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Nov 6, 2009 · Learn about Wyatt Earp, one of the most famous figures of the American West, who participated in the OK Corral gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona. Find out about his early life, siblings, later career and mythic status.
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp was involved in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys.
An event in honor of one of Tombstone’s most famous lawmen, Wyatt Earp. Visit Tombstone on Memorial Day Weekend and enjoy the adventures of the old west with Wyatt Earp Days. This annual Memorial Day weekend celebration in “The Town Too Tough to Die” is much like stepping back in time.
- Primary
- May 26, 2024
- 311 E. Allen Street, Tombstone, 85638, AZ
- May 25, 2024
Gilchriese opened the Wyatt Earp Museum in Tombstone in 1966 and commissioned Western artist Don Perceval to paint the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The oil on masonite painting titled The Street Fight is 6 feet 4 inches by 4 feet 0 inches (1.93 by 1.22 m).
- October 26, 1881
Visit the historic site of the 1881 O.K. Corral gunfight where Wyatt Earp and his brothers fought the Clantons and McLaurys. See reenactments, photos, museums, and more in Tombstone, Arizona.
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