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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1296349" data-attributes="member: 8530">Did a little more historical research today, finding that the one encounter I had credited for the 25th actually took place after midnight on the early morning hours of the 26th.    However, I did stumble across the following for the next game day:October 25, 1881 -  Billy Clanton has breakfast a few miles outside of Tombstone at Jack Chandlers milk ranch with his brother Ike and the two McLaury brothers. After breakfast Ike and Tom McLaury headed towards Tombstone.  Billy and Frank McLaury rounded up cattle in the Stockton Hill area. All agreed to meet the next day at the Grand Hotel in Tombstone. Most account have these two arriving in Tombstone on the 26th, however the web site for the Grand Hotel, part of Big Nose Kate's Saloon (which still exists in Tombstone) states:  On October 25, 1881, the night before the Gunfight at the OK Corral, the Clantons and the McLaurys were guests here.  So I've decided to go with that history and have the Clantons and McLaurys meet Arcade's Gang there on the 25th.   Add to that this little tidbit about the proprietor, Big Nose Kate:  her biggest claim to fame was the fact that she was also Doc Holliday's girlfriend. Kate had saved Holliday from the hangman in Fort Griffin, Texas, by breaking him out of jail. For this, Doc was eternally grateful, and the two traveled the West making money the best they could: Doc with his gambling, and Kate, well, with her womanly charms.   Plus the web site gives me a very detailed description of the establishment and also an exterior picture to use as a visual aid.Two other places that I found to use for encounters on the 25th (that also still exist and I found photos of) are:The Bird Cage Theater:  It was the most famous honky-tonk in America between 1881 and 1889. In nine years this lusty den of iniquity never closed its doors 24 hours a day. Before it closed its door in 1889, it had been the site of 16 gunfights, and 140 bullet holes are today silent evidence of these happenings. The Bird Cage was named for the 14 bird cage crib compartments that was suspended from the ceiling overhanging the gamling casino and dance hall. These compartments were used by the ladies of the night. The longest poker game of Western history took place here, it ran continually for 8 years, 5 months and 3 days! Crystal Palace Saloon:  It was built in 1879, as a two-story builing on the corner of Fifth and Allen Streets. It was the most popular watering place of its time among the 110 establishments licensed to sell liquor. Second floor was offices. Town Marshall Virgil Earp and Judge Wells Spicer kept office here.So it looks like I'm in pretty good shape for tomorrow's game, but please feel free to offer suggestions for more role playing encounters if you can think of them.   Bear in mind, Arcade's Gang now has a HUGE reputation for their killing of Billy the Kid three months earlier.</blockquote>

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