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questions about Wyatt Earp. help please?
all i want to know are these:
what age was earp during gun fight at the O.K. corral
who he was fighting at the O.K. corral
what did he do before coming a lawman (like did he have a job)
how his parents died and at what age was he when they did.
this is all for a book i'm working on. 10 points for answers to these questions.
3 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
Wyatt Earp was 33 years old at the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. At the O.K. Corral, Wyatt, his brothers Virgil and Morgan and Doc Holliday went to arrest brothers Ike and Billy Clanton, brothers Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne. Bill Clayborn and both McLaury brothers died in the fight, and Wyatt was the only one who emerged unharmed.
Before becoming a lawman, Wyatt Earp worked as a porter in California. In 1869, he was appointed constable of Lamar, Missouri - his first law enforcement job.
Wyatt's father, Nicholas Porter Earp died in February 1907, likely of old age (he was born in September 1813, making him 93 years old). Wyatt was 58. Wyatt's mother, Virginia Ann Cooksey, died in January 1893 at 71 years of age. I'm not entirely sure what she died of. Wyatt was 44.
- 7 years ago
All what you have to know: A look at the U.S. Marshals Service with Mike Earp and a trip to Tombstone, Arizona and a conversation with Clanton descendant Terry “Ike” Clanton, Kenn Barrett and Stephen Keith in the role of Doc Holliday, Wednesday, June 11, 3 pm ET. We promise a rootin’ tootin’ show. http://bit.ly/hcjmain
