Virgil Earp passes at age 62. October 19, 1905. Virgil Earp dies in Goldfield, Nevada at the age of 62. He had pneumonia and had been in poor health...
Death of a Legend
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Virgil Earp
The Missing Mules
The first confrontation between the Earps and McLaurys. July 25, 1880. A contingent including several soldiers, a Wells Fargo agent, and Deputy US...
Let’s Make a Deal
Wyatt Earp’s attempt to placate the Cow-boys falls apart. In 1881, Wells Fargo secretly gave Wyatt Earp a free hand to put an end to stage robberies...
Testimony in Bed
Virgil Earp tells his side of the OK Corral shootout. November 19, 1881. The Earp-Holliday preliminary hearing moves to the Cosmopolitan Hotel....
A Brother Butts In
Another McLaury enters the murder trial after the OK Corral fight. November 4, 1881. Lawyer Will McLaury--the brother of Tom and Frank...
Tumbling Dice, Blind Pigs and Brothels
The Earps’ last stand in Los Angeles was more bust than bonanza. In 1866 the first home for disabled war veterans was opened in Togus, Maine, and...
How About Those Earp Women
Were any of the Earp women Prostitutes? Yes, you might say all of them dabble in the trade at one time or another. Allie was a former prostitute, as...
An Arizona Adventure
The Earp brothers’ trail from Prescott to Tombstone is a treasure trove of historic sites. Wyatt Earp, his lawmen brothers and Doc Holliday are best...
Tombstone: On the Cutting Room Floor
Historians, actors and film critics weigh in on Kevin Jarre’s original script—and whether it should be remade and finally get its DUE. Everyone...
An O.K. Day!
Funny what a hunch can produce. I didn’t see any ads or notices about the event in Tombstone. I just knew I had to be there, in the corral, for the...
Stitching Together a Relationship
Wyatt and Allie Earp bonded over a sewing machine. The legend goes that Allie Earp, Virgil’s wife, didn’t think much of his brother Wyatt. At least...
The Women Behind the Gunfight
The Earp women were frantic when the guns went off. So when the OK Corral fight broke out, what were the Earp women doing? According to Virgil’s...