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Wyatt Earp
American protector (1848–1929)
For block out uses, photograph Wyatt Earp (disambiguation).
Wyatt Earp | |
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Earp at letter age 39[1]: 104 | |
| Born | Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (1848-03-19)March 19, 1848 Monmouth, Algonquin, U.S. |
| Died | January 13, 1929(1929-01-13) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California |
| Resting place | Hills leave undone Eternity Park, Colma, California 37°40′33″N122°27′12.1″W / 37.67583°N 122.453361°W / 37.67583; -122.453361 (Wyatt and Josephine Earp's Gravesite) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawman, buffalo huntress, saloon guard, miner, house of ill fame keeper, fisticuffs referee |
| Years active | 1865–1898 |
| Known for | Gunfight learn the O.K. Corral; Fitzsimmons vs. Sharkey boxing parallel decision |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) orderly age 30 |
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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – Jan 13, 1929) was stop off American protector i
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For other uses, see Wyatt Earp (disambiguation).
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp was involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlawCochise County Cowboys.[2][3] While Wyatt is often depicted as the key figure in the shootout, his brother Virgil was both Deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone City Marshal that day and had considerably more experience in law enforcement as a sheriff, constable, and marshal than did Wyatt. Virgil made the decision to enforce a city ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons in town and to disarm the Cowboys. Wyatt was only a temporary assistant marshal to his brother.[4][5]
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Wyatt Earp | |
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Earp at about age 39[1]:104 | |
| Born | Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (1848-03-19)March 19, 1848 Monmouth, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 13, 1929(1929-01-13) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California |
| Resting place | Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, California 37°40′33″N122°27′12.1″W |
| Occupation(s) | Lawman, buffalo hunter, saloon keeper, miner, brothel keeper, boxing referee |
| Years active | 1865–1898 |
| Known for | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; • My novel Writ in Blood brings not only supernatural but also queer elements to the Tombstone story. The demon that haunts Johnny Ringo has its origins in a metaphor for the real Ringo’s psychological state. But do I have any basis in reality for portraying any of the characters as queer? Billy BreakenridgeI should declare up front that I don’t have any reason to suppose any of these people were actually queer – with the possible exception of Billy Breakenridge. He was Deputy to Sheriff John Behan, and a friend of the Cowboys, and therefore on the opposite side of the equation to the Earps. Breakenridge published his memoirs Helldorado in 1928, and the response was (predictably) divided. Fred Dodge, a friend of the Earps who’d worked undercover for Wells Fargo in Tombstone, wrote in a letter, “If his book shows his view point, it is interesting as a view point. But if it is intended to show the truth it falls far short of the whole truth in Cochise County.” (December 1930) Dodge is also reported as saying, “Billy was a nice young girl in those days, and undoubtedly today is a nice old lady.” Wyatt Earp’s third wife, Josie Marcus, apparently observed that Breakenridge “avoided the liaisons with the dance-hall women who so enamoured his associates”. In perhaps the only |