TORKEL FARRAGO DIETZMANN BORN 1850 TV
Although his brother Virgil had far more experience as a sheriff, constable, and marshal, Wyatt, who outlived Virgil, and was made famous by a largely fictionalized biography by Stuart Lake, has been the subject of and model for a large number of films, TV shows, biographies and works of fiction. He and his third wife, in their later years, moved between Los Angeles and the Mojave Desert, where the town of Earp, California was named after him. Pursuing a vendetta, Wyatt, his brother Warren, Holliday, and others chased down the Cowboys they thought responsible.Īfter leaving Tombstone, Earp continually invested in various mining interests and saloons. In the next five months, Virgil was ambushed and maimed and Morgan was assassinated. Corral, during which the Earps and Holliday killed three of the Cowboys. The conflict escalated over the next year, culminating on Octoin the gunfight at the O.K. Wyatt, Virgil, and their younger brother Morgan held various law enforcement positions that put them in conflict with Tom and Frank McLaury, and Ike and Billy Clanton, who threatened to kill the Earps. There, the Earps clashed with a loose federation of outlaw cowboys. The Earps bought an interest in the Vizina mine and some water rights. In the winter of 1878 he went to Texas to gamble where he met John Henry "Doc" Holliday whom Earp credited with saving his life.Ĭontinually drawn to boomtowns and opportunity, Earp left Dodge City in 1879, and with his brothers James and Virgil, moved to Tombstone, Arizona. In 1876 he followed his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas where he became an assistant marshal. He landed in the cattle boomtown of Wichita, Kansas where he became a deputy marshal for one year and developed a solid reputation as a lawman. Within the next two years he was arrested, sued twice, escaped from jail, then was arrested three more times for "keeping and being found in a house of ill-fame". His first wife Urilla Sutherland Earp died while pregnant less than a year after they married. Earp's modern-day reputation is that of the Old West's "toughest and deadliest gunman of his day."Įarp spent his early life in Iowa. The 30-second gunfight defined the rest of his life. Corral during which three outlaw cowboys were killed.
He is best known for his part in the gunfight at the O.K. He was also at different times a farmer, teamster, bouncer, saloon-keeper, miner and on one occasion a boxing referee. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (Ma? January 13, 1929) was a city policeman (assistant town marshal) in Wichita, Kansas, Dodge City, Kansas and Tombstone, Arizona. Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1883 City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) about Wyatt S Earp California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 about Wyatt S Earp.Street: 1004 Golden Gate Ave 1st floor, front room Residence Place: San Francisco, California California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 about Wyatt Stap Earp.Occupation is minor of gold and copperġ920 Census Los Angeles Assembly District 61, Los Angeles, California as Wyatt S EARP. ġ880 Census Tombstone, Pima, Arizona as Wyatt S EARP living with his brother Virgil and his wife Alley (?)ġ910 Census Los Angeles Assembly District 71, Los Angeles, California as Wyatt S EARP states this his 2nd marriage. 1870 Census Lamar, Barton, Missouri as Wyatt EARP states married in Jan of 1870.
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