March 19, 1848 - Monmouth, Illinois - Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp is born
January(?) 1(?), 1864 - Colton, California - The Earp family moves to Colton, California
January(?) 1(?), 1865 - San Bernardino, California - Driving wagons from San Bernardino to Arizona
January(?) 1(?), 1866 - Salt Lake City, Utah - trip to Salt Lake City, Utah
January(?) 1(?), 1867 - Julesburg, Colorado - trip to Julesburg, Colorado
November 1(?), 1869 - Lamar, Missouri - The Earp family settles in Lamar, Missouri
November 17, 1869 - Lamar, Missouri - 21-year-old Wyatt Earp is appointed Constable for Lamar, in place of his father Nicholas =(START)
January 10, 1870 - Lamar, Missouri - Wyatt Earp marries Urilla Sutherland
October(?) 25(?), 1870 - Lamar, Missouri - Urilla Sutherland dies (of typhus? During child birth?)
March 14, 1871 - Lamar, Missouri - Barton County files a suit against Wyatt Earp, allegating he had never turned over money that he had collected for licenses for the town
March 28, 1871 - Western Arkansas - Wyatt Earp allegedly steals two horses
March 31, 1871 - Lamar, Missouri - Lawsuit filed against Wyatt Earp for allegedly falsifying court documents
April 6, 1871 - Western Arkansas - Wyatt Earp is taken into custody on a charge of horse theft.
May 1(?), 1871 - Western Arkansas - Wyatt Earp escapes
February 24, 1872 - Peoria, Illinois - Wyatt and his brother Morgan are arrested for "keeping and being found in a house of ill-fame". They are fined on february 26th
May 9, 1872 - Peoria, Illinois - Wyatt and Morgan Earp are arrested again, this time at the McClellan brothel
August 1(?), 1872 - Henry, Illinois - Wyatt is arrested and fined in Henry, Illinois
September 10, 1872 - Peoria, Illinois - Wyatt is arrested in a raid on the "Beardtown" gunboat, a floating brothel on Illinois River
October 29, 1874 - Wichita, Kansas - Wyatt Earp is mentioned by the "Wichita City Eagle" as acting as a private officer for M.R.Moser to collect some money owed Moser
April 21, 1875 - Wichita, Kansas - Wyatt Earp is appointed to Wichita Police Force
April 18, 1876 - Wichita, Kansas - Wyatt Earp is dismissed from the Wichita Police Force
May 24, 1876 - Dodge City, Kansas - Wyatt Earp is put on the police force at Dodge City
January 22, 1878 - Ft.Clark, Texas - Wyatt Earp travels to Ft.Clark, Texas, out of the Dodge City Police
May 11, 1878 - Dodge City, Kansas - Rehired by the Dodge City Police. Appointed assistant marshal
July(?) 1(?), 1878 - Dodge City, Kansas - Involved in a shooting. A cowboy named George Hoy is shot and killed by three men, including Wyatt Earp
September 9, 1879 - Dodge City, Kansas - Wyatt Earp departs to Las Vegas, New Mexico
September 30, 1879 - Las Vegas, New Mexico - Wyatt Earp arrives in Las Vegas, New Mexico
November 27, 1879 - Tucson, Arizona - The Earps stop at Tucson, where Virgil is commissioned as a US deputy marshal
December 1, 1879 - Tombstone, Arizona - James, Virgil and Wyatt Earp arrive in Tombstone with their wives. On the same day, Josephine Marcus also arrives in Tombstone with Pauline Markham's theater Company
July 25, 1880 - Babacomi Creek, NW of Tombstone - Captain Joseph H. Hurst, of Company A, 12th Infantry, and Commanding Officer of Fort Bennett, asks Deputy U.S. Marshal Virgil Earp to help him track Cowboys who had stolen six U.S. Army mules from Camp Rucker. This was a federal matter because the animals were U.S. property. Hurst brings four soldiers, and Virgil invites Wyatt and Morgan Earp, as well as Wells Fargo agent Marshall Williams. The posse finds the mules on the McLaury's Ranch on Babacomari Creek, northwest of Tombstone, as well as the branding iron used to change the "US" brand to "D8
July 27, 1880 - (While in Tombstone, Arizona) - Wyatt Earp is appointed Pima County Deputy Sheriff
July 28, 1880 - Tombstone, Arizona - Tombstone Town Marshal Fred White attempts to disarm some late-night revelers who were shooting their pistols in the air. When he attempts to disarm Curly Bill Brocius, the gun discharges, striking White in the abdomen. Wyatt sees the shooting and pistol-whips Brocius, knocking him unconscious, and arrests him
July 29, 1880 - Tucson, Arizona - Wyatt Earp takes Curly Bill Brocius in a wagon to stand trial in Tucson
September 30, 1880 - Tombstone, Arizona - His brother Virgil is appointed as Tombstone's acting town marshal
January 1, 1881 - (While in Tombstone, Arizona) - The eastern portion of Pima County countaining Tombstone is split off into the new Cochise County, which would need its own sheriff, based in the county's largest city, Tombstone
April 19, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - To reduce crime in Tombstone, the city council passes ordinance 9, requiring anyone carrying a bowie knife, dirk, pistol or rifle to deposit their weapons at a livery or saloon soon after entering town
July 27, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - Morgan Earp takes over his brother's job as shotgun messenger for Wells Fargo
October 26, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp and Morgan Earp kill Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury in a 30-second gunfight
October 30, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - Ike Clanton, Billy Clanton's brother, files charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday
October 31, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - After Ike Clanton files murder charges, Justice Spicer convenes the preliminary hearing in the Mining Exchange Building to determine if there was enough evidence to go to trial. Spicer takes written and oral testimony from a number of witnesses over more than a month
November 4, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday are arrested during the fifth day of the hearing
November 12, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - Wyatt Earp replaces his brother Virgil as Deputy US Marshal, after he is wounded in an assassination attempt
December 28, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - Virgil Earp is ambushed and wounded by three assailants
December 29, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - Telegram to Crawley Dake, U.S. Marshal for the Arizona Territory: "Virgil Earp was shot by concealed assassins last night his wounds are fatal telegraph me appointment with power to appoint deputies local authorities are doing nothing the lives of other citizens are threatened Wyatt Earp"
January 20, 1882 - Tombstone, Arizona - Crawley Dake deposits $2,985 into an account in Wyatt Earp's name at Hudson & Company in Tombstone, and authorizes him to employ a posse to track down the "Cowboys"
January 23, 1882 - Charleston, Arizona - Wyatt Earp rides with his deputized posse, consisting of his brothers Morgan and Warren, Doc Holliday, "Texas Jack" Vermillion and four others, to Charleston, where Ike Clanton, his brother Phin, and Pony Diehl were known to stay. Ringo, still in jail, learns that the Earps have warrants and are headed for Charleston. He arranges for bail and Sheriff Behan releases him before the bail payment arrives. James Earp immediately files an affidavit saying Ringo was "an escaped prisoner" and charges that Ringo intended to interfere with Wyatt's execution of the warrants. Ringo immediately rides to Charleston to warn his Cowboy friends.
On the way to Charleston, Earp's posse is joined by 30 more riders from Tombstone. They find Ben Maynard, a known Cowboy associate, outside Charleston and arrest him. With Maynard in front, the posse take over the small town and go door-to-door looking for the Clantons and Diehl. Ringo is rearrested in Charleston, but not before he warns the Clantons and Diehl, who leave town.
January 25, 1882 - Tombstone, Arizona - Wyatt Earp obtains warrants from Judge Stilwell for the arrest of Ike and Phin Clanton, and another Cowboy named Pony Diehl, for the attempted murder of Virgil Earp. Wyatt and Morgan Earp, along with Doc Holliday, assemble a posse which turn Charleston inside out looking for the Cowboys without success
February 2, 1882 - Tombstone, Arizona - Virgil and Wyatt resign from their positions as Deputy U.S. Marshals in a letter published in "The Daily Epitaph", though Dake refuses Wyatt's resignation
February 9, 1882 - Tombstone, Arizona - Ike Clanton files murder charges yet again against the Earps, once again in Contention City. Behan escorts Wyatt and Morgan there, guarded by a phalanx of 12 heavily armed friends en route. Judge Smith refused to indict the Earps unless the Clantons could supply new evidence
February 13, 1882 - Tombstone, Arizona - Wyatt mortgages his home to lawyer James G. Howard for $365.00 (about $9,476 today), but is never able to repay the loan and in 1884 Howard forecloses on the house
February 17, 1882 - Tombstone, Arizona - The Earp posse leaves Tombstone heavily armed and with a warrant for the arrest of "Pony" Diehl, who was a suspect in a January 1882 stage robbery. Unsuccessful, they return to town a few days later, hearing rumors that the Cowboys were plotting further revenge
March 10, 1882 - Mescal Springs, Arizona - Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and others encounter Curly Bill Brocius and several other outlaws near Mescal Springs, Arizona. A gunfight erupts with Earp killing Brocius and mortally wounding Johnny Barnes before the other outlaws flee. Dave Rudabaugh is reported to be among the outlaws. Afterwards, he apparently flees south into Mexico
March 18, 1882 - (While in Tucson, Arizona) - Morgan Earp is killed in Tombstone while playing billiards
March 20, 1882 - Tucson, Arizona - Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp, James Earp, Warren Earp, Doc Holliday, "Turkey Creek" Jack Johnson, and Sherman McMaster guard Virgil and Allie on the way to Tucson. James was to accompany Virgil, Allie, and Morgan's body to the family home in Colton, California. Morgan's wife and parents wait to bury him. Wyatt receives information that Frank Stilwell, Ike Clanton, Hank Swilling, and another cowboy were waiting for them in Tucson. Upon their arrival in Tucson, the Earp party spots Stilwell and other Cowboys. James, Virgil, and Allie board the train to Tucson armed with pistols, rifles and shotguns.
As the train pulls away from the Tucson station, six or seven shots are heard. When Wyatt and his men approach, Frank Stilwell and Ike Clanton run. Stilwell stumbles, allowing Wyatt to catch him.
March 22, 1882 - Off the Chiricahua Road, South Pass, Dragoon Mountains - A part of the Earp posse including Wyatt, Warren, Doc Holliday, Sherman McMaster and "Turkey Creek" Johnson ride about 10 miles (16 km) east to Pete Spence's ranch and woodcutting camp off the Chiricahua Road, below the South Pass of the Dragoon Mountains.
The Earp posse arrives and asks about the location of Pete Spence and Florentino "Indian Charlie" Cruz. They are told that Spence is in jail in Tombstone and that Cruz is cutting wood nearby. They follow the direction given to them and soon ten or twelve shots are heard. The next morning, Cruz's body is found full of bullet holes.
March 24, 1882 - "Iron Springs", Cochise County, Whetstone Mountains, SE Arizona - The Earp posse, including Wyatt, Warren, Doc Holliday, Sherman McMasters, and Texas Jack, rides west towards a prearranged meeting place at a springs, where they expected to meet Smith, who was to bring $1000 from Tombstone, about 20 miles (32 km) to the east.
With Wyatt and Doc Holliday in the lead, the six lawmen surmount a small rise overlooking the springs and are surprised to find nine Cowboys already there: Curly Bill, Pony Diehl, Johnny Barnes, Frank Patterson, Milt Hicks, Bill Hicks, Bill Johnson, Ed Lyle, and Johnny Lyle. They were camped about the springs, cooking a meal, less than 30 feet (9.1 m) down an slight embankment.
Recognizing Earp, Curly Bill fires his shotgun without warning at Wyatt but misses. Earp dismounts, shotgun in hand. The other Cowboys fire their guns. "Texas Jack" Vermillion’s horse is shot and falls on him, pinning his leg. Lacking cover, Doc, Johnson, and McMaster retreat.
Wyatt returns Curly Bill's gunfire with his own shotgun and shoots Curly Bill in the chest, almost cutting him in half. "Texas Jack" Vermillion tries to retrieve his rifle wedged in the scabbard under his fallen horse. The Cowboys fire a number of shots at the Earp party but the only casualty is Vermillion's horse, which is killed. Doc Holliday helps Vermillion gain cover. After killing Brocius, Earp fires his pistol and shoots Johnny Barnes in the chest and Milt Hicks in the arm.
March 25, 1882 - (While in "Iron Springs") - The Tucson Grand Jury indicts Pete Spence, Frank Stilwell, Florentino Cruz, Frederick Bode, and "John Doe" (Fries) for Morgan Earp's murder
March 27, 1882 - Sierra Bonita Ranch, Cochise County - Arizona - After the Earp Vendetta Ride, Henry C. Hooker hosts the Earps and their companions on their way to the Arizona Territory
March 28, 1882 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - A local newspaper reports that Earp's posse passed through Albuquerque on 28th
April 2, 1882 - 32km N of Sierra Bonita Ranch - Wyatt Earp's posse is spotted 32km North of Hooker's ranch
April 15, 1882 - Silver City, New Mexico - Earp's posse arrives in Silver City
April 28(?), 1882 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday have a serious disagreement (over Earp's jewish woman) and part ways
April 29, 1882 - Gunnison, Colorado - Wyatt Earp and his brother Warren, McMaster, Johnson, and Vermillion took the train to Trinidad and then Gunnison, Colorado, where they set up camp on the outskirts of town
May 16, 1882 - Gunnison, Colorado - Doc Holliday is arrested on the Arizona warrant for killing Frank Stillwell. Wyatt Earp intervenes on Holliday's behalf to release him
July 13, 1882 - near Morse Canyon, Arizona - Johnny Ringo, the last leader of "the cowboys" is hunted down and killed
July 25(?), 1882 - San Francisco - Wyatt Earp and Josephine Marcus travel to San Francisco
April(?) 1(?), 1883 - Silverton, Colorado - Wyatt Earp and Josephine leave San Francisco and travel to Silverton, Colorado, where gold mining was flourishing
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| "Dodge City Peace Commission", June 10, 1883 Wyatt Earp is seated, second from the left |
June 3, 1883 - Kinsley, Kansas | Dodge City, Kansas - Wyatt Earp meets Luke Short and William F. Petillon. Takes the train back to Dodge City
June 10, 1883 - Dodge City, Kansas - Wyatt Earp poses for the famous "Dodge City Peace Commission" photo, then departs on a train to Colorado
December 1(?), 1883 - Galveston, Texas - Visit to Galveston, Texas, with Josephine
January 30, 1884 - Eagle City, Shoshone County, Idaho - Wyatt Earp and Josephine arrive in Eagle City, another town growingg from the discovery of gold
March 1(?), 1884 - Salt Lake City, Utah - In Salt Lake City by March
December 1(?), 1884 - Raton, New Mexico - Wyatt Earp is identified in Raton, New Mexico
March 26, 1885 - Eagle City, Shoshone County, Idaho - As sheriff, Wyatt Earp helps ending a dispute between a miner and one of Earp's partners, who fired several shots at each other
January(?) 1(?), 1886 - El Paso, Texas - Wyatt Earp and Josephine arrive in El Paso
April(?) 1(?), 1886 - Denver, Colorado - Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp meet in Denver's Windsor Hotel
May 5, 1886 - Aspen, Colorado - Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp arrive in Aspen, Colorado
May 20(?), 1887 - Glenwood Springs, Colorado - Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp arrive in Glenwood Springs, via Aspen
May 25(?), 1887 - Glenwood Springs, Colorado - Wyatt Earp and wife depart to San Diego. It would be the last time he would see Doc Holliday
January(?) 1(?), 1888 - San Diego - Wyatt Earp is interviewed by California historian Hubert Howe Bancroft. Earp claims to have killed "over a dozen stage robbers, murderers, and cattle thieves" in his time as a lawman
May 6, 1888 - San Diego | Tijuana, Mexico | San Diego - Wyatt Earp goes to Tijuana to referee "The Hundred-Round Fight" boxing match. Returns later that day to San Diego
July 3, 1888 - (While in San Diego) - Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock commits suicide by opium poisoning
September(?) 30(?), 1889 - Escondido, California - Wyatt Earp is one of the judges at the county fair horse races held in Escondido, California
January(?) 1(?), 1891 - San Francisco - Wyatt Earp moves back to San Francisco
December 2, 1896 - San Francisco - Referees the Bob Fitzsimmons vs. Tom Sharkey Heavyweight Boxing match
December 20, 1896 - San Francisco - Wyatt Earp and Josephine depart to Yuma
August 5, 1897 - Yuma, Arizona - Wyatt Earp and Josephine depart to San Francisco
September 21, 1897 - San Francisco - Wyatt Earp and Josephine board the steamship "Rosalie" for Nome, Alaska
September 30(?), 1897 - Dawson, Yukon - Arrival in Dawson, where Wyatt planned to open a faro game
November(?) 1(?), 1897 - Wrangell, Alaska - Wyatt Earp is offered a job in Wrangell
November 16, 1899 - Alaska - Wyatt Earp and Josephine depart to Seattle aboard the iron steamer "Cleveland"
November 25, 1897 - Seattle - After a difficult trip through a storm on the Bering Sea, Wyatt Earp and Josephine arrive in Seattle, with a plan to open a saloon and gambling room
March 23, 1900 - Seattle - The Washington State attorney general files charges agains Earp and other gamblers. The Union Club Saloon's furnishings are confiscated and burn
April 1(?), 1900 - San Francisco - Brief return to San Francisco
June 14, 1900 - Seattle - Wyatt Earp and Josephine board the steamer "SS Aliance" for Nome, Alaska
June 27, 1900 - Juneau, Alaska - Wyatt Earp arrives in Alaska. His Smith and Wesson No.3 revolver is confiscated by US marshals
June 29, 1900 - Juneau, Alaska - Wyatt Earp departs to Nome aboard the "SS Senator"
July 6, 1900 - (While in Nome, Alaska) - Wyatt's brother Warren is shot and killed in a saloon in Willcox, Arizona
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| Wyatt Earp's saloon in Nome, Alaska, 1901 |
December(?) 1(?), 1901 - Nome, Alaska - Wyatt Earp and Josephine depart to Los Angeles aboard the "SS Roanoke"
December 13, 1901 - Los Angeles - Wyatt Earp and Josephine arrive in Los Angeles
February 1(?), 1902 - Tonopah, Nevada - Wyatt Earp and Josephine arrive in Tonopah, another booming town after gold and silver had been discovered. Earp opens the Northern Saloon and serves as Deputy US Marshal
January(?) 1(?), 1905 - Goldfield, Nevada - Wyatt Earp and Josephine move to Goldfield, Nevada, where his brother Virgil and his wife were living
February 1(?), 1905 - Goldfield, Nevada - Short visit to his brother Virgil in Goldfield, Nevada
October 19, 1905 - Goldfield, Nevada - During a pnemonia epidemic, Virgil Earp dies of the disease, aged 61
January(?) 1(?), 1906 - near Vidal, California - Wyatt Earp discovers several gold and copper deposits near the Sonoran Desert town of Vidal, in California
January(?) 1(?), 1910 - Los Angeles - 62-year-old Wyatt Earp is hired by the Los Angeles Police Department to carry out various tasks "outside the law"
October 1(?), 1910 - Los Angeles - He is asked to head up a posse to protect surveyors of the American Trona Company who were attempting to wrest control of mining claims for vast deposits of potash on the edge of Searles Lake.
July 23, 1911 - Los Angeles - Wyatt Earp is arrested and charged with attempting to fleece a realty broker, in a fake faro game. He is released on $500 bailJanuary(?) 1(?), 1915 - Los Angeles - Wyatt Earp visits the set of director Allan Dwan's movie, "The Half-Breed", starring Douglas Fairbanks
January(?) 1(?), 1916 - Edendale, California - Visit to the studio of Mutual Film Conglomerate, where former cowboy Raoul Walsh was shooting a movie
January 25, 1926 - (While in Los Angeles) - Wyatt's brother James dies of cerebral apoplexy in San Bernardino, California
January 13, 1929 - Los Angeles - Wyatt Earp dies of chronic cystitis, aged 80 =(END)
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