Camillus Sydney Fly – nicknamed Buck – was born in Missouri in
1849, but his family moved to California when he was a baby. Buck was a farmer
in Napa Valley when he met and married Mollie McKie. Buck and Mollie were both
skilled photographers when photography meant a lot more than point and shoot.
They moved to the booming silver town of Tombstone, New Mexico Territory, where
they set up a photography studio/boarding house on Fremont Street. Buck was one
of the few photographers at the time who traveled with his equipment, capturing
cowboys, miners and indigenous people. While he was away, Mollie ran the boarding
house and studio, taking portraits at 35 cents a shot. Buck witnessed
the shooting in front of his studio October 26, 1881 involving the Earps, the
Clantons, and Doc Holliday. That’s right. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was
actually The Gunfight at Fly’s Photography Studio.
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