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Nov 6, 2009 · In 1879, Earp left Dodge City for Tombstone, Arizona, with his longtime companion, the former prostitute Mattie Blaylock,. The town was booming after a silver rush, and most...
Virginia Ann Earp (b. 1858) Adelia Earp (b. 1861) Signature. 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.
Wyatt Earp moved to Tombstone, Arizona with his common law wife in 1879. By 1880, several of his brothers and their wives, including his good friend Doc Holiday and his common law wife, all lived in Tombstone. He was elected deputy sheriff in part of Pima County and later became a U.S. Marshall.
In 1879 he moved to the Wild West town of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, where most of the Earp family had congregated, buying real estate and businesses. Wyatt became a gambler and a guard in a saloon, and his brother Virgil became town marshal.
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Feb 25, 2022 · Wyatt Earp, his lawmen brothers and Doc Holliday are best known for turbulent times in Tombstone. But we thought it would be fun to follow their path across Arizona from Prescott to Tombstone and across Cochise County north to Willcox. Buckle up for a road trip that’s cushy, compared to an 1880 trek.
Aug 20, 2021 · Nonetheless, of all the adventures and misadventures in Earp’s life, his epic battle against the Cowboys in Arizona Territory made him a hero, then and now. In 1881-1882 Wyatt, his brothers and a handful of loyal friends took on and defeated the biggest outlaw gang of the Old West.