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Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. Marshal and City Marshal of Tombstone , Arizona , when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan , and Doc Holliday , in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881.
Nicholas Porter Earp (September 6, 1813 – February 12, 1907) was the father of well-known Western lawmen Virgil, Wyatt, and Morgan, and their lesser-known brothers James, Newton and Warren Earp. He was a justice of the peace , a farmer, cooper , constable, bootlegger, wagon-master, and teacher.
Morgan Seth Earp (April 24, 1851 – March 18, 1882) was an American sheriff and lawman.He served as Tombstone, Arizona's Special Policeman when he helped his brothers Virgil and Wyatt, as well as Doc Holliday, confront the outlaw Cochise County Cowboys in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881.
Dodge City had been a frontier cowtown for several years, but by 1879 it had begun to settle down. Virgil Earp was the town constable in Prescott, Arizona Territory, and he wrote to Wyatt about the opportunities in the silver-mining boomtown of Tombstone. He later wrote, "In 1879 Dodge was beginning to lose much of the snap which had given it a ...
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Virgil Earp was shot from the second floor on December 29, 1881. [14] [15] Vogan's Alley Bar and Grill – A saloon and bowling alley built in 1880 at 487 E. Allen Street. James Earp (another brother of Wyatt's) worked there before opening his own establishment called the Sampling Room. [16] [17]
Virgil Earp, wounded during the gunfight, was later ambushed by the Cowboys Wyatt Earp took matters into his own hands when the Cowboys who ambushed Virgil and murdered Morgan went free. The interpersonal conflicts and feuds leading to the gunfight were complex. Each side had strong family ties.
Doc Holliday, Virgil and Morgan Earp were wounded in the shootout. The town was divided, with many supporting the Clantons, and others supporting the Earps. The funeral that followed was the largest in Tombstone's history, with more than 300 people following the hearse and 2,000 watching from the city's sidewalks.