the cowboys were named america's team in 1978.
when were the cowboys named america's team?
1978
at what was then called fish cove, near the unnavigable josias river, fishing was a major livelihood. but the cove was unprotected by a headland or breakwater from atlantic storms, so fishermen had to protect their boats by hauling them ashore each night. resolving to create a safe anchorage, they formed the fish cove harbor association, and dug a channel across land they purchased to connect fish cove with the josias river. when the trench was complete, erosion helped to further widen the passage. the resulting tidewater basin is called perkins cove, spanned by a manually operated draw footbridge. with a 3½-mile beach of pale sand and dunes forming a barrier peninsula, connected to the mainland in 1888 by bridge across the ogunquit river, the village was discovered by artists. it became a popular art colony and tourist area. particularly after 1898, when the ogunquit art colony was established, it was not unusual to see both artists and fishermen working around perkins cove. to accommodate summer crowds, several seaside hotels and inns were built. marginal way, a scenic trail, runs along the coast from perkins cove to ogunquit beach. ogunquit separated from wells in 1980 and receives visitors from as far as australia. part of stephen king's "the stand", published in 1978, is set in ogunquit. ogunquit was named america's best coastal small town in usa today's 10 best readers' choice 2016.
ogunquit, maine
after the gunfight at the o.k. corral, behan testified at length against the earps. he supported the cowboys' statements that they had raised their hands and offered no resistance, and that the earps and doc holliday had murdered three cowboys. after the earps were exonerated, deputy u.s. marshal virgil earp was maimed in an ambush on december 28, 1881, and assistant deputy morgan earp was killed by assassins on march 18, 1882. the outlaw cowboys named as suspects in both shootings were either let go on a technicality or were provided alibis by fellow cowboys. wyatt earp killed one of the suspects, frank stilwell, in tucson. deputy u.s. marshal wyatt and his federal posse set out after other suspects, pursued by behan and his county posse composed mostly of cowboys.
johnny behan