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WYATT EARP’S WILD WEST
WYATT EARP
American, 1848-1929
Born in Arizona, Earp
held many different
Brief jobs through his life,
Bio including saloonkeeper,
bouncer, gambler
and boxing referee.
Travelling across the United
States from one ‘boom town’
to another, his first experience
as a lawman was as a deputy
city marshal in Kansas in around
1877. The Earp brothers were
part of a feud with the area’s
established cowboy outlaws,
which led to the famous Shoot-
out at the OK Corral and Wyatt’s
vendetta ride.
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