wyatt earp and OK corral

how did wyatt earp become a deputy marshall?

• he was arrested for participating in a brawl in 1874

• at the same time, a group of rowdy cowboys were fighting

• he helped the deputy marshall break up the fight

• the mayor offered him the role of deputy marshall

where was earp promoted to marshall?

dodge city

where did he move to in 1879?

tombstone, arizona

what was tombstone?

a mining boom town controlled by rich businessmen

who was against the rich businessmen in tombstone?

cowboys, led by the clanton and mclaury families

when did the rich businessmen hire earp to be deputy sheriff in the town?

1880

what did earp and his brother have to deal with in the town?

• rustling

• horse and mule thefts

• the clantons and mclaurys robbing stagecoaches

what did people suspect the earps to he involved in?

the stagecoach robberies

when was the gunfight in OK corral?

26th october 1881

what happened at OK corral?

• the earps and holliday advanced down the street in tombstone to the OK corral where they confronted the cowboys

• someone cocked a gun and shooting erupted

who did the earps shoot at OK corral?

billy clanton and tom and frank mclaury

what did virgil earp, city marshall claim?

they only wanted to arrest the men but they opened fire first, many doubted this

what happened after OK corral?

• virgil earp was shot and wounded

• morgan earp was shot dead

• wyatt killed 2 men, claiming they were the ones to shoot his brothers

• wyatt earp argued it was justice, but few people agreed

what was the public opinion on wyatt earp?

his response to violence created more violence and public opinion turned against him

what did both wyatt and virgil earp do?

fled tombstone