Wyatt Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American Old West lawman and gambler in Cochise County, Arizona Territory, and a deputy marshal in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.
When alive, he had a notorious reputation for both his handling of the Fitzsimmons vs. Sharkey fight and his role in the O.K. Corral gunfight. This only began to change after his death when the extremely flattering biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal was published in 1931. It became a bestseller and created his reputation as a fearless lawman. Since then, Earp has been the subject of numerous films, television shows, biographies, and works of fiction which have increased both his fame and his notoriety. Long after his death, he has many devoted detractors and admirers.
Earp's modern reputation suffered in the 1950s when his relationship with Celia Ann “Mattie” Blaylock, a known prostitute, was revealed. Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp had worked hard to conceal Wyatt's prior relationship to his common-law wife and former prostitute Blaylock, with whom Wyatt was living when Josephine first met him.[1] His modern-day reputation is that of the Old West's toughest and deadliest gunman of his day.
When a post office was established in 1930 in the unincorporated settlement of Drennan, near the site of some of his mining claims, it was renamed Earp, California in his honor.[2] In 2002, a plaque was erected at the site of the Earp's cottage in Vidal, California, noting that the cottage was the only home they owned in the time they were married.[3]
^Erwin, Richard E. (2000). The Truth about Wyatt Earp. iUniverse. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-595-00127-9. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
WyattEarp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American Old West lawman and gambler in Cochise County, Arizona Territory, and a deputy marshal...
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West lawman and gambler WyattEarp for about six years. Knowledge of her place inWyatt's life was concealed by Josephine Earp, his later common-law wife...
lawman WyattEarp. Holliday is best known for his role in the events surrounding and his participation in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone...
and Wyatt, as well as Doc Holliday, confront the outlaw Cochise County Cowboys in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. All three Earp brothers...
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confrontation in Tombstone with Doc Holliday and was suspected by WyattEarp of having taken part in the attempted murder of Virgil Earp and the ambush...
representing Yavapai County. In 1881, WyattEarp served for about five months as undersheriff of the eastern half of Pima County. When Wyatt resigned, Behan was...
who participated in Morgan Earp's assassination. Deputy U.S. Marshal WyattEarp and a group of deputies including his brother Warren Earp pursued those they...
Morgan Earp. WyattEarp's posse killed four more Cowboys when they ran down those identified as taking part in the attacks on his brothers. Virgil Earp told...
suspected in the murder of Morgan Earp on March 18, 1882. Two days after Morgan's death, Frank Stilwell was killed by Deputy U.S. Marshal WyattEarpin a Tucson...
WyattEarp believed that Johnson's real name was John Blunt, but there is no evidence to support this and Blunt was not a gunman. It is known that in...
who had ongoing conflicts with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp. The Clantons repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the Cowboys'...
Steve. "WyattEarp History Page". WyattEarp.Net. Retrieved February 25, 2011. Ashford, David (September 3, 1994). "First action hero: WyattEarp was an...
points of playing cards. In October 1876, Rudabaugh robbed a Santa Fe Railroad construction camp and fled south. WyattEarp was issued a temporary commission...
Earps. He had, by all accounts, previously met and become friends with WyattEarp and Doc Holliday in Dodge City, Kansas. He assisted WyattEarpin taking...
Association for Outlaw and Lawman History, July–September 1993. Earp, Wyatt. "WyattEarp's Tribute to Bat Masterson, the Hero of 'Dobe Walls," San Francisco...
had ongoing conflicts with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp. The McLaury brothers repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the...
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