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Morgan Seth Earp (April 24, 1851 – March 18, 1882) was an American sheriff and lawman. He served as Tombstone, Arizona's Special Policeman when he helped his brothers Virgil 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.
Dec 27, 2019 · Morgan Seth Earp was a bonafide frontier man of mystery. A lot of his life is poorly documented, but the rumors and conjecture make him sound like a wild dude. But he's mostly remembered as Earp who died with the biggest bullet hole in his body. Here's the tragic truth of Morgan Earp's death.
While Morgan Earp was playing pool at Campbell and Hatch’s Saloon in Tombstone, Ike Clanton and the other four men shot and killed him. He was just 30 years old. Morgan’s body was then transported to California, where he is buried at Hermosa Cemetery in Colton, California .
Morgan would die, surrounded by family and friends, soon after. It was another bloody chapter in the feud between the Earp's and the outlaw cowboys of Arizona. Just two days later on the 20th...
Nov 10, 2015 · In Tombstone, Arizona, on March 18, 1882, an assassin fired a rifle through the back door window of Bob Hatch and John Campbell’s saloon, killing Morgan Earp while he was playing a game of billiards.
Mar 28, 2024 · March 18, 1882. Morgan Earp is assassinated while playing billiards at Campbell and Hatch’s in Tombstone. Another bullet lodges in the low ceiling just over his brother Wyatt’s head. The killers escape.
Mar 1, 2004 · Here is Morgan Earp’s photograph (left) next to the same photo with Noah Rose’s alterations (right). Despite some historians’ claims that both images are pencil drawings, the left image is definitely a photo.
On March 18, 1882, Morgan Earp was assassinated, literally shot in the back, while playing a game of billiards at the Campbell and Hatch saloon on Allen Stre...
April 24, 1851. Birth Place: Marion County, Iowa. Death Date: March 18, 1882. Place of Death: Campbell & Hatch Billiard Parlor, Tombstone, Arizona. Age: 30. Cause of Death: Murdered. Cemetery Name: Hermosa Gardens Cemetery. Claim to Fame: Historical Figure. Associates: Wyatt Earp.
Morgan Earp didn’t reach his 31st birthday when he was murdered. Whatever role he played in the Cow-boy/Earp feud, that’s too young to die. The whole event was certainly a sad situation. He has now lived through the years: In Infamy. As did all others involved in the gunfight that day.