Wyatt Earp's Legacy in Dodge City

[@DavidRice111]

I visited Dodge City in 1998 and had a shot of "Red-Eye" at the Long Branch Saloon. The only thing left from the original saloon was the ornate bar. In 2000, I visited Tombstone and toured the Birdcage, and watched reenactors stage the gunfight in the actual location near the OK Corral, next to Fly's Studio. Been a fan of Wyatt's since I was a kid in the 60s.

[@tracy1710]

Yeah I like The Birdcage I mean if you was Zakk Wylde that's where you would visit when you were there if you lived in the 1880s I live in Tucson today for a little while I've been to Johnny Ringo's grave site and leaned against the same oak tree he died against but it is now enormous I've also been to the last eight feet of adobo wall at the Clanton Ranch and hunted for old cowboy camps up in the Dragoon mountains no success in the Dragoons except for a massive cardio because the hardest part is moving water of course

[@Patriot2332]

I am a Wyatt Earp fanatic, I'm so jealous! I hope to go myself someday

[@thomasspillner6086]

Got married at the birdcage. Very kool

[@tigdepp4484]

As a huge history nerd, Wyatt Earp is one of my favorites. Brilliantly done. Much love & respect from Arizona! 🖤🌻🌻🖤

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks! One of these days I'll head over to Arizona to see your wonderful state!

[@tigdepp4484]

@@legacyofthewest it's definitely worth the trip!

[@legacyofthewest]

@@tigdepp4484 Just Tombstone and the areas around it would take up an entire trip-and then there's all the other mining towns to visit-a lot to cover!

[@arascott7339]

I love anything on Earps and Doc Holiday

[@tigdepp4484]

@@legacyofthewest Arizona is very rich in history & historical places. I've been fortunate that I've lived in the 4 corners area my whole life & been able to go to all these significant places. Kit Carson's grave was a special event. The history between him & the Navajo people runs deep.

[@reneethornton9228]

Wyatt Earp is my favorite Peace Officer of the Wild Wild West! Because I am such a fan of his I believe he carried the Buntline Special; I did not care too much for the movie. He was the best fist fighter; he was more than a Marshall, he was a friend to children and other citizens wherever he lived. The Autry Museum in Los Angeles has a nice but small collection of memorabilia of Wyatt’s. My sister and I lan to visit Dodge City during my spring break in 2023, cannot wait. When I am finished with school at the end of 2023, I will go back to Tombstone in June of 2024. I always enjoy your videos of the Greatest Marshall of all times!!!

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks! Glad to see you in the comments! By the way there is going to be a statue of Bat Masterson placed in Dodge City this year near the Home of Stone-so I would add that to your list of places to visit in Dodge City. And I came across quite a bit more valuable information about Wyatt in my research so I will be doing some more videos on Wyatt in the future

[@reneethornton9228]

@@legacyofthewest sounds good to me!

[@michaelbowman7721]

Smith and Wesson model 3

[@charlescomly1]

I always look forward to your videos, you put a good deal of research into the subjects and bring information forward that was not common knowledge, thank you for your efforts.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@Go4Corvette]

As always a great western history video. Thank you, Mike

[@meltz87]

I'm really enjoying these longer format vids, keep up the great work!

[@legacyofthewest]

Glad you liked it!

[@curtisgrupe5730]

Another great very enjoyable educational video always been fascinated with all of these gentlemen

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@erebus79]

Great video. Thank you for all the work you put in to these videos.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you, glad you're liking them!

[@roward48]

Regarding the pistols that Wyatt and the others carried, by the time of the OK Corral, Wyatt, at least, was almost certainly carrying a double action Smith and Wesson revolver. Every movie I have seen shows them all using Colt 45's.

[@lillypad9960]

Thanks so much for this interesting biography. So much I never knew.

[@legacyofthewest]

Glad you liked it!

[@greghaggard8891]

This was great, really, REALLY enjoyed this, thank you so much for doing the research and putting this together.;

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@danielvandenbroek2275]

Great episode! Thank you!☺️🙏🏻

[@TADER8]

Almost at 10,000 subs! Woo-hoo! 😀 Great content, fascinating stories! Bravo guys!

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks! Yeah we are getting closer to 10k!

[@allenhamilton6688]

I always felt that the Earps were never clean but they were a product of their time. They were not necessarily mean but nothing was going to stand in their way. I never was a Wyatt Earp fan but I can certainly respect him for what he was.

[@doktorschley]

I never understood the claim that Wyatt Earp was not clean. Running prostitution and gambling houses in the Old West was not considered dirty business. It was only dirty business back East. Everyone back then drank alcohol. The Women's Christian Temperance Union, one of the great evil organizations of this country's history, had not imposed prohibition yet. That did not happen until 1920. Wyatt's first wife, Mattie Blalock, was a prostitute, and his second, and life companion, Josephine Marcus, was also a prostitute. You can see her official prostitute's license in "The Bird Cage" Theatre in Tombstone. What Tombstone taught Wyatt Earp is that "the Law" did not work. He went on his vendetta ride, and never was a lawman again. However, Virgil went on to Monterey, California, and became a respected career lawman, even with the use of only one arm. So in this context, I don't even know what "clean" means. There is no evidence that Wyatt, his brothers, or Doc Holliday cheated at cards. In both Tombstone and Alaska, he maintained an interest in gambling houses, and the odds are always with the house. Meyer Lansky taught that. What Americans want is a good drink and an honest game.

[@DavidRice111]

While no one is perfect in this life- Wyatt & his brothers did memorable things in Law Enforcement in those old wild days. I say that as a career L/E officer who served four times longer than Wyatt, and used my gun more often than he did. Still, I wasn't the MAN he was!

[@normangerring4645]

You did a good job, thanks.

[@roward48]

A small correction to my comment below; the S&W model 3 that Wyatt carried, given to him by John Clum, editor of the Tombstone Epitaph, was a single action, top break revolver.

[@margaritasanchez4132]

My favorite Marshall Handsome, brave and Incredible man

[@baldeagle5297]

Excellent, as usual. I always learn a lot from your videos. How are you coming along with Blender? It's a powerful program, but learning it is a bear.

[@legacyofthewest]

Good to hear from you Bald Eagle! Researching this video really took up all my time-although I now have information to do four more videos on Wyatt Earp. I think I'm going to have to ask off from work sometime and just hit the books hard on Blender-yup I think to get the hang of it it will be a bear.

[@reneethornton9228]

@@legacyofthewest WOW! I did not know that you hold a job along with doing such a fantastic job of research and producing Rhea great videos and history of the Wild Wild West. I thought you were retired and honing in on your passion after retirement. You are awesome.

[@legacyofthewest]

@@reneethornton9228 Thanks that means a lot! Yup, I have a full time job and do this on the side.

[@TheLoneRanger745]

I never understood why Hue O'Brien didn't have a nice big Mustache, what's up with that .At least Kirt Russell did in Tombstone which I've probably seen 25 time's ! In 1995 I was one of many Contractor's working on a new shopping Mall in Chandler AZ, one building was a new theater, ALL of US & family were invited to a private showing of Tombstone at the end of the movie , The man himself , Mr.Kirt Russell came in the theater and answered questions from everyone, that was AWESOME , Great guy , what a great memory !

[@legacyofthewest]

What an experience!

[@bradbundy1471]

Well done sir! 👍 🤠🌲 🎼

[@MENSA.lady2]

I bet that few Americans know that Wyatt Earp eventually died in retirement in Los Angeles as late as 1929.

[@jairzinhopena4244]

Que bonito video me gustaría saber la historia de wyatt earp y Ben thompson

[@legacyofthewest]

¡Gracias! Tengo algunos otros videos sobre Wyatt Earp en mi canal. Todavía no he cubierto a Ben Thompson, aunque quiero hacer un video sobre él en el futuro en algún momento.

[@alan30189]

Very good!

[@bretthumphrey6821]

Cool thanks

[@tduffy5]

In the opening picture, Earp looks like actor Joel McCrea, McCrea played Earp in the film, WITCHTA.

[@legacyofthewest]

Joel McCrea also played Bat Masterson in "The Gunfight at Dodge City" (1959)-which I think is one of the better westerns about Dodge City-although it's not too historically accurate-but most aren't anyways

[@lulubelleish]

Please tell us , what was the Earp's country of Origin ... ?? Thanks

[@legacyofthewest]

The Earp family has a mix of English, Scottish and Irish ancestors, the first Earp to come to the U.S. was from Ireland

[@godsowndrunk1118]

Old newspapers were a much sought after commodity in the outhouses...

[@78Leopard]

My parents have the pearl handle Doc Holiday gun and the Wyatt Earp gun that the Handle of the gun has the gold brass plate that says to Wyatt Earp and the date and said from the townspeople of Dodge City. Of course it's both not the originals but the same exact guns they had they done and sold. My mom wanted them cuz she loved both men and they hung on wall above fireplace by pictures of both men.

[@cheesenoodles8316]

A good friend, tough hombre and former lawman visited Tombstone about 30 years ago and made sure he picked up a replica Colt Buntline Special as the ultimate souvenir.

[@curtisgrupe5730]

What did you think of the movie wyatt earp with kevin costner

[@legacyofthewest]

I really liked it, especially because it showed Wyatt's time in Dodge City, which is often not included in films about Wyatt.

[@dalhaybron7063]

That was Josie Publisher she claimed Wyatt talked to in her failed Biography of Wyatt.. Stuart Lake did the work, charging the studios for travel doing research for Western Movies but in fact on Wyatt from local newspaper accounts & court records. 8 years before Tom Mix & William S. Hart finally talked Wyatt into trusting & letting Stuart Lake write his biography, that was already done just waiting for approval. Wyatt & Lake spent 10 months together changing & adding little to make that biography[y as accurate as possible with a story that was only 50 years old when there were plenty of people still around with first hand accounts & records to review. They couldn't give Josie's Fake Biography away, while Stuart Lake's True Version was a NY Times bestseller & went into its second printing in 1934. I bought a copy & Fact Checked everything in it myself. I guess that was why Lucy & Desi hired Lake to be a consultant on Hugh O'Brien's Wyatt Earp TV show... The Earp Family sued the University of Arizona's History Department for saying Jodie's Biography was real, loaded with family letters from back in the day about her constant lying & gambling Addiction, they won in 1999 & U of A said soo sorry & doesn't back her version anymore...

[@ivanboskovic1260]

Bajat Erp. When I was a kid in Europe I devoured a series of short Earp novels published every two weeks or so, written by some William Mark, probably a German.

[@michaelsmith6156]

Is it possible Colt didn’t keep records of revolvers ordered to Uberti?

[@legacyofthewest]

The Uberti company began in 1959

[@michaelsmith6156]

That was their second incarnation, according to my information they started in mid-1850 and made revolvers until the 1900s and started again recently.

[@legacyofthewest]

@@michaelsmith6156 I'm not finding any information about Uberti being around in the 19th century

[@michaelsmith6156]

Check with Hickock45, he knows everything about Colt SAA. My guess is the records might have been destroyed during the war. Italian gun makers were centuries ahead of American manufacturers. If I am wrong I apologize in advance.

[@dalhaybron7063]

James 'Spike' Kenedy was the son of the largest Cattle Ranch owner in Texas, after called The King Family Ranch when they took complete control & they threaten to bypass Dodge City all together & take all the Cattle to Wichita, so he got away with murder.. Ned Buntline had a great relation with the Calvary being their biggest cheerleaders as did all the Buffalo Hunter Scouts that kept them fed, so it's not rocket science to figure Buntline got 12" long barreled Military Revolvers known as Buntline Specials, with the detachable Stocks left out to give their favorite Grocers & American Heroes.. A Buntline Special just sold at action for Big Bucks in L.A. because it more than likely was sold by Josie Earp who was a gambling addicts since it's origins was the same family in L.A. since the 1930's...

[@hayleybuxton6136]

And he was a famous cowboy as well if it didn't say it in the video

[@gtemplesrt8]

I can't remember the name of the movie but Val Kilmer played Wyatt Earp and is giving a interview about the killing of that singer and then Wyatt brings out that same Buntline Special. Lol

[@legacyofthewest]

"Wyatt Earp's Revenge", not a fan of that movie, I need to watch it again tho to see if it's so bad it's entertaining

[@garymckee448]

I'm surprised that no one wants to take the statue down because he was a racist or some other thing that doesn't agree with them.

[@nathanmasso2378]

I am Surprised to Gary My Brother.And wasn’t he A King hitting Prick too

[@larry1824]

Earp was usually called a seasonal officer Never a marshal at.least in Dodge. Hr claimed to have killed a man yet contemporary newspapers indicate three or four others were shooting at the same reckless cowboy amongst them Jim Masterson no slouch with a sixgun. There was no CSI in 1876 kansas so I think it's hard to tell who dropped the guy. Stuart Lake gives credit to Wyatt but Lake also admitted he invented almost all.of Earp's alleged autobiography.

[@tduffy5]

$2 in 1876 is over $50 today. $75 per month would be over $2,100 today.

[@rob-v1y]

I don't even like Kevin Kostner, but I like Wyatt Earp better than Tombstone. Tombstone is a bunch of immaculately dressed fashion models running around killing people (with the exception of Val Kilmer's Doc..which is a masterpiece, if not almost completely inaccurate portrayal ). Most people at the time got over that facile BS with the first Sergio Leone western. People back then were poor and dirty..they just did not look like the pretty boys of Tombstone. If you watched "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" there is no way you could have any suspension of dis belief watching Tombstone. It just looked like some kind of farcical stage play. That may be because Russel had to take the picture over as director..and he is ...kind of what he is. A generational Hollywood actor without too much depth. Wyatt Earp is at least an attempt to portray the life of a real human who lived an incredible life. Thank you for this video though. You at least try to reveal the mystery of the man... Which is damn sure better than most of the stupid movies that have been made about him.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you! Wyatt Earp was a complicated man-many depictions of him are too simplified.

[@erebus79]

Wyatt Earp is a superior movie to Tombstone but the general public will always prefer hero worship movies.

[@thesilentgeneration]

Why do you say "Wyatts" when meaning Wyatt? For instance, "Wyatts was a delegate". Did he mean Wyatt S.?

[@legacyofthewest]

That's probably just saliva in my mouth making the s noise. I've gotten a new microphone that I don't have to shout into, making it easier on my voice. Other than that I'm trying to improve my narration, but it takes practice.

[@djwalruss4897]

Yup I heard he dabbled In boxing could knock a man out With one punch

[@legacyofthewest]

Yea he spent more time in fist fighting then he did gunfighting

[@hayleybuxton6136]

OMG so weird Wyatt Earp is my ancestor

[@legacyofthewest]

Cool! Do you know which Earp is your direct ancestor?

[@hayleybuxton6136]

Yes but I forgot

[@hayleybuxton6136]

I know

[@hayleybuxton6136]

Like I said it's the one on the video

[@thomasromano9321]

Earp actually was never Marshall of Dodge City. That honor belonged to Bat Masterson. Give credit to Masterson. Earp was only a town policeman.

[@legacyofthewest]

Wyatt was Assistant Marshal of Dodge City-did you watch the video? Bat Masterson was never City Marshal of Dodge City, he was Sheriff of Ford County. Bat's brothers Ed and Jim were City Marshals of Dodge City though.

[@tracy1710]

After the Vendetta run which is really the reason why the OK Corral shootout became big. Wyatt Earp proved exactly who he was he wasn't a Lawman anymore but he was still the same opportunist that he always was he ran brothels in San Francisco and different Farrell scams he operated bars in various boomtowns but never found that success of money actually at the turn of the century he was known for throwing the heavyweight championship boxing match of the world which in hindsight in my opinion even if he got paid to do that he made the right decision

[@arascott7339]

Watch out. The cry babies will want to remove it.

[@leej2311]

Well, his grave is over here in San Francisco

[@reneulloa9332]

card sharps, not card sharks

[@larry1824]

Historically not much

[@MrZola1234]

It's crazy that this 2 bit card cheat, fake gold rock hustler, brothel strong man, and murderer has a statue in 2 western cities

[@jeffmeade7343]

Yes the way I feel about Mr.Luther King statues

[@andrewwerner2061]

Wish there was more info on Morgan

[@legacyofthewest]

Morgan deserves his own video, hopefully I'll be able to do one sometime

[@andrewwerner2061]

@@legacyofthewest heard through other KZbin things that Morgan came up to Montana? But don't know what it was called back then if Morgan came up here