Earp Versus Breakenridge

The feud continued long after the two had left Tombstone. Wyatt Earp. William “Billy” Breakenridge. They were certainly on opposite sides during the Southeast Arizona conflicts of 1880-82. Breakenridge was part of a posse trying to capture Earp’s Vendetta Riders after the killing of Cowboy Frank Stilwell. Later in life—in the 1920s—the two seemed to lower the flame, meeting on several occasions in what seemed to be pretty amicable discussions. Or not.  Breakenridge’s book Helldor