoor plumbing & am no stranger to wood fires. My Old Man had a friend who was a trick shooter with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and claimed he knew Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, and other famous western characters. He was also a Hollywood stunt man & was in movies with Tom Mix. He had a lot of tall stories and as a kid I liked listening to him. He ALWAYS carried a brace of Navy Colts & was quite proficient with them, even up into his 80's. BTW, in colonial days people slept sitting up. It was considered very bad for your health to lie flat while sleeping. If you ever get a chance to tour an army barracks from the 1700's you will notice how short the bunks are, and it isn't because they were all midgets. Not related to this conversation, just an interesting "health fact" from the old days. Nice chatting with you, it brought up some old memories. As you can tell from my rambling. lol Enjoy your Sunday.
I'm from Costa Rica, our grand parents told my brothers and I stories about the Earp brothers, but mostly from Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp. My grand father had newspapers from the US were many real stories were written about them. Listening to Mr. Skinner brought to my memory those nights in the kitchen table and all the kids around my grand parents waiting for those fantastic stories about the Wild West. Thank you Mr. Skinner!
As an Englishman growing up in the 60's, and watching all the western films on TV and in the Cinema, watching this documentary was an eye opener, and a great history lesson, with a great narrative, and I thank you for sharing it, excellent
This is an outstanding documentary and an important historical document. The richness of detail and the wonderful narrative delivery makes this piece more like a movie than a documentary. My thanks and congratulations for such a classic documentary.
I live in Southern Arizona about 1 hour from tombstone. I go there from time to time and just enjoy looking everything over knowing the history of it. This film ads to the wealth of knowledge of this Great Western Historical Site.
your telling of history, esp the old West is inspiring. My only complaint is that I wish your stories lasted longer - you are a marvelous Historian !!!
Amazing video/documentary-short. I love the way it’s narrated & the way it’s completely unbiased. I am a history fanatic and this type of story telling couldn’t be more perfect. Thank you!
Very interesting and well put together. I live in Arizona and I've been to Tombstone several times , and I highly recommend visiting the birdcage theater. It feels like you're stepping back in time. They have the old horse-drawn hearse that took the dead from the gunfight at the OK Corral down to the cemetery. They have the old Faro card tables that were used during Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday's time there. And much more. It's mostly just the way it was back in the 1800s.
I am 80 years old. When I was 10 or so, when my Grandad's friends would visit, I would sit and listen to their stories. They all grew up in the latter part of the 1880s, in various parts of the South and Texas. Their stories were just as interesting (and harrowing), as the famous stories. The sheriffs and lawmen were nearly always reformed (sometimes) outlaws. For the simple fact that it took someone who knew the ways of the lawbreakers to keep them under control. It's like US Highway 80 vs. Route 66 during the great migrations to California during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Just as many stories, just as tragic and successful, it just never made the movies. My Mother and her sister grew up on my Grandad's farm, a little way west of Fort Worth, Texas on US 80. US 80 was called the Southern Route to the West Coast. This carried the travelers from the Deep South on their way to the Promised Land. None of the frontiers, from the 1700s through the early 1900 was Little House on the Prairie. I read that Laura Engels Wilder said that she always wanted to write a book about what it life on the frontier was really like. But she said no publisher would touch it. Those days are gone, and what I saw and experienced growing up it the rural South, I can honestly say, "Good riddance."
One edit, sorry... Mrs. Laura Ingalls Wilder was the author's name. They traveled from Wisconsin to Kansas, back to Wisconsin, and then to Minnesota, then Iowa, then back to Minnesota, then to Dekota Territory settling in DeSmett. The parents Charles, and Caroline stayed out the rest of their lives there, but Laura, and her Almonzo Wilder moved to Florida for a bit, and then moved to Missouri settling in a small town called Mansfield. They lived out their days there. Just a little information about a true Pioneer woman, and her family. Her father, and mother might not be in history books like the Tombstone bunch, but just like thousands of other Pioneer families, they are the "regular joes" that just tried to get by in their lives...surviving. If Laura Ingalls Wilder hadn't had a daughter (named Rose Wilder Lane) who saw her mother as already a talented writer for the local newspaper, and helped her get her penciled composition notebooks together, and get her memories written down in book form.....we wouldn't have known of some of the basic day to day lives of men and women who survived those days of old. She really did a good job of putting her memories in a format that was easy to understand, and it doesn't matter how old you are...She makes it feel like you were right there with her, and her families. Blessings 😊
My grandmother was born in 1902 and witnessed in her life biplanes to jet aircraft and went from outhouses to indoor plumbing. She always said " The only good thing about the old days was that they were gone". It always made me laugh.
I've been to Tombstone many times, listened to tour guides, watched movies read stories and have never learned as much as I did watching this video. Very good job!!
So fascinating to listen to . It take one back to the old west . As a young girl I loved watch all the western movies with my dear father .. And the outlaws and the fight at the old coral . Love how you narrate these story’s . Hi from Australian.
I lived in Tombstone for a few years on Toughnut Street. My house was across the street from Dr. Goodfellow who treated both Virgil and Morgan. Miss that town.
Timothy Blackburn , yes everyone went to Sierra Vista to shop, doctors, etc. Don’t know how much the town has changed, its been a few years. I love that whole area with so much history.
Visiting almost all of the old west towns, still more I want to visit, Tombstone has been my favorite so far. So much happened. I wish I could truly experience how they lived back then. It just fascinates me.
You have your pick of every city in the USA... and you pick Tombstone. lol That is so morbid.... sorry i completely understand. its just funny is all. :)
Another fantastic narration by the MASTER STORY TELLER Mr. Jerry Skinner...You kept me glued to the computer for the whole 47 minutes.....I did,t even take a bathroom break...
SunEagle Cherokee awesome thanks! I'm definitely going to check that out! I loved Bonanza even though it was before my time. My mom was a HUGE fan! She had all of their horses (figurines/toys) and passed them down to me. I say toys because I remember a few of them had ball bearings in the hooves. :)
@@MrWolfheart111 My time in Tombstone was amazing. I only spent four nights there in September and it still wasn't enough time to see all the territory had to offer. You really need two weeks at least. I hope to return again.
Allright, as a fellow european let me ask...do you get what this is all about?^^ I know the basic outline of the story, but I don't get the further implications or historic significans.
The story of the Earps and the cowboy clash is the archetype of the myth of the lawless wild west. The taming of the west is more or less condensed down into this clash between these rivals who lived back then. As time has gone by the stories have been romanticized by Hollywood and books written on the subject.. Great stuff.
yasser Chill ! As many jobs That I’ve done Truck driving was the most interesting as I’ve literally seen and been All over the United States except Puerto Rico,Hawaii,and Alaska So I’ve seen all the important landmarks,Statue of Liberty,Niagara Falls,Mt.Rushmore you name it I’ve been there but to me the most Beautiful was the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls ! Of course there are more but i was most moved by the aforementioned ! But I’d trade them ALL TO LIVE WHERE YOU DO ! Also i was born and raised about 65 miles from Yellowstone National park !
I wrote the genealogy of the Nicholas Porter Earp family for Allie Earp. Information was used in her remembrances book. There are a couple of inaccuracies in this video. Wyatt died from prostate cancer not a bladder infection. I have his death certificate. The first photograph this video shows Josephine Marcus is not Josephine. It is a photograph from a Mexican playing card deck that was commonly used in tombstone and printed up as a small poster. It is a product of the tourist industry. Much of what Josephine wrote on Wyatt and her "marriage" to him is also fiction.
I’m not sure which photo of Josie Marcus you’re speaking of. Is it the side view picture, shown at about 12:23 on the video timeline, or the very provocative and revealing front view, located at 22:32? Also, I found this very strange… at about the 4:00 minute mark, it states that Virgil lost the use of one of his arms in the the Civil War. How is this possible? How could he be a lawman in any town with only one arm? Then when he got ambushed at night by the cowboys, he also lost the use of his arm. Something doesn’t add up.
I love all this info, thank you! My foster parents took me to tombstone and boot hill cemetery when I was 15. I ended up marrying my high-school sweetheart named Wyatt and we also need our son Wyatt. A few years ago I visited Wyatt Earp's grave for my birthday. *In Colma Ca.
I lived in Tucson for a decade and frequently visited Tombstone…it’s an absolute must do if you’re ever in Arizona. This documentary is so well put together and makes me want to visit again even though I now live in Florida.
YOU Sir are the BEST ! That was so informative ! So smooth and well paced ... not choppy cuts and cut in interviews. Love the way you cover the peripheral people and their stories and cause of death and all. Maybe you should do a Bio on you .... I have feeling you are a Texas Western movie Star !
I really enjoyed that. I spent over a month there in 2005, guarding the border and spent a few hrs in Big Nose Kate's Saloon. I love the history there and felt as though I was 'at home.' Bravo to you for the history lesson.
Thank you very much for this informative and very interesting article. I was born and raised and still live in proximity to the area where all of this occurred so that made it doubly interesting for me. My Dad was a cow puncher at the DeMoss ranch near Lordsburg, NM and my uncle, John Dallies, the subject of a chapter in a book by the name of Hash Knife Cowboy, worked as a Cowboy and Horse Wrangler at and around Payson, AZ. I verily enjoyed their stories and banter whenever my Dad and Uncle were together. Your article reminded me of some of their stories, very good memories. Thanks again.
Lived in AZ from 1959 to 2014 visited Tombstone many times. I thought I knew the history of the Earp's but learned some new stuff watching this. Thanks Jerry for another fabulous lesson of history.
A bloody big blimey from Blighty here! That was astonishingly fascinating and captivating - and makes you see how rough life was on every level there back then, its a wonder that American society survived, let alone propogated. Wonderful narration, superbly documented with successive details and illustrated by remarkable imaginary and a non-intrusive but essential and gentle backing track. Absolutely brilliant! Thank you for the upload. Mark. London.
Just love these documentries Jerry, fabulous accounts of life at that time, the visual tour of Tombstone is great and the black "wheelie bin" just up from the Crystal Palace really brings the whole thing up to date, they are everywhere in the UK! Many thanks for such interesting histories, well done!
Yep, Jerry you make the greatest documentaries. It is clear you do your homework, and the Photos, and videos shots TO ME ARE FANTASTIC. Keep up the good work!! BB
Another classic by Mr. Skinner. It has been a while since I watched this one but it popped up on my sidebar and I had to give it a watch once again! Thanks for all the great content Mr. Skinner!!
Another great video, I was lucky enough to visit tombstone 30years ago and after seeing this i'm thinking of taking of a trip back there. thanks for another great upload cheers.
Much of Tombstone wasn't entirely perfect, but let's accept that the movie got much correct. Many many events were condensed for time to occur on the same day in the movie, like the shooting of Virgil Earp; and killing of Morgan Earp. Aswell as some events are misplaced; like a specific scene whereupon Wyatt Earp enters a saloon and throws a man out of it by his ear, this did actually occur however it occured later than in the movie. See the movie reviewer, History Buffs. He did a review on the historicity of Tombstone, and how accurate the events in it were.
The thing that I really disliked about the movie (despite it being a favorite of mine), was that I knew from old photos what a town like Tombstone looked like in the period between 1880-1900... it was more like an average small town of the period, not so much the look of a spread out western town from old movies. Old photos of the actual shootout location look small and a bit cramped, like a long and narrow series of "back yards", not the larger open areas of the actual corral as always used in films... even the one film that almost got the story right. The movies always make it look like they were shooting back and forth at a distance of 50 feet or more, not the close quarters of the real story, less than 10 feet apart.
The video shows an image of the Papago Cash Store (the video has mistaken it for Fly's Boarding House). It was the windowless buiding with the A-framed roof, next to the rear entrance to the OK Corral. On the other side of the back entrance is Bauer's Union Market, mislabeled here as the Harwood House...
I had a photo of some guy dressed up as a cowboy and I never knew who he was til I visited my grandma in the summer of 8th grade (in '68). She told me her sister married an Earp and it was a photo of her son, Hobart Earp. She told me that he and my dad would carouse around Des Moines Ipwa as teenagers. She said every August he would fly down to Tombstone and play the part of Wyatt for their Tombstone Days pageant. I think I might have seen him once but I was very young at the time.
well actually its better here than tv because tv will just keep lying or romanticizing on the real truth better it stays here than in some producers hands
Agree with the comments above... why liberal producers have to stretch the story line so far from the truth/actual events is absolutely ridiculous. I sat and watched this entire video and though the Hollywood version of the Earps/Tombstone was good, I think had it followed more of the actual witness accounts... I would have enjoyed it that much more!
Jerry Skinner , your southern voice telling historical stories is like a spider spinning a web it catches people up and draws them in I am glad to be told amazing historical information by you I stumbled a upon them and so happy I did
A great deal of research went into this accurate and quality presentation! When Apache troubles occurred my ancestors who lived in St. David gathered up in the little army post in Fairbanks south of Tombstone. 12:18 at the town site of Charleston along the San Pedro River I once found two old bullet shells. A smaller fitted into a larger shell with what sounded like little rocks inside. It had been stepped on by a cow and could not be pulled apart. I gave it to a gal in Sierra Vista. She likely tossed it out perhaps. I later heard that was how goldpanners stored their finds. Probably not worth much but a real piece of history!
Unfortunately, there are several glaring errors in just the first 4 mins of this video (see my comment). I haven’t even watched the rest yet, but I expect many more.
@@samiam619 I live in Tombstone and did notice that he said Pima county. We live in Cochise county. I will say these videos are the most detailed and personal that I have seen. I saw no more errors and really enjoy all of his videos.
Having lived a few miles from Tombstone for nearly 25 years, I have heard it all. Drove by the "old Clanton place" many times on Charleston Rd. Also got the opportunity to meet some of the Clanton family.
I could listen to Jerry read the phone book and enjoy it. But these videos always have that extra info you just never hear about. So well done - thank you.
Obviously, a much different account in real life than by what Hollywood has ever released but I enjoyed Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer in the movie "Tombstone". Jerry's research and development makes every one of these histories a joy to watch and the viewers come away with a better understanding of the people involved and the actual facts. As we all know, facts often get in the way of a good movie script! Great job on the video, as always!
Kim Smith - That's the rumor! I've always thought "Doc Holliday" had some of the best lines in Tombstone of any of the characters portrayed. Val Kilmer's acting was simply effortless and stands out among a very talented cast. Val Kilmer should have been recognized for his performance in Tombstone, period! Great movie, not based on actual facts that. I guess "alternative facts" were used, do we need to consider this a "fake movie"?
I saved this which is pretty rare for me to do. I visited Tombstone. It was interesting to hear the history of it and go more in-depth and actually know what happened in those buildings that I saw. Good job keeping history alive.
I never knew my grandparents on my mom's side, they died before I was born. They lived their entire married life in Douglas, AZ. But through research I found out my grandmother had lived in Tombstone and my grandfather(from Douglas) met her and married her in Tombstone in 1914. I found the Tombstone Epitaph article in the online archives that announced their marriage, and have a digital copy of it. Her father, my great grandfather, was a miner and lived in Congress, Lowell, and even Brewery Gulch, before settling in Tombstone. After his daughter was married, he and his wife also moved to Douglas and was caretaker of the fairgrounds in Douglas, until his death. His wife, my great grandmother, then moved in with my mom's family in Douglas. My mom couldn't get out of Douglas fast enough, and eventually ended up in Santa Monica with her husband. I never knew any of my mom's family because she wanted out of Douglas so badly. Slowly, I have found out more about my family bloodlines, though I never knew any of them. Thanks for this detailed documentary, Jerry! I'm born and raised in Los Angeles, I never knew Wyatt Earp lived his later years and died here!
I've learned more from your documentary than any other I have seen. Very well done. I can't wait to visit one day. Thank you so much for this fascinating doc!!
Mr Skinner, thank you for this wonderful insight. My wife and I traveled from England to Phoenix, Arizona to visit with family and whilst there we drove down and spent a day in Tombstone. That day will live long in my memory, having been brought up with cowboy stories as a boy in England. Your video has us smiling with fond memories but they mean so much more now you have told us the story that goes with them. Best wishes to you and to those you hold dear from Bristol, England
Tombstone brought me back to relive this classic,and mr skinner can tell me bedtime stories,that i could easily fall asleep too..enjoyed mr skinner 3yrs later 🥂
Your video is great and easy to follow. Nice memories too of the time I was the Activities Director at a personal care center and drove a school bus full of older folks from Tucson to Tombstone and Bisbee nearly 40 years ago on a great adventure. Thank you.
This is the most informative video on the old west I have seen. Great video! Goes to show you don't need grafix just a good story teller and some pictures.
Excellent job making this video. Much more informative than anything I’ve ever seen on the discovery channel. In fact, they should hire you to make a documentary.
I love rewatching these videos!! His voice takes me back to a time when kids rode bikes and summer days lasted forever, and summer nights were filled with fireflies and neighborhood gatherings. When you waited all week for your favorite tv show to come on and cartoons were just for Saturday morning. Before you grew up and things become complicated. What a magical gift to possess. Being able to take people to a time where each household only had 1- phone with one number and no one called after 10pm. I miss the simplicity of those days sometimes but I always have Jerry Skinner and his timeless voice to take me back.
Thank you M Marceau, reading your comment takes me back to a simpler time that brings us together, all of us that remember. Thank you again . Jerry
@@JerrySkinner1943 Wow, thank you so much. Your videos mean so much especially with so much crap out there. I have never watched one I didn’t like and I rewatch them often before bed. Thanks for taking the time to make them.
Well put, Marc. I miss those days too. And Mr. Skinner is a treasure.
Reading your comment just took me back to my childhood, the late 80s early 90s. Those were the good old days in my book...
I agree with you I really miss those days. I m 68 years old and boy do I miss those times. Way before all of these pronouns, when men were men and women were women. I grew up hunting and fishing , sense I was about 6years old. When you could buy a gun down at the old store as long as you had the money. No background checks and hardly any murders.
I grew up next door to Virgil Earps grandson, George Law in Portland Oregon. He told the best stories to us kids. He passed away in 1983 at his breakfast table drinking his coffee from a saucer as he always did. Said drinking coffee out of a saucer would give your life longevity. He passed away at 93 years old. He was self supportive till the day he died
Carl Stanley WOW, love it.
@Bear woman Harley Cassie Quinn Saenz how do you think the rest of us Earps got here. Had they of not had children I wouldn't be here. Wyatt never had any more children after his first wife and child died.
@Sid Nunja You still need the cup. I still remember my grandparents "saucering" their coffee. Pour from cup to saucer then drink. I thought it was mostly to cool it some, but also to filter out the grounds that the percolators without a paper filter allowed to pass into the coffee.
@@momisboss what percolator coffee was boiled right in the water to many parts to carry on the trail
@@mr.mikeaz OK, but I'm sure they sometimes lived in a house and used a percolator. I know my grandparents lived in a house on their farm and perced their coffee on a wood fired cookstove. My point was you had a lot of grounds in your coffee, whether perced on a stove in a house or boiled in a pot on a fire. I think the cup to saucer routine helped to reduce the amount of coffee grounds you swallowed, which may be why they considered it better for your health. My Old Man was born in 1904 & he also saucered his coffee. And yea, I've boiled a few pots of coffee myself. I grew up in a remote area without electricity or indoor plumbing & am no stranger to wood fires.
My Old Man had a friend who was a trick shooter with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and claimed he knew Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, and other famous western characters. He was also a Hollywood stunt man & was in movies with Tom Mix. He had a lot of tall stories and as a kid I liked listening to him. He ALWAYS carried a brace of Navy Colts & was quite proficient with them, even up into his 80's.
BTW, in colonial days people slept sitting up. It was considered very bad for your health to lie flat while sleeping. If you ever get a chance to tour an army barracks from the 1700's you will notice how short the bunks are, and it isn't because they were all midgets. Not related to this conversation, just an interesting "health fact" from the old days.
Nice chatting with you, it brought up some old memories. As you can tell from my rambling. lol Enjoy your Sunday.
Love your documentaries Jerry, I’ve wasted many an afternoon NOT doing my housework!! Your voice is divine. X
I'm from Costa Rica, our grand parents told my brothers and I stories about the Earp brothers, but mostly from Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp. My grand father had newspapers from the US were many real stories were written about them. Listening to Mr. Skinner brought to my memory those nights in the kitchen table and all the kids around my grand parents waiting for those fantastic stories about the Wild West. Thank you Mr. Skinner!
As an Englishman growing up in the 60's, and watching all the western films on TV and in the Cinema, watching this documentary was an eye opener, and a great history lesson, with a great narrative, and I thank you for sharing it, excellent
Well said.
I have always been fascinated with "the old west," especially Arizona history. You really bring these stories to life. Thank you for posting.
This is an outstanding documentary and an important historical document. The richness of detail and the wonderful narrative delivery makes this piece more like a movie than a documentary. My thanks and congratulations for such a classic documentary.
whenever i deal with suicide, iLike to make overly gushy try-hard cringe god comments too. Documentary, documentary. documentary
I live in Southern Arizona about 1 hour from tombstone. I go there from time to time and just enjoy looking everything over knowing the history of it. This film ads to the wealth of knowledge of this Great Western Historical Site.
We live in Sahuarita and love going to Tombstone just to have coffee. Bisbee too.
Simply Dragon I love Bisbee!!!!!
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Me and my sons JUST returned from a road trip to Tombstone...it was everything the presenter spoke of. Thank you.
your telling of history, esp the old West is inspiring. My only complaint is that I wish your stories lasted longer - you are a marvelous Historian !!!
I have been to Tombstone several times while living in Tucson,Az and this is the best tour thus far❤
Besides the Desert Museum, Tombstone is one of the best places to take relatives who are from other states.
I love being able to see the actual pictures of these very real larger than life folks. So very cool. Thank you Mr Skinner. Well done.
But some of these pictures are not who they purport to be.
Well I rattle daddled my way here. I’m loving the storytelling and all. I gotta go thru ye’ playlist . Truly enjoying the art and skill. Masterful
@@gronow7240 That's it, discredited without any evidence...
Amazing video/documentary-short. I love the way it’s narrated & the way it’s completely unbiased. I am a history fanatic and this type of story telling couldn’t be more perfect. Thank you!
I agree 💯 %
Very interesting and well put together. I live in Arizona and I've been to Tombstone several times , and I highly recommend visiting the birdcage theater. It feels like you're stepping back in time. They have the old horse-drawn hearse that took the dead from the gunfight at the OK Corral down to the cemetery. They have the old Faro card tables that were used during Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday's time there. And much more. It's mostly just the way it was back in the 1800s.
The building certainly has that "old" smell to it. A must see if you're in Tombstone.
Yeah .. Like Tombstone so much I moved nearby.
@Elvis Stone Elvis ... Eat in the Longhorn Saloon. That's one of my favorites. Good food and nice people there.
Thanks Mark. & you're form there too!
Yeah, I agree. I was over in Tombstone two days ago. Had dinner there. I played a game of Faro .
I am 80 years old. When I was 10 or so, when my Grandad's friends would visit, I would sit and listen to their stories. They all grew up in the latter part of the 1880s, in various parts of the South and Texas. Their stories were just as interesting (and harrowing), as the famous stories. The sheriffs and lawmen were nearly always reformed (sometimes) outlaws. For the simple fact that it took someone who knew the ways of the lawbreakers to keep them under control.
It's like US Highway 80 vs. Route 66 during the great migrations to California during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
Just as many stories, just as tragic and successful, it just never made the movies. My Mother and her sister grew up on my Grandad's farm, a little way west of Fort Worth, Texas on US 80. US 80 was called the Southern Route to the West Coast. This carried the travelers from the Deep South on their way to the Promised Land.
None of the frontiers, from the 1700s through the early 1900 was Little House on the Prairie. I read that Laura Engels Wilder said that she always wanted to write a book about what it life on the frontier was really like. But she said no publisher would touch it.
Those days are gone, and what I saw and experienced growing up it the rural South, I can honestly say, "Good riddance."
You should write the book! I hate when horrible things are sugarcoated only so they can be forgotten and repeated!
One edit, sorry...
Mrs. Laura Ingalls Wilder was the author's name. They traveled from Wisconsin to Kansas, back to Wisconsin, and then to Minnesota, then Iowa, then back to Minnesota, then to Dekota Territory settling in DeSmett. The parents Charles, and Caroline stayed out the rest of their lives there, but Laura, and her Almonzo Wilder moved to Florida for a bit, and then moved to Missouri settling in a small town called Mansfield. They lived out their days there.
Just a little information about a true Pioneer woman, and her family.
Her father, and mother might not be in history books like the Tombstone bunch, but just like thousands of other Pioneer families, they are the "regular joes" that just tried to get by in their lives...surviving.
If Laura Ingalls Wilder hadn't had a daughter (named Rose Wilder Lane) who saw her mother as already a talented writer for the local newspaper, and helped her get her penciled composition notebooks together, and get her memories written down in book form.....we wouldn't have known of some of the basic day to day lives of men and women who survived those days of old. She really did a good job of putting her memories in a format that was easy to understand, and it doesn't matter how old you are...She makes it feel like you were right there with her, and her families.
Blessings 😊
My grandmother was born in 1902 and witnessed in her life biplanes to jet aircraft and went from outhouses to indoor plumbing. She always said " The only good thing about the old days was that they were gone". It always made me laugh.
I've been to Tombstone many times, listened to tour guides, watched movies read stories and have never learned as much as I did watching this video. Very good job!!
I to have been to Tombstone many many times.
@@sharynleato5880 it’s a nice town. Home folks. Friendly
I'm from Scotland and have visited Arizona a few times I love the place
boomerhgt hello from AZ I recently visited Scottland and I love that place.
No one else today can captivate an audience like Jerry Skinner, I could listen to him read the phonebook.
I really enjoyed the narrative. Top-notch.
He probably a laugh riot at giving eulogies. Jeez.
I couldn't agree more.
Seriously? I find the narration duller than Ed Sullivan.
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So fascinating to listen to . It take one back to the old west . As a young girl I loved watch all the western movies with my dear father .. And the outlaws and the fight at the old coral . Love how you narrate these story’s . Hi from Australian.
This is the best channel on CZcams ever.. campfire and a bottle of jack.. just listening to his stories...👍👍
I lived in Tombstone for a few years on Toughnut Street. My house was across the street from Dr. Goodfellow who treated both Virgil and Morgan. Miss that town.
Why'd ya leave?..(just curious..is there any work there.?)
Va Cool , very small town, only 1200 lived there when I was there. Sierra Vista, on the other hand, about a 15 minutes away is much larger
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Yes ma'am. Near Fort Huachuca.
My Uncle retired from the Army there.
Timothy Blackburn , yes everyone went to Sierra Vista to shop, doctors, etc. Don’t know how much the town has changed, its been a few years. I love that whole area with so much history.
did anyone or anything have a normal name there?
Wyatt Earp was a man to look up to. As a young boy he was always my idol.
Now that’s a documentary! No bias or dramatization, just cold hard facts. Thank you!
Visiting almost all of the old west towns, still more I want to visit, Tombstone has been my favorite so far. So much happened. I wish I could truly experience how they lived back then. It just fascinates me.
You have your pick of every city in the USA... and you pick Tombstone. lol That is so morbid.... sorry i completely understand. its just funny is all. :)
Another fantastic narration by the MASTER STORY TELLER Mr. Jerry Skinner...You kept me glued to the computer for the whole 47 minutes.....I did,t even take a bathroom break...
I cheated............
I snuck away in mid Matty Blaylock for a coffee, but RAN back..... :)
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Agreed. Not familiar with the man but I could listen to him narrate anything, especially to do with the "western era".
This man Jerry Skinner has a very rare Gift .
SunEagle Cherokee awesome thanks! I'm definitely going to check that out! I loved Bonanza even though it was before my time. My mom was a HUGE fan! She had all of their horses (figurines/toys) and passed them down to me. I say toys because I remember a few of them had ball bearings in the hooves. :)
I'm shocked by their ages. What lives they lived in such a short amount of time!
I was thinking the exact same thing. Although its a wonder they lived that long given the risk factor in each of their lives.
Back in the day you only had about 40 years to get it done. If you were lucky. I know I'm a little tired of livin'...
@@badad0166 aww don't give up, Jesus can save you, please seek Him.
@@Angel-tw3ko Thank you. 'twas a bad day...
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Outstanding biography. The stories are incredible told by my favorite narrator ….another Paul Harvey.
I plan to visit Tombstone for the first time in October. Watching your documentary makes me so much more excited about going. Well done.
i plan on putting off visiting my Tombstone for a very long time :) I heard its rather cold down there.
@@MrWolfheart111 My time in Tombstone was amazing. I only spent four nights there in September and it still wasn't enough time to see all the territory had to offer. You really need two weeks at least. I hope to return again.
@@jamesgeorge5496 everyone returns to tombstone at on point. :)
Jerry, your videos just get better and better. Thanks for all the work.
apparently, the movie versions of the story of Tombstone, have missed the mark by quite a distance.... wonderful documentary ... thank you... :)
I love how Jerry always gives the ages of the subjects in his blogs
I have always been fascinated with "the old west," especially Arizona history. You really bring these stories to life. Thank you for posting.
those were ROUGH TIMES BACK THEN.
Everytime after watching video of yours i feel like i just finished reading a book! thank you and god bless you. greetings from Basel - Switzerland.
Allright, as a fellow european let me ask...do you get what this is all about?^^ I know the basic outline of the story, but I don't get the further implications or historic significans.
Hear-hear !! Just the way I felt.
The story of the Earps and the cowboy clash is the archetype of the myth of the lawless wild west. The taming of the west is more or less condensed down into this clash between these rivals who lived back then. As time has gone by the stories have been romanticized by Hollywood and books written on the subject.. Great stuff.
CdW the significance of this particular gunfight is it was the biggest urban gun battle to take place after the civil war
yasser Chill ! As many jobs That I’ve done Truck driving was the most interesting as I’ve literally seen and been All over the United States except Puerto Rico,Hawaii,and Alaska So I’ve seen all the important landmarks,Statue of Liberty,Niagara Falls,Mt.Rushmore you name it I’ve been there but to me the most Beautiful was the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls ! Of course there are more but i was most moved by the aforementioned ! But I’d trade them ALL TO LIVE WHERE YOU DO ! Also i was born and raised about 65 miles from Yellowstone National park !
Heck of a great job on this documentary. Your voice is very fitting for the narration. Hats off to you sir!
I wrote the genealogy of the Nicholas Porter Earp family for Allie Earp. Information was used in her remembrances book. There are a couple of inaccuracies in this video.
Wyatt died from prostate cancer not a bladder infection. I have his death certificate. The first photograph this video shows Josephine Marcus is not Josephine. It is a photograph from a Mexican playing card deck that was commonly used in tombstone and printed up as a small poster. It is a product of the tourist industry. Much of what Josephine wrote on Wyatt and her "marriage" to him is also fiction.
I’m not sure which photo of Josie Marcus you’re speaking of. Is it the side view picture, shown at about 12:23 on the video timeline, or the very provocative and revealing front view, located at 22:32? Also, I found this very strange… at about the 4:00 minute mark, it states that Virgil lost the use of one of his arms in the the Civil War. How is this possible? How could he be a lawman in any town with only one arm? Then when he got ambushed at night by the cowboys, he also lost the use of his arm. Something doesn’t add up.
What an excellent documentary. I've watched this several times since it was uploaded. Nobody narrates like Jerry Skinner.
I love all this info, thank you! My foster parents took me to tombstone and boot hill cemetery when I was 15. I ended up marrying my high-school sweetheart named Wyatt and we also need our son Wyatt. A few years ago I visited Wyatt Earp's grave for my birthday. *In Colma Ca.
I have absolutely enjoyed many of your videos and stories Mr. Skinner. You do a fantastic job!!!
Thank you!!!
I lived in Tucson for a decade and frequently visited Tombstone…it’s an absolute must do if you’re ever in Arizona. This documentary is so well put together and makes me want to visit again even though I now live in Florida.
YOU Sir are the BEST ! That was so informative ! So smooth and well paced ... not choppy cuts and cut in interviews. Love the way you cover the peripheral people and their stories and cause of death and all. Maybe you should do a Bio on you .... I have feeling you are a Texas Western movie Star !
Thank you so much, Jerry! I've always been an avid fan of the Earp fanily. This is one of the BEST biopic films I've seen thus far.
Thanks Jerry, thoroughly enjoyed this story and so many others you have posted. Thank you very much, well done!
Another fantastic job of historical research and storytelling, Jerry. Thank you.
I could listen to this man speak forever.
i like listenin' to this "ol' timer's voice".....only thing missin' is the campfire and marsh mellows......
Reminds me of listening to me granddad
Well, make a campfire and watch his videos with headphones 😊❤️
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I really enjoyed that. I spent over a month there in 2005, guarding the border and spent a few hrs in Big Nose Kate's Saloon. I love the history there and felt as though I was 'at home.' Bravo to you for the history lesson.
Thank you very much for this informative and very interesting article. I was born and raised and still live in proximity to the area where all of this occurred so that made it doubly interesting for me. My Dad was a cow puncher at the DeMoss ranch near Lordsburg, NM and my uncle, John Dallies, the subject of a chapter in a book by the name of Hash Knife Cowboy, worked as a Cowboy and Horse Wrangler at and around Payson, AZ. I verily enjoyed their stories and banter whenever my Dad and Uncle were together. Your article reminded me of some of their stories, very good memories. Thanks again.
Thank you for all the information. I have always loved Arizona and all the history that lies there
Lived in AZ from 1959 to 2014 visited Tombstone many times. I thought I knew the history of the Earp's but learned some new stuff watching this. Thanks Jerry for another fabulous lesson of history.
Very well done, made me feel like I was there and had observed every thing that had happened related to the story. Thank you.
went there 14 years ago and will be returning next month. I can't wait!
Went myself around 2005. Ready to go back as well.
A bloody big blimey from Blighty here! That was astonishingly fascinating and captivating - and makes you see how rough life was on every level there back then, its a wonder that American society survived, let alone propogated. Wonderful narration, superbly documented with successive details and illustrated by remarkable imaginary and a non-intrusive but essential and gentle backing track. Absolutely brilliant! Thank you for the upload. Mark. London.
Just love these documentries Jerry, fabulous accounts of life at that time, the visual tour of Tombstone is great and the black "wheelie bin" just up from the Crystal Palace really brings the whole thing up to date, they are everywhere in the UK!
Many thanks for such interesting histories, well done!
Thank you Jerry for another great story. You are so talented. Have a great weekend
Yep, Jerry you make the greatest documentaries. It is clear you do your homework, and the Photos, and videos shots TO ME ARE FANTASTIC. Keep up the good work!! BB
Another classic by Mr. Skinner. It has been a while since I watched this one but it popped up on my sidebar and I had to give it a watch once again! Thanks for all the great content Mr. Skinner!!
Great minds think alike! ☺️
Lived at Fort Huachuca for a while and enjoyed my trip to Tombstone.
Wow you answered my request! Thank you so kindly sir for making this video! Excellent! Thank you so much!!!
New Heaven ! Seriously surely you Jest ? ?
Another great video, I was lucky enough to visit tombstone 30years ago and after seeing this i'm thinking of taking of a trip back there.
thanks for another great upload cheers.
From what your telling, it sounds like the movie “Tombstone” got it pretty close. That’s usually not the case
Much of Tombstone wasn't entirely perfect, but let's accept that the movie got much correct.
Many many events were condensed for time to occur on the same day in the movie, like the shooting of Virgil Earp; and killing of Morgan Earp.
Aswell as some events are misplaced; like a specific scene whereupon Wyatt Earp enters a saloon and throws a man out of it by his ear, this did actually occur however it occured later than in the movie.
See the movie reviewer, History Buffs.
He did a review on the historicity of Tombstone, and how accurate the events in it were.
The thing that I really disliked about the movie (despite it being a favorite of mine), was that I knew from old photos what a town like Tombstone looked like in the period between 1880-1900... it was more like an average small town of the period, not so much the look of a spread out western town from old movies. Old photos of the actual shootout location look small and a bit cramped, like a long and narrow series of "back yards", not the larger open areas of the actual corral as always used in films... even the one film that almost got the story right. The movies always make it look like they were shooting back and forth at a distance of 50 feet or more, not the close quarters of the real story, less than 10 feet apart.
Thank you Jerry. Awesome narrator you are!!! God bless you!
My great-grandfather, Frank B. Austin, owned the Papago Cash Store that was next to the O.K. Corral. He knew everyone that was involved in the fight.
The video shows an image of the Papago Cash Store (the video has mistaken it for Fly's Boarding House). It was the windowless buiding with the A-framed roof, next to the rear entrance to the OK Corral. On the other side of the back entrance is Bauer's Union Market, mislabeled here as the Harwood House...
I had a photo of some guy dressed up as a cowboy and I never knew who he was til I visited my grandma in the summer of 8th grade (in '68). She told me her sister married an Earp and it was a photo of her son, Hobart Earp. She told me that he and my dad would carouse around Des Moines Ipwa as teenagers. She said every August he would fly down to Tombstone and play the part of Wyatt for their Tombstone Days pageant. I think I might have seen him once but I was very young at the time.
Wow.
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Hi Jerry,
Outstanding video. This would not be out of place on TV as a documentary.
Love your work Jerry, its remarkable.
Steve in Scotland.
well actually its better here than tv because tv will just keep lying or romanticizing on the real truth better it stays here than in some producers hands
TV producers want your money and attention for more money...this man tells you the truth why i sooo love education on the internet
Agree with the comments above... why liberal producers have to stretch the story line so far from the truth/actual events is absolutely ridiculous. I sat and watched this entire video and though the Hollywood version of the Earps/Tombstone was good, I think had it followed more of the actual witness accounts... I would have enjoyed it that much more!
Thank you Steve. I love Scotland and someday hope to visit. Jerry
Jerry Skinner , your southern voice telling historical stories is like a spider spinning a web it catches people up and draws them in I am glad to be told amazing historical information by you I stumbled a upon them and so happy I did
I loved this wonderful explanation of this time in Wyatt’s life, thank you!
Thank you for the history lesson sir.
I really enjoy all of your videos but this one in particular is my fav, this has been on my bucket list for years, thank you for sharing this!
I wish I would have watched this video before my visit to Tombstone. A great piece of history!
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*Lost touch of your wonderful channel a few years, happy to be back Mr.Skinner!*
This was an amazing and very informative video and story. It's amazing how much of 19th Century history has touched the 20th century.
Mr Skinner your videos are the most informative I seen on CZcams, they never fail to educate, thank you
Enjoy your work...history well presented!!!
A great deal of research went into this accurate and quality presentation!
When Apache troubles occurred my ancestors who lived in St. David gathered up in the little army post in Fairbanks south of Tombstone.
12:18 at the town site of Charleston along the San Pedro River I once found two old bullet shells. A smaller fitted into a larger shell with what sounded like little rocks inside. It had been stepped on by a cow and could not be pulled apart. I gave it to a gal in Sierra Vista.
She likely tossed it out perhaps.
I later heard that was how goldpanners stored their finds.
Probably not worth much but a real piece of history!
Unfortunately, there are several glaring errors in just the first 4 mins of this video (see my comment). I haven’t even watched the rest yet, but I expect many more.
@@kellyparker5162 Not doubting your finding errors. But did you add more comments? Sorry I can’t find them…
@@samiam619 I live in Tombstone and did notice that he said Pima county. We live in Cochise county. I will say these videos are the most detailed and personal that I have seen. I saw no more errors and really enjoy all of his videos.
You have the perfect voice to tell the stories, and very accurate. Thank you for spending the time doing it!
Great story, Jerry. I love learning about history on everything. Wyatt Earp was a wonderful sheriff.
Having lived a few miles from Tombstone for nearly 25 years, I have heard it all. Drove by the "old Clanton place" many times on Charleston Rd. Also got the opportunity to meet some of the Clanton family.
Dem Clantons still a breathen? My name Earp, John Earp and my kin still don't like dem Clantons!!!!
@@Apollo9733us LOL, I like your sense of humour. .Foghorn Leghorn came to mind..
I could listen to Jerry read the phone book and enjoy it. But these videos always have that extra info you just never hear about. So well done - thank you.
This is facanating, makes me want to visit....Greetings from Ireland
@Julie Goodrich you would be very welcome 👋from co Tipperary
Obviously, a much different account in real life than by what Hollywood has ever released but I enjoyed Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer in the movie "Tombstone".
Jerry's research and development makes every one of these histories a joy to watch and the viewers come away with a better understanding of the people involved and the actual facts. As we all know, facts often get in the way of a good movie script! Great job on the video, as always!
Paul Simmons Val kilmer as Doc Holiday had the line of a century " I'm your HUCKLEBERRY " before he blew his opponent away.
Kim Smith - That's the rumor!
I've always thought "Doc Holliday" had some of the best lines in Tombstone of any of the characters portrayed. Val Kilmer's acting was simply effortless and stands out among a very talented cast. Val Kilmer should have been recognized for his performance in Tombstone, period!
Great movie, not based on actual facts that. I guess "alternative facts" were used, do we need to consider this a "fake movie"?
Kim Smith "Why you're no daisy at all!" and "I'm your huckleberry" became THE catch phrases of that year by my freinds and I. Val made that movie!
Hollywood lied!? *gasp!* Say it ain't so!
Nowhereman10 Still a great movie it's only for entertainment
I love these stories. Someday i`m going to visit Tombstone. Your channel is remarkable and full of very interessting stuff. Greetings from Germany.
I suffered from insomnia until i watched this video... You sir are a miracle worker
This is the beat story by far I have heard. I'm a big fan of Tombstone and the whole story. You just earned another subscriber. Thank you
Love the video! I've visited Tombstone several years ago. The real story is nothing like the movie, thanks for clearing it up.
Must not have seen the Kurt Russell version, because that film was spot on.
EXCELLENT CONTENT SIR. BEEN THERE 3 TIMES. READ EVERYTHING, JUST LEARNED SOMETHING! THANK YOU
I saved this which is pretty rare for me to do. I visited Tombstone. It was interesting to hear the history of it and go more in-depth and actually know what happened in those buildings that I saw. Good job keeping history alive.
I never knew my grandparents on my mom's side, they died before I was born. They lived their entire married life in Douglas, AZ. But through research I found out my grandmother had lived in Tombstone and my grandfather(from Douglas) met her and married her in Tombstone in 1914. I found the Tombstone Epitaph article in the online archives that announced their marriage, and have a digital copy of it. Her father, my great grandfather, was a miner and lived in Congress, Lowell, and even Brewery Gulch, before settling in Tombstone. After his daughter was married, he and his wife also moved to Douglas and was caretaker of the fairgrounds in Douglas, until his death. His wife, my great grandmother, then moved in with my mom's family in Douglas. My mom couldn't get out of Douglas fast enough, and eventually ended up in Santa Monica with her husband. I never knew any of my mom's family because she wanted out of Douglas so badly. Slowly, I have found out more about my family bloodlines, though I never knew any of them. Thanks for this detailed documentary, Jerry! I'm born and raised in Los Angeles, I never knew Wyatt Earp lived his later years and died here!
Thank you Michael. Jerry
Great documentary, I've watched it a few times now, the research done for this is excellent
the best part of this is that i imagined" yeah I'd do that" so many times! you made them all human, so likeable, or not!
Thank you Mr Skinner, sir..always well done' always so lnteresting!
I've learned more from your documentary than any other I have seen. Very well done. I can't wait to visit one day. Thank you so much for this fascinating doc!!
Mr Skinner, thank you for this wonderful insight. My wife and I traveled from England to Phoenix, Arizona to visit with family and whilst there we drove down and spent a day in Tombstone. That day will live long in my memory, having been brought up with cowboy stories as a boy in England. Your video has us smiling with fond memories but they mean so much more now you have told us the story that goes with them. Best wishes to you and to those you hold dear from Bristol, England
Wow! A lot of history facts, Jerry!
I liked this show episode on the Earps. So much fable vs. facts needed to be set straight.
Awesome video. Narrator makes this whole experience like your there in Tombstone. Thank you sir
Tombstone brought me back to relive this classic,and mr skinner can tell me bedtime stories,that i could easily fall asleep too..enjoyed mr skinner 3yrs later 🥂
Well done! The best narrative I’ve ever heard
thank you sir. your a fantastic presenter.
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Story telling at its finest. Thanks so much for telling this story.
I've. Got that movie
I love your documentaries. Your delivery is spot on, and really takes one back there. Thank You !
Your video is great and easy to follow. Nice memories too of the time I was the Activities Director at a personal care center and drove a school bus full of older folks from Tucson to Tombstone and Bisbee nearly 40 years ago on a great adventure. Thank you.
This is the most informative video on the old west I have seen. Great video! Goes to show you don't need grafix just a good story teller and some pictures.
Just love the insight into the Tombstone story, your research is amazing Jerry 👌🎥
Excellent job making this video. Much more informative than anything I’ve ever seen on the discovery channel. In fact, they should hire you to make a documentary.
Best story I’ve ever listened too. Very captivating, and informative.
I love this video! Thank you so much, Jerry Skinner.