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Virgil Earp. Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was both deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona, City Marshal when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. They killed brothers Tom and Frank McLaury and ...
Feb 18, 2019 · While working as a constable in Prescott, Earp became close to U.S. Marshal Dake Crawley, and when Virgil headed off for Tombstone, Arizona in 1879, Crawley appointed him deputy U.S. marshal for the Tombstone area. Tombstone became a boomtown when prospectors found silver. But as hard working miners moved in, so did criminals.
- William Delong
James, Virgil, and Wyatt Earp arrived in Tombstone on December 1, 1879, when the town was mostly composed of tents as living quarters, a few saloons and other buildings, and the mines. Virgil had been hired as Deputy U.S. Marshal for eastern Pima County , with his offices in Tombstone, only days before his arrival.
- October 26, 1881
Nov 6, 2009 · The feud escalated, and on October 26, 1881, it finally exploded into violence in a gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone. In the gunfight, Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp joined Doc Holliday to ...
Dec 25, 1993 · Tombstone: Directed by George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre. With Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton. A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre
- 1993-12-25
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Jun 12, 2006 · Wyatt Earp has received far more attention than his older brother Virgil Walter Earp, yet Virgil also served as a frontier lawman, and was, in fact, the city marshal at the time of the so-called Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Wyatt was acting as Virgil’s deputy on October 26, 1881, when the two brothers were ...
Wyatt Earp : Now you hold on a minute, Virg! Virgil Earp : Hold on nothin'! I walk around this town and look these people in the eyes. It's just like someone's slappin' me in the face! These people are afraid to walk down the street, and I'm tryin' to make money off that like some goddamn vulture! If we're gonna have a future in this town, it's ...
