186   The Ground They Walked On: Sale of the Lot Where Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton First Squared Off! [Tombstone]

Clum, John. Mayor of Tombstone. Publisher of the Tombstone Epitaph.

Partly Printed Document Signed. Accomplished in manuscript. One page, Octavo, Tombstone, Arizona, December 9, 1881. Signed by John Clum, Mayor of Tombstone and publisher of the Tombstone Epitaph. Being a Proof of Publication document, signed by Clum as editor, advertising the sale of the exact spot of land in Tombstone where Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton first squared off. This confrontation, which eyewitnesses said ended with Earp disarming and arresting Clanton -- occured the night before the famous Gunfight at the O. K. Corral, and precipitated the famous showdown. This document, which has a newspaper clipping of the original published notice attached, announces the sale at public auction of this piece of Tombstone real estate, to dispose of the property of one Jerome Ackerson, deceased. Fine. Matted and framed with a full-size facsimile of the Tombstone Epitaph, October, 1881, the front page of which is devoted to a detailed account of "yesterday's" Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and which gives an exact account of the events of the night before leading up to the famous Gunfight, mentioning the very streets and parts of town here advertised as being put up for sale. An amazing piece of folkloric history.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.