Wyatt Earp | Timeline

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American Old West lawman and gambler in Cochise County, Arizona Territory, and a deputy marshal in Tombstone. He worked in a wide variety of trades throughout his life and took part in the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys. He is often erroneously regarded as the central figure in the shootout, although his brother Virgil was Tombstone city marshal and deputy U.S. marshal that day and had far more experience as a sheriff, constable, marshal, and soldier in combat. (Intro from Wikipedia)

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

"Dodge City Peace Commission", June 10, 1883
Wyatt Earp is seated, second from the left

May 31, 1883 - Dodge City, Kansas - Wyatt Earp arrives in Dodge City, along with several gunfighters
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

Wyatt Earp's saloon in Nome, Alaska, 1901

September 12, 1900 - Nome, Alaska - The "Nome Daily News" reports about Wyatt and Josephine's brother being taken into custody after trying to stop a drunken brawl in front of the Dexter Saloon
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 bail
January(?) 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)

Bibliography

ROBERTS, Gary L. - "Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend"

TEFERTILLER, Casey - "Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend"

Wild Bill Hickok | Timeline

James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his work across the frontier as a drover, wagon master, soldier, spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor. He earned a great deal of notoriety in his own time, much of it bolstered by the many outlandish and often fabricated tales that he told about his life. Some contemporaneous reports of his exploits are known to be fictitious, but they remain the basis of much of his fame and reputation, along with his own stories. (Intro from Wikipedia)

May 27, 1837 - Troy Grove, Illinois - James Butler Hickok is born
January(?) 1(?), 1855 - Leavenworth, Kansas - After a fight with Charles Hudson (in which both fall into a canal, mistakenly thinking that one had killed the other), 18-year-old Hickok flees to Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, and joins Jim Lane's Free State Army (Jayhawkers) =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1857 - near Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas - Hickok claims a 160-acre tract in Johnson County, Kansas
March 22, 1858 - Monticello Township, Kansas - Hickok is elected one of the first four 
January(?) 1(?), 1859 - Joins the Russell, Waddell & Majors freight Company, the parent company of the "Pony Express"constables of Monticello Township
January(?) 1(?), 1860 - Hickok is badly injured by a bear while driving a freight team from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
April(?) 30(?), 1861 - Rock Creek Station, southern Nebraska Territory - Hickok is hired by Rock Creek Station (a stagecoach and Pony Express station) as a stock tender
July 12, 1861 - Rock Creek Station, southern Nebraska Territory - David McCanles goes to the Rock Creek Station office to demand an overdue property payment from Horace Wellman, the station manager. McCanles reportedly threatens Wellman, and either Hickok (who was hiding behind a curtain) or Wellman kills him. Hickok, Wellman, and another employee, J.W. Brink, are tried for killing McCanles but are found to have acted in self-defense. McCanles may have been the first man Hickok killed. Hickok subsequently visits McCanles' widow, apologizes for the killing, and offers her $35 in restitution, all the money he had with him at the time
August(?) 1(?), 1861 - Sedalia, Missouri - Becomes a teamster for the Union Army in Sedalia, Missouri
December(?) 1(?), 1863 - Springfield, Missouri(?) - Works for the provost marshal of southwest Missouri as a member of the Springfield detective police
January(?) 1(?), 1864 - Missouri - Buffalo Bill finds Hickok in Missouri, disguised as a confederate officer
March 1(?), 1864 - Springfield, Missouri - Provost marshal of Springfield while it is under martial law
June 1(?), 1865 - Springfield, Missouri - Arrives in Springfield
July 21, 1865 - Springfield, Missouri - "Wild Bill" kills gambler Davis Tutt in a quick-draw duel in a public square
July 23, 1865 - Springfield, Missouri - Hickok is arrested for murder. However, he posts a bail of $2,000 on the same day, after the magistrate reduces the charge from murder to manslaughter
August 3, 1865 - Springfield, Missouri - Hickok's manslaughter trial begins
September 13, 1865 - Springfield, Missouri - Hickok is sought by Colonel George Ward Nichols, then a journalist for "Harper's New Monthly Magazine". The interviews he makes with Hickok in time turn the gunfighter into one of the legends of the Old West
January(?) 1(?), 1865 - Niagara Falls - Hickok puts on an outdoor demonstration titled "The Daring Buffalo Chasers of the Plains". He is accompanied by 3 other cowboys and six indians. As the event was outdoors, people could not be compelled to pay and the event was a financial fiasco and a failure in the end, when some buffalos trample some of the audience
September 1(?), 1865 - Springfield, Missouri - Comes in second in the election for city marshal of Springfield
January(?) 1(?), 1866 - Junction City, Kansas - While serving as a scout, reunites with his old friend William Cody
February 1(?), 1867 - (While in Junction City, Kansas)(?) - Colonel George Ward Nichols' article "Wild Bill" is published in "Harper's", immortalizing Hickok
May 11, 1867 - Fort Harker, Kansas - Wild Bill is attacked by a large number of indians, who flee after he kills two of them
July 2, 1867 - Fort Harker, Kansas - Departs in pursuit of indians who had killed four men near Fort Harker
December 1(?), 1867 - Hays, Kansas - Wild Bill Hickok arrives in Hays City, Kansas, and becomes a Deputy U.S.marshal
March 28, 1868 - Hays, Kansas - Picks up 11 union army deserters who had been charged with stealing government property. He is assigned to bring the men to Topeka for trial and he requests armed escort. The men assigned to him are William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), a sergeant and 5 privates
April 2, 1868 - Topeka, Kansas - Hickok, William Cody and ther prisoners arrive in Topeka
August 1(?), 1868 - Hays, Kansas - Wild Bill brings 200 cheyenne indians to Hays to be viewed by "excursionists" (as they called the tourists)
September 1, 1868 - Lincoln County, Kansas - Hickok is hired as a scout by the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated african-american unit
September 4, 1868 - Bijou Creek Basin, Colorado - Hickok is wounded in the foot while rescuing several cattlemen who has been surrounded by indians
October 1(?), 1868 - Fort Lyon, Colorado - The 10th Regiment arrives at Fort Lyon, Colorado and remains there for the rest of 1868
July 1(?), 1869 - Hays, Kansas - Hickok returns to Hays and is elected city marshal and sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas
August 18, 1869 - Hays, Kansas - Acting as sheriff, Hickok arrests some offenders

"Wild Bill" Hickok, 1869

August 21, 1869 - Hays, Kansas - Hickok is praised in a letter from the commander of Fort Hays to the assistant adjutant General, for his work in apprehending deserters
August 23, 1869 - Hays, Kansas - Hickok is elected city marshal and sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas
September 1(?), 1869 - Hays, Kansas - Hickok kills Bill Mulvey, a drunken man who was rampaging through town with his rifle and who threatened to kill sheriff Hickok
September 27, 1869 - Hays Kansas - Hickok kills Samuel Strawhun, a cowboy that was causing a disturbance in a saloon
November 2, 1869 - Hays, Kansas - Hickok looses to his deputy Peter Lanihan in the regular county elections, however, they remain in their jobs of sheriff and deputy
July 17, 1870 - Hays, Kansas - Hickok is attacked by two 7th U.S.cavalry soldiers in a saloon. He kills one and wounds the other in the knee
April 15, 1871 - Abilene, Kansas - Hickok becomes marshal of Abilene, Kansas, replacing Tom "Bear River" Smith, who had been killed on November 2, 1870
August 1(?), 1871 - Abilene, Kansas - Hickok seeks to arrest John Wesley Hardin for killing Charles Couger in an Abilene hotel "for snoring too loud". However, Hardin leaves Kansas before Hickok could arrest him

"Wild Bill" Hickok (left),
Texas Jack Omohundro (standing)
and Buffalo Bill (right)

October 5, 1871 - Abilene, Kansas - Phil Coe, a gambler and businessman, shoots twice against Hickok, missing both times. Hickok fires back and seriously wounds Coe. Unfortunately, Hickok also mistakenly kills Coe's deputy, Mike Williams, something that would haunt him for the rest of his life
September 25, 1873 - (While in Abilene, Kansas)(?) - A daughter named Jean is reportedly born of a relationship between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok
January(?) 1(?), 1876 - Kansas City, Missouri - Hickok is diagnosed with glaucoma and ophthalmia
March 5, 1876 - Cheyenne, Wyoming - Bill Hickok marries Agnes Thatcher Lake, a 50-year-old circus proprietor in Cheyenne, Wyoming
June 27, 1876 - Cheyenne, Wyoming - Hickok and Colorado Charley Utter depart to the Black Hills, intending to establish a transportation line
June 30, 1876 - Hickok and Utter reach John Hunton's road ranch
July 1(?), 1876 - Fort Laramie, Wyoming - Wild Bill (officially) meets Calamity Jane. They join a wagon train headed north
July 15, 1876 - Deadwood, Dakota - Hickok and Calamity Jane's wagon train arrives in Deadwood, Dakota
August 1, 1876 - Deadwood, Dakota - While playing poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, a seat opens up at the table and a drunk man named Jack McCall sits down to play. McCall looses heavily. Hickok encourages McCall to quit the game until he could cover his losses and offers to give him money for breakfast. Although McCall accepts the money, he is apparently insulted
August 2, 1876 - Deadwood, Dakota - Jack McCall shoots Hickok from behind in the back of the head while he was gambling. Hickok dies instantly, aged 39 =(END)

Doc Holliday | Timeline

John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist, and a good friend of Wyatt Earp. He is best known for his role in the events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. He developed a reputation as having killed more than a dozen men in various altercations, but modern researchers have concluded that, contrary to popular myth-making, Holliday killed only one or two men. Holliday's colorful life and character have been depicted in many books and portrayed by well-known actors in numerous movies and television series. (Intro from Wikipedia)

August 14, 1851 - Griffin, Georgia - John Henry Holliday is born

January(?) 1(?), 1870 - Philadelphia - John Henry departs to Philadelphia

March 1, 1872 - Philadelphia - John Henry earns a degree in dentistry from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery

April(?) 1(?), 1872 - St.Louis, Missouri - John Henry moves to St.Louis, Missouri, to work as an assistant for a classmate, A.Jameson Fuches Jr. =(START)

July 30(?), 1872 - Atlanta - John Henry relocates to Atlanta to live with his uncle and to join a dental practice. The local dentist, Arthur C. Ford, advertised in the Atlanta papers that Holliday would substitute for him while he was attending dental meetings

January(?) 1(?), 1873 - Withlacoochee River, Georgia - Doc Holliday is involved in a shooting with african-americans on the Withlacoochee River, Georgia. No one is injured.

September 1(?), 1873 - Dallas, Texas - "Doc" Holliday is diagnosed with tuberculosis. He is given only a few months to live. Dr.Ford returns and Holliday departs to Dallas, Texas, hoping that a drier and warmer climate could slow the deterioration of his health. There, he partners with Dr. John A. Seegar, a friend of his father's

March 2, 1874 - Dallas - Dr.John A. Seegar and Holliday dissolve the partnership

May 12, 1874 - Dallas - Holliday and twelve others are indicted for illegal gambling

January 1, 1875 - Dallas - Doc Holliday is arrested after trading gunfire with a saloon keeper named Charles W. Austin. No one is injured

January 18, 1875 - Dallas - Doc Holliday is indicted for assault to murder because of the incident with the saloon keeper

January 25, 1875 - Dallas - Doc Holliday is found not guilty and released

June(?) 1(?), 1875 - Denison, Texas - Moves his office to Denison, Texas
August(?) 1(?), 1875 - Denver - Holliday settles in Denver under the alias "Tom Mackey" and fins work as a faro dealer for John A. Babb's Theatre Comique. Later, he get in an argument with Bud Ryan, a well-known and tough gambler - drawing knives, they fight and Holliday leaves Ryan seriously wounded
February 5, 1876 - Cheyenne, Wyoming - Holliday arrives in Cheyenne and finds work as a dealer for Babb's partner, Thomas Miller, who owned the "Bella Union Saloon"
October(?) 1(?), 1876 - Deadwood, South Dakota - Thomas Miller moves the Bella Union Saloon to Deadwood, and Holliday goes with him
January(?) 1(?), 1877 - Cheyenne - Returns to Cheyenne
March(?) 1(?), 1877 - Denver - Returns to Denver
May(?) 1(?), 1877 - Kansas - Holliday visits his aunt in Kansas
July 4, 1877 - Breckenridge, Texas - Disagreement with gambler Henry Kahn. Holliday beats him repeatedly with his walking stick. Both men are arrested and fined, but later that same day, Kahn shoots and seriously wounds the unarmed Holliday
July 7, 1877 - (While in Fort Worth, Texas) - The "Dallas Weekly Herald" incorrectly reports that Holliday had been killed
October(?) 1(?), 1877 - Fort Griffin, Texas - Once healed, Holliday relocates to Fort Griffin. He meets Mary Katharine "Big Nose Kate" Horony while dealing cards
September 19, 1878 - Dodge City, Kansas - Doc and Kate escape to Dodge City after he kills a man named Ed Bailey with a knife during an illegal game
March 8, 1879 - Las Vegas, New Mexico - Doc Holliday arrives in Las Vegas, New Mexico
July 19, 1879 - Las Vegas, New Mexico - Holliday and his business partner, former deputy marshal John Joshua Webb, are seated in their saloon in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Former U.S. Army scout Mike Gordon gets into a loud argument with one of the saloon girls that he wants to take with him. Gordon storms from the saloon and begins firing his revolver into the building. Before Gordon could get off his second shot, Holliday kills him. Holliday is tried for the murder but acquitted.
March 12, 1880 - Las Vegas, New Mexico - Doc Holliday and a man named Charlie White fire against each other. White is wounded.
September 27, 1880 - Tombstone, Arizona - Doc Holliday arrives in Tombstone, Arizona, to join his friend Wyatt Earp
October 11, 1880 - Tombstone - Showdown with Johnny Tyler in Tombstone's Oriental Saloon. Both are disarmed by friends, but later, Holliday shoots Milt Joyce in the hand and William Parker in the foot
March 15, 1881 - near Benson, Arizona - Three cowboys attempt to rob a Kinnear & Company stagecoach carrying $26,000 in silver bullion near Benson, Arizona, during which driver Eli "Budd" Philpot and passenger Peter Roerig are killed. Cochise County Cowboy Bill Leonard, is one of three men implicated in the robbery. When Kate and Holliday have a fight, County Sheriff Johnny Behan and Milt Joyce, a county supervisor and owner of the Oriental Saloon, decide to exploit the situation.
Behan and Joyce ply Kate with alcohol and suggest to her a way to get even with Holliday. She signs an affidavit implicating Holliday in the murders and attempted robbery. Judge Wells Spicer issues an arrest warrant for Holliday. The Earps find witnesses who could attest to Holliday's whereabouts elsewhere at the time of the murders. Kate says that Behan and Joyce had influenced her to sign a document she didn't understand. With the Cowboy plot revealed, Judge Spicer frees Holliday.
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

Poster, June 17, 1881

August 12, 1881 - Skeleton Canyon - Doc Holliday kills a man named Newman Hayes with a rifle. A robber named Jim Crane is also killed
October 26, 1881 - Tombstone, Arizona - Doc Holliday is deputized by Tombstone City marshal Virgil Earp - 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 - Ike Clanton, Billy Clanton's brother, files charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday
October 31, 1881 - Tombstone - 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. In an unusual proceeding, Spicer takes written and oral testimony from a number of witnesses over more than a month
November 4, 1881 - Tombstone - Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday are arrested during the fifth day of the hearing
January 17, 1882 - Tombstone - Johnny Ringo and Doc Holliday trade threats, resulting in their arrest by Tombstone's chief of police, James Flynn
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 - 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 17, 1882 - Tombstone - 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 - Schieffelin Hall, Tombstone, Arizona - Doc Holliday and Morgan Earp attend "Stolen Kisses", a musical by William Horace Lingard and Company. Afterwards, Doc goes to his room and Morgan heads for Hatch's Saloon and Billiard Parlor, where he is shot and killed
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 28, 1882 - Albuquerque - 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 - Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday have a serious disagreement (over Earp's jewish woman) and part ways
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 21, 1884 - Leadville, Colorado - In Mannie Hyman's Saloon, Holliday has a showdown with Johnny Tyler (from Tombstone) again. Holliday’s worsening health, coupled with the threat of being extradited back to Arizona Territory for prosecution if he broke Colorado law, gave Tyler the winning hand
August 19, 1884 - Leadville - Doc Holliday nearly kills Billy Allen in another dispute
March 27, 1885 - Leadville - Doc Holliday is arrested
April 4, 1885 - Denver - Doc Holliday is found innocent of charges and released. He moves to Denver to avoid further troubles with Johnny Tyler
April(?) 1(?), 1886 - Denver - Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp meet in Denver's Windsor Hotel
May 5, 1887 - 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
November 8, 1887 - Glenwood Springs - John Henry "Doc" Holliday dies, aged 36 =(END)

Bibliography

ROBERTS, Gary L. - "Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend"

TEFERTILLER, Casey - "Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend"