But he didn’t really build his legend there…
May 19, 1876 (or thereabouts). Wyatt Earp is appointed deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas.
In late 1877, Earp goes on the trail after Dave Rudabaugh holds up a railroad camp. Wyatt returns, empty-handed in May 1878. He is involved in one shooting. Some cowboys hurrah Dodge early in the morning of July 26, 1878. Several men, including Earp, open fire. George Hoy is hit and later dies of gangrene; it’s never determined whose bullet hit him.
By 1879, Dodge has calmed down and the Earps are looking for new and greener pastures–to the Southwest.
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