Wyatt Earp

==History== Wyatt Earp was an American investor and law officer who served in several Western towns. He is most well known for his part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral during which 3 outlaws were killed. The 30-second gunfight changed the rest of his life. Earp's modern day reputation is that of the Old West's "toughest and deadliest gunman of his day." In 1876 he followed his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas where he became an assistant marshal. He developed a solid reputation as a lawman. In the winter of 1878 he went to Texas to gamble, where he met Doc Holliday who he credited for saving his life. Continually drawn to boomtowns and opportunity, Earp left Dodge City in 1879, and with his brothers Virgil and Morgan, moved to Tombstone, Arizona. In Tombstone the Earps clashed with a loose fedaration of outlaw cowboys. The Earps lead various law enforcement positions that put them in conflict with many outlaws, that threatend to kill the Earps. The conflict in 1881, lead to the Gunfight at O.K. Corral, during which the Earps and Holliday killed 3 cowboys. In the next five monthes Virgil was maimed and Morgan was assassinated. Wyatt, Holliday, and others pursued (and slaughtered) the Cowboys they thought responsible in a vendetta. After Tombstone he went to California where he spent rest of his life. Unlike his brothers and his friend and ally Doc Holliday, Wyatt was never wounded during his entire lifetime, which only added to his mystique.