Move To Arizona
For more details on outlaws and ranching in Cochise County, see Cochise County in the Old West.Billy moved with his family in 1873 to Pima County, Arizona Territory and then to Charleston. His father started the "Clanton Ranch" in 1877. In the same year prospector Ed Schieffelin discovered silver in the hills east of the San Pedro River on a plateau known as Goose Flats, less than 15 miles (24 km) from the Clanton ranch. The boom town of Tombstone grew within two years from less than 100 to more than 7000 residents.
Billy Clanton and his brother Ike often went into Tombstone on weekends, and Billy did business in Tombstone associated with the ranch, alongside the two McLaury brothers. By most accounts, Ike was not well liked in and around Tombstone because he was a drunk and a braggart. Billy was generally well liked and looked upon as hard working and level headed.
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