Today in History
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Today in History |
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January 13, 1929 Wyatt Earp Dies |
An icon of the American West, Wyatt Earp was born on March 19, 1848. His tumultuous life included stints as a saloon keeper, a farmer, a law enforcement officer, a boxing referee, and a gold miner. Along with his brothers, the gunfighter and dentist, "Doc Holliday" and a small cadre of their assorted wives and female companions, the Earp brothers traveled from western town to town seeking their fortune. They are most famous for the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral". Wyatt Earp eventually moved to Nome, Alaska during the 1897 Gold Rush. He lived there for many years tending a saloon, and in 1906 moved to California to prospect. Hollywood was just beginning to flourish and before long Earp, never shy of publicity, met and mingled with many of the Hollywood personalities of the day, including an unsubstantiated meeting with the young John Wayne in the 1920's. On January 13, 1929, Earp, the gunslinger, died in his bed at the age of 80 years of age.
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