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The Earp Vendetta Ride was a deadly search by a federal posse led by Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp for a loose confederation of outlaw "Cowboys" they believed had ambushed his brothers Virgil and Morgan Earp, maiming the former and killing the latter.
There, Wyatt spied Frank Stillwell, who he suspected of having been involved in the killing of Morgan and had heard was now seeking revenge on Virgil Earp. The next morning a very dead, bullet-ridden Frank Stillwell was found on the tracks next to the depot.
- Thanks to Hollywood, most people think that the so-called “Vendetta Posse” was assembled after the death of Morgan Earp in March 1882. Wyatt, however, actually gathered his men immediately after the shooting of Virgil Earp, late in December, 1881.
- Hollywood also claimed that Wyatt Earp only had three or four men with him on the ride. The evidence shows that the posse contained a total of eight men, including Wyatt and Doc.
- Wyatt was not the only Earp brother left to ride against the cowboys after Virgil was injured and Morgan was murdered. Youngest brother, Warren Earp was also a member of the posse.
- The movies would have us believe that Wyatt and his posse killed large numbers of cowboys during their ride, but the facts show that only two men—Frank Stilwell and Florentino Cruz —were probably murdered by the Earp posse.
Apr 15, 2016 · In March of 1882, Wyatt Earp and a hand-picked posse, including Doc Holliday, scoured the hills of Cochise County looking for cowboys who had a hand murdering his brother Morgan. After three weeks—and two confirmed kills— the posse disbanded and headed to Colorado.
An inquest had cleared the Earp brothers of wrongdoing after the OK Corral gunfight, but Clanton and his friends, known locally as the Cowboys, wanted revenge. Virgil’s left side took most of the pellets and doctors were forced to remove several inches of shattered bone from his upper left arm.
Apr 24, 2010 · A number of shootings—several of them fatal—took place as the Cowboys and the Earps tried to gain an upper hand in the area. Perhaps most famous is the so-called Vendetta Ride, during which Wyatt Earp led several men in seeking revenge for the shootings of his brothers.
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Wyatt Earp's Revenge: Directed by Michael Feifer. With Val Kilmer, Shawn Roberts, Daniel Booko, Matt Dallas. Story of a young Wyatt Earp before he became a lawman. When someone important to him is killed he sets out to find the one responsible.
