Hats off to the land owner for setting it up so people can visit the site. Great Video
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
We agree!
@jerrycarney120910 ай бұрын
"Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave."
@cheekseparator10 ай бұрын
"you're no daisy"
@donthomas4793Ай бұрын
Fights not with you holiday.
@barrygearheart700022 күн бұрын
I beg to differ
@Q2-iswatching3 ай бұрын
That is very, very nice of the owners of the property to let people come on to property and check things out.I commend them.I appreciate people like that
@fatboy20114 ай бұрын
It is always nice to talk with the old folks that know the history. I have traveled around the that area a good bit. Camped up Turkey Creek many times. Just a gorgeous part of Arizona.
@Rick_King10 ай бұрын
I'd love to see Ringo's body exhumed. Modern forensics could tell us things like the angle of the bullet, whether there was evidence of powder burns on the skull, and possible other details. I personally think he committed suicide, Sure, he'd had a beef with Buckskin Frank, but for Leslie even to find Ringo at this remote location seems a stretch. The last person known to have seen Ringo alive was Deputy Billy Breckinridge, who said the man was extremely drunk. Ringo had talked about suicide, and the fact was that his world was gone. His friends Curly Bill, the McLaury Brothers, and Billy Clanton were all dead, his sisters had rejected him, and he may have felt he had no reason to go on. I think all the chain link fencing is new. When I was up there a few years ago, it seems it was a lot more open. Excellent video!
@johnraines482520 күн бұрын
This was great to see. Been in that area a few times but never been to this site. Thank you for this video. Appreciate it.
@searkpslendorman10 ай бұрын
Talking to Gary was pure GOLD! WOW, thanks so much for this rare interview!
@neilpk709 ай бұрын
I didn't realize what a beautiful place that was before. Kinda peaceful. Thanks Dave!
@Brenda-fp5te25 күн бұрын
Fascinating, loved the owner giving some history info. What a nice man. Thank you for doing this vedio, it's appreciated.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures25 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@mercedithcompala8148Ай бұрын
Loved watching this again 👍🪶🌵
@KevinSmith-yh6tl10 ай бұрын
Fascinating! I've always heard stories about Ringo's grave site ever since I was a kid. This episode is definitely going in my Library. Thanks Guys.
@blackpowderfirearmenthusia31946 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you, very cool.
@RetiredDuke10 ай бұрын
Great episode Dave!! Amazing piece of history. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
@lostsoul66010 ай бұрын
Thanks again Dave for yet another great video and thank you Gary for allowing people to come out and see this historical site.
@kdranchaz32402 ай бұрын
That is such a breathtaking slice of Heaven here in southern AZ. I believe Gary’s wife’s family originally homesteaded that ranch. They have a series of ponds stocked with fish that are filled by Turkey Creek adding to the inherent beauty. Their daughter Tobilynn Smith was a friend of mine and she passed away much too young in August of 2022 and I believe she is buried there in the family cemetery. Tobilynn was going to give me a guided tour of all the history including the original house where Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday once stayed over. Unfortunately I never got the chance to go see it all. Oh the stories that ranch could tell….
@Q2-iswatchingАй бұрын
That would have been so cool if you could have gotten with her and done that that would have been a good time
@ellymeerleveldt61410 ай бұрын
Awesome story Dave and Gary, thanks so much for this piece of history👌🤠🇺🇸
@ThedailysideshowАй бұрын
Great video, Thanks for posting it. I’m going to visit his gravesite someday & pay my respects to him.
@randymarkel495210 ай бұрын
Well done, thanks for sharing. The land owner is very cool for sharing with the public, I hope future vistors are as respectful as you were.
@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage3 ай бұрын
Its amazing that the tree is still there almost 142 years later..❤
@WhispersFromTheDark10 ай бұрын
Rest in peace Johnny. You are not forgotten.
@markhurley983Ай бұрын
i want to go now... owners are fine folks for letting people to come.. and hats off to all the respectful people that visit..
@bkellyphotography10303 ай бұрын
Awesome Video !!!! He was also born in my home state of Indiana !!!
@corymcewen59435 ай бұрын
Incredible that tree still stands or better yet, surprised it's not bigger than that after 140 plus years.
@billierenfro705Ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing……I’m assuming the desert conditions keeps it from growing at a rapid pace but just a guess
@dennishunt7873 ай бұрын
Thanks for video
@robertolramirez874810 ай бұрын
Great video. I flew out with my son to the Tombstone film's 30th anniversary this past June and drove straight to Johnny Ringo's gravesite from Tuscon airport. Long journey but well worth it. It will always remain a mystery as to how he died.
@angelamcfadden021510 ай бұрын
I love your Tombstone videos but I think this is my favorite video yet!! Thank you so much for continuing to do these awesome videos that share the amazing history of southern Arizona!
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
@garrywilliams44494 ай бұрын
I like this head stone. We put a friend in the ground and got a big rock for his headstone. We dug his grave and covered him up. May he rest in peace.
@davidlard84903 ай бұрын
Very interesting. Yes we shall never know. Earp and Holliday were suppose to be in Colorado when it happened. Thanks a lot for this video.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures3 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@Pays2WinАй бұрын
Fascinating stuff. Maybe it’s better we don’t know, leaves the imagination open.
@dennishunt7873 ай бұрын
Amazing
@mercedithcompala814810 ай бұрын
Absolutely outstanding...thank you and Scott for sharing this amazing place that is still one of history's moments that is talked about and so many endless questions...wow💯💥🏜👍
@randyjerrett3385Ай бұрын
Thank you, it’s really nice
@celticnorthman361510 ай бұрын
Cool video, enjoyed it!!
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@redxgear981523 күн бұрын
Saw a documentary a couple years ago that a relative of Ringo's, who is an attorney, claims that she examined the court documents regarding Doc Holidays Colorado court appearance at the time of Ringo's death. She claims that the legal verbiage that they used in that time frame indicates that Doc may not have actually appeared in court, but was represented by council in his stead. If this is true, not only does it make it possible for Holliday to be in Arizona at the time of Ringo's death, it lends credibility to the assertion that Holiday killed Ringo. With the allibi of "being in court" out of state, it would have removed all suspicion of his involvement. I'm sure the info I cited at the beginning of my comment could be found for corroboration.
@chickinpickin110 ай бұрын
Fantastic Vid and info. Huge part of Az. history. Thank you both!
@josephbingham125510 ай бұрын
Great video and you got a special tour. On the other side of the mountain is the ghost town and cemetery of PARADISE. The printing press used to make the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper and still on display inside is reported to have been moved to Tombstone from there where it was used first. Some people might still live there. I was at the little country post office in PORTAL years back when a family from PARADISE came down on their weekly trip to pick up their mail.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
I’ve been wanting to go check out Gayleyville but I don’t think there is anything left to see.
@user-wd3kr6ih9yАй бұрын
Beautiful c7
@Desert.Sky.AdventuresАй бұрын
Thanks!
@user-wd3kr6ih9yАй бұрын
@@Desert.Sky.Adventures you're welcome
@KidYuma188010 ай бұрын
Thanks Dave for history where Johnny Ringo grave, thanks for Mr Graham letting people visit on his land. I agree please be respectful don’t leave trash why ? If people keep doing that, maybe they won’t anymore that would be shame. Hard to believe Ringo’s exact grave. Thanks
@tooter1able3 ай бұрын
How cool to meet the owner!!!
@dougn408721 күн бұрын
It looks a lot different than it did when we found it in 1969. Some one piled more stones on it.
@cindykeselowski89910 ай бұрын
Fascinating, thank you
@dennishunt7873 ай бұрын
Land owner has real good memory
@rickypierce102810 ай бұрын
another awesome video!!
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit!
@karawill4346Ай бұрын
I'll be your huckleberry
@robertabrams85628 ай бұрын
Great video…loads of history on Gary’s land! No I wanna research Johnny Ringo (I’ve heard the name many times, but don’t know anything about him)!
@Itzpapalotl.3 ай бұрын
I heard old man Clanton’s death sight isn’t too far from my home town of Morenci AZ, up the way from mule creek.
@Mr10074126 күн бұрын
I read that when Ringo's body was found it was already blackened and in a state of decomposition. Therefore it made sense to bury his corpse right where it was found.
@scotttilson887610 ай бұрын
They should use some kind of a machine that sends vibrations into the ground to prove there really is a skeleton under those rocks. Ringo’s body could’ve been moved to some other place and buried. They should use some kind of seismic tool to prove that there is actually a skeleton there.
@Kenmurrillo122910 ай бұрын
Way cool video your friend is correct where ringo was found the branch on the left fell within the last ten years. I think his horse got away from him. Many thanks to the sanders now grahm family to allow visitors. His body was bloated been there a couple of days...one mans opinion p.s. would never see stuff like this, thanks for the memories. ❤tombstone a.t
@charlescomly13 ай бұрын
Ringo was on a four day binder drinking every moment he was awake, people who knew him said he was depressed, accounts i have heard was he wasnt wearing a hat and had a bullet hole in his temple exiting above the left temple, as well as his gun in hand. Im convinced he killed himself and Leslie taking credit.
@Panic420003 ай бұрын
His boots were found on his horse. He was probably trying to walk and find his horse and just said screw it and ended it.
@fuzzybutkus897010 ай бұрын
Hi, I’m Johnny Ringo” I’m the man in camo and flesh tones and the fashion police are likeHell Hounds on my trail.”
@ArnoldWilliams-ge6jg10 ай бұрын
Very interesting.I will have to visit the site when I go to Tombstone.Thanks!
@denisejames60153 ай бұрын
I just watched a TV show called tombstone and according to the show, a judge shot and killed him an Ringo was unarmed.
@onelittlelamb40306 ай бұрын
I was thinking that maybe Wyatt Earp the movie was a more accurate portrayal of Wyatt Earp and that wide or maybe told more of the truth about what happened but unless they just added Johnny Ringo in that final scene and they really was a shootout like that or it’s just simply a lie altogether Which is disappointing. Someone needs to make a movie like the movie, White Earp that is to the best of our ability from the best historical records. Exactly what happened with wider… In this mystery of Johnny Ringo, can it actually be confirmed that Doc Holliday and/or Wyatt Earp were actually in Colorado for the court date because we know they missed lots of court dates and did not show up for lots of hearings, especially in early years… If it can’t be proven that they were actually in Colorado, they could’ve made their way back down and killed all the Cowboys and picked them off one at a time like the movie suggest And if I’m not mistaken, a lot of these Cowboys were picked off one at a time throughout the years, but again, I don’t know that, I would have to do historical research to confirm that… You make a lot of enemies when you have no morals, so that guy could have just killed him because he was upset about the gambling thing… And I think it would’ve been hard for Wyatt to show up in that town without anybody knowing he was there. Also, that guy might’ve embarrassed him by rearranging his clothes, or someone also might have robbed him…
@christinegrant500824 күн бұрын
Tomb stone is a great bucket lisr place.
@lalalisa93075 ай бұрын
He is probably directly under the rocks because the ground was probably really hard in that part of the country
@ricknone46862 ай бұрын
Wonder why they didn't pry bullet from tree , probably wouldn't have known ballistics of bullet but caliber size should have been known? Would have gave a clue on gun that killed him? I bet todays technology could have told exact ballistics of bullet and at what distance it entered his body by the depth it went into tree, couldn't have been very deep buried into tree considering every thing was pretty much black powder!
@thebarbers2273Ай бұрын
What's in a date...I joined the U.S Navy on July 13th 1982 after witnessed a murder...strange
@TheSpaghetti6410 ай бұрын
Any chance you'll try and visit the site of Galeyville.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
I’d like to but I hear there is literally nothing left. Not even foundations.
@TheSpaghetti6410 ай бұрын
@@Desert.Sky.Adventures You'd have to take the jeep as the road is pretty rutted. Their are mine openings on the hillsides so you'll know when you are there. Like you said there are few if any foundations and it's on private land.
@dks1382710 ай бұрын
Any water in the creek?
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
Didn’t look like it.
@onelittlelamb40306 ай бұрын
Good report…
@jimbosvidbits6166Ай бұрын
I wonder why he just wasn't moved to a Tombstone cemy?
@Desert.Sky.AdventuresАй бұрын
Back in those days it took 2 days at least to get to Tombstone. Long way to carry a body. And there’s no money in it.
@timtrax918artisan8Ай бұрын
I guess no one has done ground pentertraiting radar to see if a grave is beneath those stones. It just seems so many old west folks have been dug up or something. This is private property so maybe not. Honestly I think I will beleive whats shown in this video, RIP Johnny Ringo
@onelittlelamb40306 ай бұрын
So apparently one of two things, he committed suicide or that guy killed him. I think he was killed by that guy…
@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage3 ай бұрын
What an interesting man Mr Gary Graham seems to be Too bad you didnt get into a better conversation with him. I bet he has some history to tell
@Desert.Sky.Adventures3 ай бұрын
Sorry it didn’t meet your standards. You can always drive out there and talk to him yourself.
@user-py6oc4jo6c5 ай бұрын
I think Ringo killed himfelf, by the Popeye thesis ( enough is enough, and enough is too much)--Bob Bailey in Maine
@loug2414Ай бұрын
One shot in the temple? Doesn't sound like a shot fired in a dispute.
@dennishunt7873 ай бұрын
Where is turkey creek exactly?
@philipcollins54405 ай бұрын
U mean Doc Holliday didn't kill Ringo???😊
@theRedneckqueenofTacticoolness10 ай бұрын
Is that the Wyatt Earp ‘Ok Corral’ performer?
@Kenmurrillo122910 ай бұрын
Yes seems like a nice fella 👍
@truecrimeCult16225 күн бұрын
i think it was Doc Holiday
@BB6318 күн бұрын
What happened to his side arm.
@scottchenoweth493710 ай бұрын
Is there a way to send the Grahams a few bucks ($$$) to help them keep this site maintained? I plan to go there at the end of the year, but they deserve a way to afford to keep it going.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
There’s a donation box at the site.
@scottchenoweth493710 ай бұрын
@@Desert.Sky.Adventures Thank you.
@Mike_Greentea10 ай бұрын
Archeologists need to dig the site. But if there wasn’t nothing there why would the land owner let people in for free. They have nothing to gain. It’s a mystery that hopefully will be solved one day!
@1949rangerrick10 ай бұрын
He was probably not buried in any kind of box, just placed in the ground. Highly unlikely there would be anything left to find. Nature takes its course. Still a cool place to visit, been there several times.
@alanbrown8584Ай бұрын
I always thought Doc holiday killed Johnny Ringo?
@Desert.Sky.Adventures29 күн бұрын
Only in the movie Tombstone.
@onelittlelamb40306 ай бұрын
We know what happened, it’s in the movie Tombstone…
@Desert.Sky.Adventures6 ай бұрын
What happened in the movie tombstone is 100% what did not happen.
@TP-vu3tc10 ай бұрын
Nice that someone would put up the cost of a chain linked fence.
@artisaprimus63064 ай бұрын
I guess people gave verified that Ringo is really under that pile of rocks?
@nutek102610 ай бұрын
When I was first there, the stones on the grave were white but people kept stealing them as souvenirs! B-T-W, Wyatt Earp killed Ringo with his .45-60 Remington rifle.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
He must have had the worlds fastest horse.
@nutek102610 ай бұрын
Wyatt and Doc, who were staying in Colorado at this time, took trains, stagecoaches, and horses to make their way back to Arizona. They met their friends at a spot near Hooker’s Ranch. A short time later they all rode toward Galeyville and then tracked down Ringo who was camped up in Morse Canyon near Turkey Creek. It was part of his vendetta for Ringo’s involvement in the murder of Morgan
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
Where does this info come from? Wyatt was reportedly seen in Sacramento a few days before based on what I read. Gary confirmed it as well.
@nutek102610 ай бұрын
It is from a monograph “The United States of America v The Cowboys” by Don Taylor, Old West Research & Publishing, 2006. Remember that at this time, Wyatt was still a U.S. Deputy Marshal for Southern Arizona Territory, appointed by and helped by U.S. Marshal Crawley Dake.
@petesakes198517 күн бұрын
Cowboy's always have Beef
@jimbosvidbits6166Ай бұрын
Wonder if he was buried with his guns?
@bouviercorbilla92095 ай бұрын
I love tombstone movie......
@JohnnyPoston-fy4hp25 күн бұрын
Doc holaday
@MrRainrunner8 ай бұрын
My understanding was Ringo was drunk...which would explain some/most of the questions. He would not be thinking rationally.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures8 ай бұрын
Nobody knows for sure.
@Kevin1530110 ай бұрын
Where is Ringo's gun?
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
I could be mistaken…it’s been several months since I went in to the tombstone gun fighter museum, but I believe he has it there.
@alvindaughtry216821 күн бұрын
If Wyatt Earp had killed him , it seems to me Wyatt would have said so since he lived untill 1929 and wrote some books. Not sure.
@cosmiccowboy30638 ай бұрын
His horse wasnt found with him. The rags was on his feet becausr his boots were on the horse becausrle he was passed out dyunk. He wrnt looking for his horse hence the rags on his feet.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures8 ай бұрын
Except nobody can prove that as nobody knows for sure.
@hectorgrijalva175410 ай бұрын
If the horses could talk we would know every history....
@DeborahCunningham-ei9vc24 күн бұрын
If he killed his self were was his boots.they had to have been somewhere.
@jimstanley892420 күн бұрын
I thought doc holiday killed him
@Desert.Sky.Adventures20 күн бұрын
According to historical records, Doc would have been in Colorado by then…very close to his death.
@629GSMITHАй бұрын
I believe it was suicide. His life was HARD.
@user-bu2jy2qp6oАй бұрын
Imagine back in those days riding your horse in the middle of nowhere and see a post office
@robinwharfield470010 ай бұрын
Five miles long
@ronepperson336310 ай бұрын
Why does the movie show Doc Holliday killing Ringo
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
It made for a good ending.
@randymarkel495210 ай бұрын
Hollywood never gets anything historically right, they always go for BS story lines.
@johnspanjers275010 ай бұрын
How about he committed suicide when confronted by Frank.
@Desert.Sky.Adventures10 ай бұрын
Could be.
@jamesthompson8975Ай бұрын
You're a daisy if you do
@alanbrown858429 күн бұрын
Sorry guys I watch to many westerns....lol 😅
@magprob3 ай бұрын
Doc Holiday sucided him.
@johnrob32157 ай бұрын
Clueless…
@Desert.Sky.Adventures7 ай бұрын
You are? Well hopefully you learned something.
@VictorFoster-dr4nf10 ай бұрын
Maybe he got cornered he reached the end of the road didn’t want anybody else to take him out