The gunfight at the OK Corral was not Arizona's deadliest gunfight. That
happened decades later, in a remote canyon in southern Arizona,
when four lawmen tried to arrest a couple of alleged draft dodgers. The story is not as well-known as the shootout in Tombstone, but it has
been the subject of several books, and, more recently, a documentary by
filmmaker Cameron Trejo. That film, "Power's War," is now available to
stream on Amazon, or to purchase on iTunes or the filmmaker's website. Historians debate exactly when the frontier closed, but in 1918, the
charac ter of rural Arizona was changing. The country was involved in a
world war and called on young men to sign up for the draft. People like
Jeff Power, a rancher and prospector who wanted to work his mining
claim and be left alone, drew more attention than they may have before
Arizona achieved statehood. When Power's sons, John and Tom, failed to sign up for the draft, four
lawmen rode in to arrest them. The shooting began almost immediately
and ended quickly. Three lawmen and Jeff Power wound up dead. A
month-long manhunt for the Power boys and a ranch hand made headlines but answered few questions about what really happened, and why...more
Here is the official trailer for the documentary
https://youtu.be/OKbk7kdNC3Q
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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