Following the death of her husband, Wyatt Earp, in 1929, at the age of 63, Josephine Sarah Earp, who Wyatt called “Sadie,” spent a great portion of her life defending the old lawman’s reputation. For years, writers and film makers attempted to tell the famous Kansas and Arizona peace officer’s life story, but Josephine’s efforts to control the story of Wyatt’s life and the part she played were successful for over 120 years.
She was a woman who was ornery and frustrating to some b