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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp was involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys.
Sep 11, 2024 · Wyatt Earp (born March 19, 1848, Monmouth, Illinois, U.S.—died January 13, 1929, Los Angeles, California) was a legendary frontiersman of the American West, who was an itinerant saloonkeeper, gambler, lawman, gunslinger, and confidence man but was perhaps best known for his involvement in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881).
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- Wyatt Earp was a legendary frontiersman of the American West. He was an itinerant saloonkeeper, gambler, lawman, gunslinger, and confidence man, bu...
- In 1881 Wyatt Earp and his brothers clashed with a local outlaw gang led by Ike Clanton. The conflict resulted in a famous gunfight at the O.K. Cor...
- Wyatt Earp died on January 13th, 1929, in Los Angeles, California.
- Wyatt Earp has been the subject of movies and books that furthered his legendary status, though these became less frequent in the 21st century. Not...
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- After a Midwestern childhood, he headed to California by wagon train as a teen. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was born in Monmouth, Illinois, on March 19, 1848, and named for his father’s commander in the Mexican-American War.
- He was a lawman in the 'Wickedest Little City in the West.' By 1870, Earp got his first job in law enforcement, as town constable in Lamar, Missouri, where his family had relocated.
- Earp met Doc Holliday on the gambling circuit. Earp met fellow gambler John Henry “Doc” Holliday in Texas in 1878. Holliday, a Georgia native born in 1851, had studied dentistry in Philadelphia.
- He was arrested for murder after the gunfight at OK Corral. Earp arrived in the silver-mining boom town of Tombstone, Arizona, in 1879, and eventually found periodic work as a law officer.
Nov 6, 2009 · Wyatt Earp, one of the most famous figures to emerge from the colorful 19th-century history of the American West, is best remembered known for his participation in a notorious 1881 gunfight at...
Wyatt Earp: Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. With Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, David Andrews. From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, a man becomes a myth in this thrilling journey of romance, adventure, and desperate heroic action.
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- Action, Adventure, Biography
- Lawrence Kasdan
- 1994-06-24
A 1994 biographical Western drama starring Kevin Costner as the legendary lawman. The film covers his life from Iowa to Arizona, including his marriages, friendships, feuds and gunfights.
Apr 3, 2014 · Who Was Wyatt Earp? One of the icons of the American West, Wyatt Earp worked for the law and helped tame the wild cowboy culture that pervaded the frontier.
