Wild Bill Hickok's reputation as a gunfighter may be blown out of proportion but there's no doubt, he was an excellent shot. He put a bullet in the...
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Long may our stories be told. When my Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp book was first published (1993), I did a book-signing at the...
Searching For Wyatt Earp As A Boy
The Pella Historical Society starts at home. Certainly, Wyatt Earp didn’t play cowboys and Indians growing up in Pella, Iowa. We know because it...
Earp: Outta Here Wyatt escaped justice (and jail) in 1871.
In 1871, Wyatt Earp faced five years in prison for stealing horses in Indian Territory. In preparation for trial, he and others were held at the...
Guns of the Gunfighters at OK Corral
Are the guns used by the participants at the Gunfight Near the OK Corral in Museums or in the hands of private collectors? There have been many guns...
Was Wyatt Earp Really a Deputy U.S. Marshal?
Wyatt Earp, who has become controversial since his fictionalization by television, did serve in both Dodge City and Tombstone as a legally appointed...
Why Didn’t the Earp Brothers Have Any Children?
Why Didn't the Earp Brothers Have Any Children? It’s a bit of an anomaly because they came from a family of seven children and one half-brother,...
Sealed With A Kiss Wyatt Earp engaged in a Jewish ritual while he was on the run.
Sealed With A Kiss Wyatt Earp engaged in a Jewish ritual while he was on the run. When Wyatt Earp fled Arizona after the Vendetta Ride, he and his...
The Truth Will Out John Behan helped fund the prosecution of the Earps and Holliday.
Mid-November 1881. Sheriff John Behan testifies at the Earp-Holliday hearing into the OK Corral shootout. Under cross-examination, he has a fair...
Ain’t No Earps Hidin’ Newton Earp didn’t like how his brothers were portrayed.
Newton Earp (in photo, right), the half-brother of the “Fighting Earps,” lived long enough to see his siblings’ exploits hit the silver screen. The...
A Will For Payback A McLaury brother wants to get the Earps and Holliday—any way he can.
Will McLaury is in Tombstone in November 1881. He’s joined the prosecution, trying to hang the Earps and Doc Holliday for the OK Corral shootout. ...
The Cowboy Saloon of Stilwell and Stwart
Oklahoma historian reveals the real story of the ownership of the famous Charleston, Arizona, watering hole.