Wyatt Earp Archives

Another Side to Wyatt Earp

by Mark Boardman | Apr 25, 2024

He runs from a horse theft charge in Arkansas April 6, 1871. Edward Kennedy and Wyatt Earp are arrested by a deputy U.S. marshal in the Cherokee...

The Death of Morgan Earp

by Mark Boardman | Mar 28, 2024

Violence begets violence in Cochise County… March 18, 1882. Morgan Earp is assassinated while playing billiards at Campbell and Hatch's in...

The Life and Legend Begins

by Mark Boardman | Mar 27, 2024

Wyatt Earp is born in Illinois. March 19, 1848. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp is born in Monmouth, IL. He will live a long and interesting life, often a...

The Earp Brothers and Brothels

by Mark Boardman | Mar 7, 2024

Morgan and Wyatt work the bawdy houses in Peoria. February 24, 1872. Brothers Wyatt and Morgan Earp are arrested in Jane Haspel's brothel in Peoria,...

Wyatt Earp, Wagons and Wild Women

by Marshall Trimble | Feb 21, 2024

What is your opinion of Stuart Lake’s Wyatt Earp biography Frontier Marshal? Josh Taylor Austin, Texas Much of Lake’s book comes from the fertile...

The Lion of Tombstone is Silenced

by Mark Boardman | Jan 25, 2024

Wyatt Earp cashes in his chips. January 13, 1929. Wyatt Earp dies in Los Angeles at the age of 80. The next day, the Arizona Daily Star has front...

Let’s Make a Deal

by Marshall Trimble | Jan 16, 2024

Wyatt Earp’s attempt to placate the Cow-boys falls apart. In 1881, Wells Fargo secretly gave Wyatt Earp a free hand to put an end to stage robberies...

A Sign of Respect

by Mark Boardman | Dec 21, 2023

The story of Wyatt Earp and a Jewish symbol. April 1882. Wyatt Earp--running from the Cochise County law after the Vendetta Ride--is in New Mexico,...

Enter the Earps

by Mark Boardman | Dec 15, 2023

The brothers come to Tombstone December 1, 1879. Wyatt, James and Virgil Earp enter Tombstone, Arizona in a search for their pots of gold. Just over...