The Lowdown Murder of Morgan Earp

The murder of Morgan Earp was a key part of the feud that represents one of the most famous stories of the American Wild West. Yet we know comparatively little about Morgan himself, whose life was not nearly as well documented as that of his famous brother.
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[@scottabc72]

Saying prostitution is no less moral than the banking business is an insult to prostitutes

[@JTEllis]

Agreed !!!

[@loydjenkins2241]

Most people of the time and.

[@loydjenkins2241]

AGREED

[@Todaviho]

100% accurate

[@charylliss3741]

😂

[@petermainwaringsx]

As a kid in the UK during the 50's Wyatt Earp and the gunfight at the OK corral were a big part of Tv and movie entertainment. I eventually got to Tombstone in Sept 1998 and it was was probably the most surreal experience I've ever had, and I live in Wales with churches and castles just a few miles away, many hundreds of years older than the USA! But to walk the streets and dine where the Earps did was an experience I will never forget. Thanks for a bit of background which had not been covered until now.

[@RogueDragon05]

Did you ever see the black and white Doctor Who serial set during the gunfight from the early 60's?

[@ajg617]

In between meetings at the Fort, several of us drove over to Tombstone one evening since dinner options in Sierra Vista were limited (this was in the 1990s). Surreal is correct. The bars were still open with some tough looking gents Colts strapped on sitting at the bar. We didn't know if they were actors or locals and the whole experience was very eerie as we walked the streets. In the end, we decided to head back to our hotels and grab some crackers from one of the machines.

[@kingcosworth2643]

I'm an Australian who got to Tombstone. Not much going on there now I'm afraid, there was a dodgy dummy setup on the claimed sight of the fight, and upon leaving my mate and I had our car torn apart by border patrol because they thought we where running drugs from Mexico. All in all the best trip I have ever done that one across America in my $700 Subaru

[@petermainwaringsx]

@@RogueDragon05 I don't remember that plot, but I was married by then and raising a family meant more work and less TV. I remember the Star Trek episode "Spectre of the Gun" set in Tombstone where the crew are the Calton gang. I have on HD DVD, rand watched it again a few weeks ago. That episode predated the Dr Who version by a year.

[@RogueDragon05]

@@petermainwaringsx You didn't miss anything much. That particular serial was pretty horrendous. Enjoy your day

[@thisolesignguy2733]

Kurt Russell once said "You know you became a legend when you go to the grocery store and a kid points at you and says 'mommy look! It's Wyatt Earp!' " man, he did a great job portraying him. And I don't think anyone could've been a better Doc Holiday than Val Kilmer either, or a better Virgil Earp than Sam Elliot.

[@robertnice3060]

All top notch actors.

[@daRiddler32]

Don't sleep on the late great Bill Paxton who played the subject of this History Guy's episode, Morgan Earp

[@thisolesignguy2733]

@@daRiddler32 Absolutely not! That'd make me a low down dirty scoundrel 😜

[@thegreyhoundgirls536]

100% agree! Love the movie Tombstone. Amazing cast

[@GRWINNER]

My grandfather was a homesteader in 1890s Cochise County, ( there is still a family cemetery there) and my grandfather said they were still talking about that shootout when he was a kid.

[@Ed_Stuckey]

I had always thought of the Old Wild West as a distant chapter of history. However, when I realized that my grandmother was six years old when Morgan Earp was assassinated, it somehow made that era feel closer to the present day.

[@tommycolton4971]

It was pima county untill much more recently actually

[@GRWINNER]

@@tommycolton4971 what county were Douglas, Elfrida and Willcox in, circa1898?

[@scotsmith2391]

And apparently, we still are talking about it today. 😁

[@MrLeafeater]

Life makes more sense, now that I know Cow-boys were an actual street gang, and not a generic term for all who herded cattle. Thanks, History Guy.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

At the time “cow hand” would be the more common term for someone who handled cattle.

[@crystalclear6864]

Knew to me too! I learnt something new today. Thanks

[@sevenstars004]

I wasn't aware of that either. I love learning new things.

[@RogueDragon05]

Ironically the modern idea of "cowboys" seldom have anything to do with cows and yet are almost always inseparable from horses

[@skydiverclassc2031]

@@RogueDragon05 Interestingly, the Spanish term for a cowhand was vaquero, from the Spanish word for cow, while the term for horseman was caballero, from the word for horse. A caballero was thought to be more of a gentleman than a working man.

[@kennethrouse7942]

I do have to say.. "The Gunfight in the Alley Behind the O.K. Corral" just doesn't have the same ring to it. 😉👍

[@shooterqqqq]

It was know as The Fight On Fremont for years until a movie came out called "The Gunfight At The OK Corral".

[@kennethrouse7942]

@@shooterqqqq "This is the West, sir! When the legend becomes the truth, print the legend!" 😉👍

[@SMartinTX]

The gunfight actually took place in a vacant lot between a boarding house and a photography studio.

[@shooterqqqq]

@@SMartinTX And spilled out into the street. The only one left in Harwood's lumber lot was Billy. The lot was used by Harwood next to his house and on the other side was C.F. Fly's boarding house and gallery. The studio was an attached building in the back. Doc was using a room in that boarding house and that's why the cowboys were there. The lot was only about sixteen to eighteen feet across.

[@DanielMartinez-lz3ot]

I don't know, it has a creepy vibe, don't you think?

[@RetiredSailor60]

Good morning History Guy and everyone watching....

[@winstonchaychel]

I'm about 20mins from Wyatt's birthplace but I never get tired of hearing the story, esp if it's History Guy telling it! 🥰💜 Love the newer intros, they're so cool!

[@michaelmanning5379]

As I listened the relevant scenes from "Tombstone" and "Hour of the Gun" ran through my mind.

[@fsmccollum]

Here's a bit of historical firearms trivia. The pistol pictured in the video clip from the movie is a Ruger Vaquero with the birds head grip. The black Phoenix of the grip panel medallion indicates that this example was built between 1993 when this model was released and 1997. The original Phoenix was red as designed by Sturm in 1947. Upon Sturm's death in 1951, Bill Ruger changed the color to black in memory of his friend. The red Phoenix was resurrected in 1997 for the 50th anniversary of their first pistol.

[@pamelasmith7740]

MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE, please. Someone I grew up with that speaks with you was pleased to see I encouraged my friends and family who love history to discover your treasures on KZbin. The way you present a story without bias, with dignity and respect, with facts not divination is remarkable and recommendable. Thank you for your love of history. Thank you for your journeys. Thank you for remembering, reminding and retelling the dusty pages past who may never be touched again. You are my books. It's hard for me to read. I need complete silence, solitude to focus on a book. I'm also a slow reader. But I can list to you and be drawn into the story just like reading a book. You take me to interesting times and places and show me people I would never have imagined. You're awesome.

[@wbl5649]

My great great grandfather and his brother and other family members were on the wagon train from Arkansas along the Francher Baker party. But my kin broke off from the doomed Francer party in Salt Lake City and headed northern route ending up in California where they became quite prosperous. I'm happy they took that route otherwise I wouldn't be here 😊

[@pamelasmith7740]

@@wbl5649 Unfortunately my Great plus Uncle allegedly took part in the massacre. A 9 year old girl identified him as the man who killed her family. His side of the story as told by descendants was that he played sick, staying home so he didn't have to go. I wish I could find more information about it. His name was David Tullis. He's honored with a plaque on a history marker where he help to build the first Mormon settlements near the cemetery where he's buried. He came to America with his family from Scotland in 1858 landing in St. Louis off the Mississippi. According to my Grandfather (whose Grandfather was his younger brother Alexander) he ran off with the Mormon wagon train "chasing skirts". He helped build, then once he had his own home he married a widow with a young daughter who he also later married and fathered several children. The Morman family history says he came to White County Illinois to visit his family once but found no inheritance and never returned. However some of his descendants visited and presented my Grandfather with a copy of the Tullis family tree in the 1970's. I actually remember that visit. I have many Mormon cousins I have never met out west. In the photos of David's family online, one of his Sons bares a striking resemblance to my Grandfather. I've always wondered if any of my distant cousins look like me.

[@JTEllis]

I lived in Tombstone AZ from 2000-2003. I found your dive into the background of Morgan Earp interesting and insightful. After all, he made a major contribution to the continued longevity of Tombstone by getting killed there and being an Earp brother. And Tombstone the town too tough to die, won't likely do so even without silver mines. They mine the pockets of tourists. And people still argue about what happened on 10-26-1881.

[@sweetbelzn]

We probably passed in Tombstone more than once without acknowledging. I lived in Sierra Vista, AZ 2003-2010. Spent Sundays in Tombstone for ice cream many times, and Bisbee just for the little shops.

[@mickylawless1941]

The whole Earp/cow-boys saga never gets old for me. I've read many an account, as well as countless documentaries on this subject. Opinions have so colored the events that it can be difficult to sift through it all for the actual facts. And then because of movies and television shows, pure fiction has also filtered into the story. All I know is this story will forever be a part of our national story. Part of the myth and legend of the Wild West. Thank you for this wonderful story. Cheers!

[@Brodym2433]

Best content and presentation around!

[@wendywhite4537]

Wow. I didn’t know that much about Morgan and I live 40 miles from Tombstone. Thank you

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Sadly, many today seek to solve disputes in the street. With the same tragic consequences.

[@birdie9680]

Thank You Sir!! Your channel is amazing and your personal style is very cool! And there is no better subject than the old west and its colorful characters!!

[@curtgomes]

Visited Tombstone last year. I highly recommend a visit to that town. It was so much fun and full of Western frontier history. The Bird Cage Saloon/brothel was a fun place to visit and preserved in it's original condition. Many era artifacts to be seen. Silver mining equipment to view. Lots of great old buildings. A fire, soon after the famous gun fight, destroyed in 1882 much of the town, but not all. Most was rebuilt. We met a lady in one of the buildings that claimed that we were standing on the very spot where Morgan was murdered. Such a fun place with so many artifacts. Boot Hill, just outside of town, has many historical characters there. I have always found it interesting that Doc Holiday, a southerner from Georgia, was a close friend of the Earps, especially Wyatt. There was, of course, lots of hostility so soon after the Civil War. Apparently, Doc respected the Earps due to some previous incident that had occurred?? In any case he was instrumental at the shootout at OK corral.

[@jdoerr779]

I don’t live too far from Tombstone. It is cool but it is exactly as ruined by tourist fishing as you would assume it would be. There is one museum in particular called the Gunfighter Hall of Fame you can burn multiple hours reading the notes beside objects behind glass. That was the coolest part of the trip. You have to pay to see the gunfight reenactments and they take place in a cheesy fake town setup on the edge of town. They do not shoot blanks in the street anymore. The cemetery was a 5/10. They offer a brochure with information on the people who are buried there and how they died. If you can find the brochure online, that is 95% of the experience. So if you love the history and happen to be driving through AZ anyways, go ahead and designate about three hours there. Visit the Gunfighter Hall of Fame, walk the street, buy something to support one of the local businesses, check out the Birdcage Theater’s front room, and you’ve basically experienced the place.

[@samarnadra]

For people who can handle the heat, I find it is best to just go in summer, when it is mostly locals and people from other hot places in Arizona (like Tucson, where I am) looking to escape the heat just a little. It is how I visit and avoid the swarms of tourists and get to sip my sarsaparilla and enjoy the actual history things in peace and at my own pace. It is like an anti-tourist ward and I love it. It is when I go to things in and around Tucson too. BTW, do you know if Les Moore was ever a real person or if that was wholly a fake tombstone?

[@TRIChuckles]

Your stories are Always so interesting, Consistent and just plain fun. Thank You

[@samarnadra]

Always good to learn less sensationalized versions of local history.

[@Thanatos--]

7:30 Part of me can't stand seeing a Ruger proudly shown off in a reenactment scene. They make fantastic over-built pistols but they are purely a 20th century brand.

[@mikeseier4449]

Very true, And it looks like it was in the holster of a re-enactor, He should know better.🤠🤷‍♂️

[@shooterqqqq]

The next version Vaquero 2.0 is the size of the Colt 1873. But you are correct. Most version or models of Rugers are stronger than most manufactures.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Here come the pedants!

[@mikeseier4449]

⁠Idiot. Oops!.. being pedantic!🤪

[@samarnadra]

​@@mikeseier4449 Could be a cosplayer who couldn't get ahold of anything older that was safely functional for going to the range or going target shooting. Also remember we do have a steampunk convention and Old Tucson in Tucson, so we have a lot of reason to be inauthentically "wild west" as well as authentically (Old Tucson likes to claim it is authentic, but it is a place where westerns were filmed, it's a movie studio set that is used for other purposes now). They probably just went with an old-looking gun and called it a day because they aren't a serious re-enactor, just enjoying themselves.

[@johnspizziri1919]

Now THIS is History that needs to be remembered!!

[@bw4265]

"Game over man, game over"

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey History Guy, 🤓 that picture of Wyatts wife Kaloma isn't really her. Shes Evelyn Nesbit (from another one of your previous episodes) But if you want to kn😂who she is for sure, let me know!That picture is so alluring. You can almost hear the sirens beckoning you to your doom!

[@Rick_King]

Wyatt's wife Kaloma? Never heard of her. Wyatt's four wives, including common law wives, were Urilla, Sally, Maddie, and Josephine.

[@JustMe-cr1dr]

Another great history lesson from the greatest history guy ever!!! Thank you History Guy.

[@carlmontney7916]

It's often been said that the only difference between the good guys and the bad guys in the old west was that the good guys wore badges. Both were capable of being stone cold killers. The only other thing I will say is that the tombstone movie with Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, and Val kilmer is the best one as far as I'm concerned. The fact that Val kilmer did not get an Oscar for that is one of the greatest injustices ever in the entertainment business.

[@dougsfriendskeeter]

They have a live play every day at tombstone its a great little show

[@meganselva6799]

One of my favorite subjects. Thank you!!

[@a1b1c184]

This was an outstanding episode. Great job as always THG......

[@prestongivens3594]

It’s so very interesting to get detailed historical info around a subject which I heretofore had only known through comic books and cartoons. Thanks so much for your efforts! Also, I continue to enjoy your opening graphics. A big tip of the hat to whoever does them for you!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

The graphics are actually quite easy. I use a program called Viddyoze

[@loydjenkins2241]

It was good to hear you bring up the political and sub-cultural aspects of the conflict. That part is often ignored.

[@BasicDrumming]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@mattgeorge90]

Thank you for sharing!

[@s.p.ltd.3886]

Ruger Stainless single action blackhawk at 7:30 seems out of place??

[@shooterqqqq]

Vaquero.

[@jag12549]

Love your channel. Wish you could do theatrical reenactments of the scenes.

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the updafe.

[@Carstuff111]

Good morning all! And, what a surprise to wake up to, a video about Morgan Earp. This era in history really fascinates me as the US made the transition from the Old West into more modern times.

[@tugginalong]

Thanks for filling in the gaps

[@stevevalley2784]

I never new 3 Doctors would show up. I see one was Dr Goodfellow who later would be a leading expert in abdominal gunshot wounds.

[@georgehill8285]

Good to learn more about this, previously my knowledge was limited to that Star Trek episode.

[@christhompson2006]

Watch Tombstone. Great movie.

[@matthewbyrd2329]

That's why this period is know as the Wild West.

[@curtisstewart3179]

Back when it was happening it was known simply as the west.

[@matthewbyrd2329]

@@curtisstewart3179 that’s why I said “is” and not “was”.

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@jimellison6157]

I’ve done a bit of reading about the events in and around Tombstone, but I enjoyed hearing about these events just as much as reading about them? I very much Like your channel as I’m a huge history fan thanks too my late father.

[@YARCHLRL]

You are an absolute gem......

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

I grew up watching and learning about them when I was a kid. Thank you for making them come to life again.

[@southpaw3473]

Wonderful!

[@keithbrown6887]

Morgan is buried in an unmarked grave in Colton, CA. It's within walking distance of an Old West themed shopping area where I used to do stunts back in the early 90's. RIP Morgan Earp.

[@Bull-cat741]

Cowboys and Pirates and the History Guy. I can never get enough 🤗

[@jamesblair9614]

I love the history of this era, more than any other. It was the end of one era and the beginning of a vastly different one, but the people from this time crossed the divide and lived in both. And lastly, it’s recent enough that my grandparents were a part of it, so I feel a direct connection to it myself, through them.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey Playboy, 🤓👋you look like you're about to deal a hand of Faro with your vest!

[@michaelmolsbergen6498]

Nice duds....Didn't see if your smoke wagon was on your hip. Love to hear anything about Tombstone. Heading to Merced to do a background investigation on a new.....Deputy Sheriff.....thanks for the morning shove....

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

It’s on the shelf behind me.

[@VespasianJudea]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel “Skin that smoke wagon. Go on boy, throw down!”

[@pepperroly]

Nicholas Earp is interred at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Morgan is at Hermosa Gardens Cemetery in Colton, CA. His mother Virginia is at Pioneer Cemetery in San Bernardino, CA.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

Great story and I love the outfit! Perfectly attired for the day's story.

[@airfrere]

Who can forget the Star Trek version of the shootout at OK Corral?

[@user-oh2hs6jh5x]

(late to class . . . slides into the back row unnoticed) Good Monday monring fellow classmates. What did I miss?

[@JeffreyGlover65]

I'm telling the teacher 😂😂😂

[@user-oh2hs6jh5x]

@@JeffreyGlover65 I'll let you copy off me next test if you don't!

[@JeffreyGlover65]

​@@user-oh2hs6jh5xlol...deal!

[@markgbrown6767]

Late bus??😂😂😂😂

[@JeffreyGlover65]

@@user-oh2hs6jh5x lol...deal!

[@LumpyinAZ]

The pool hall was a t-shirt shop the last time I was in Tombstone. A man showed me the door from the alleyway and the spot in the store where the pool table was that Morgan died on. I was left with the impression it wasn't common knowledge.

[@kingcosworth2643]

I knew people like Ike when I was at school, spent all their energy starting the fight, and then bails at the first sign of trouble and leaves his mates to wear the retribution. Get them out of your lives fast.

[@frankgulla2335]

Thank you, THG, for the limited insight into the lesser-known Earp.

[@MomentsInTrading]

Really interesting 👍🏻

[@RogueDragon05]

Snazzy tie

[@nordan00]

🎼Whistle me up a memory…

[@bobbymac9877]

Even pronounced Prescott correctly!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

I lived in Flagstaff for 11 years

[@samarnadra]

​​@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ohhh no wonder you have the inside scoop on Arizona! Greetings from Tucson!

[@JJW77]

You are a great history teller. During WW2 my father worked on British merchant marine convoys supplying war materials to England. During 2 separate trips the ships were torpedoed by German submarines. He and some of his other comrades were picked up from their life raft by another ship (twice). After escaping death 2 times this way, father decided to jump ship in New York. Caught and with coercion he was inducted into the US Army April, 1943 or get sent back to Hong Kong. Father served in Al Levy's unit the 288th Field Artillery Observation Battalion under General Patton. You being a historian, could you tell me about the plights of unit 288th during WW2?

[@darren8517]

Thanks!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Thank you!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Thank you Darren!

[@eugeneblue299]

Thanks.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

[@ImTHATguy...]

Wyatt eventually made his way to Chewelah Washington, just 45 minutes from where I live

[@buzbuz33-99]

Thanks for giving Morgan Earp his "due". Speaking of Arizona, have you ever done a video on Charles Debrille Poston (the "father of the Arizona")? He was quite a character, who seems to have been forgotten by even people in Arizona. He left his wife and family behind in Kentucky to seek his fortune in Arizona and never returned (and never made a fortune). After his time in Arizona, he travelled the world on behalf of the US government, founded his own religion honoring the sun, and died old and penniless in Phoenix (interestingly living next door to the Goldwaters). He once expressed his anger about something said in the local newspaper by firing his pistol into a crowded saloon - fortunately not hitting anyone. But no one ever criticized him in public again.

[@jeffking8890]

Lived in the West for many years. Only in the rural areas do you get a sense of the Frontier. Fort Sumner, NM, Pecos, Texas, Fort McKaviitt, Texas, the Presidio de San Sabá near Menard, Texas, Fort Meade, South Dakota, Sheridan, Wyoming, have stories to tell.

[@cecidrums2194]

Love the outfit!!!! 🙂

[@robertbass9032]

The Erp family has some history here in Southern California. Morgan was layed to rest in a neightboring city.

[@Davivd2]

"Prostitution considered no less moral than the banking institute". Times haven't changed.

[@shawnmason5290]

Monmouth, il. Another place the Earp’s lived, a County seat on a major railroad.

[@bullbarnes9300]

I submit that justice was served, just not by the Law. I think Wyatt saw then, as now, that our legal system rarely results in justice, and is usually complicit in injustice.

[@seminolewar]

When I was stationed at Fort Huachuca, I'd go to Tombstone on Sunday after church for lunch and the gunfight reenactments.

[@ajg617]

Attended some meetings at the Fort in the 90's. A couple of us decided to drive over to Tombstone for dinner - there wasn't much in Sierra Vista then. Place was spooky. We walked the streets just before dusk and a couple of bars were open with some gents (Colts strapped on) sitting at the bar and not saying a word. Didn't know if a show had ended or we would be in real trouble if we went in. Went back to the motel and got crackers out of the machine.

[@walterdorsey8935]

I knew Lee Silva personally , whom you mentioned and remember when he was writing the book about Wyatt Earp, it took years for him to complete it, traveling all over the country to do so. A real character himself a book could be written about himself.

[@as48507]

How do I start a federal posse?

[@GideonSchertel]

HEEEEYYYY why did you quit posting over on Rumble? We've been missing you over there!

[@kiera_kayaks7521]

I didn't know that his middle name was Seth. My 1st son is Seth and my 2nd son is Wyatt (named after his father)

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Gday my guy

[@tyjohnston8573]

Tombstone, AZ, is worth a visit. Was last there about 5 years ago. Yes, there's some of the expected tourist traps, but not as much as one might think. I found the after-hours tours by locals to be the most interesting, though I'd take their word with a grain of salt. I'm not saying I necessarily doubt anyone's perspective, but I do find it interesting the hard feelings over the Earp-Clanton factions that still reside today.

[@jeffbangkok]

Forever grateful we have THG to keep my brain cells moving.

[@Michaelbos]

Love the dress up 👍.

[@hankw69]

'Game over man, game over!'

[@amadeusamwater]

At a time back then in the West, there wasn't a lot of difference between the good guys and bad guys.

[@janicel.johnson1683]

Anybody travelling to Tombstone should definitely stop by the historical society. The docents are full of interesting historic facts regarding the town.

[@sixgunmiller6198]

THE 7TH WESTERN DISTRICT COURT HOLDS A WARRANT FOR WYATT FIR STEALING HORSES FROM THE FORT WITH 2 FRIENDS IN FORT SMITH. TOMBSTONE IS THE SECOND BUSIEST TOURIST DESTINATION IN AZ. I HAVE HOUSES IN BOTH TOWNS.

[@alexius23]

I know of parents who named their sons Virgil, Wyatt & Morgan.

[@curtisstewart3179]

The Earp's won and got to shape the history. They ran gambling games and offered protection of madam's and bordello's. Not a low professions at the time and place they happened but face it. They were pimps and a strong arm for hire. This was a time when people walked both sided of the law and any are known by which side they met their end on. Few "lawmen" of that era could be completely clean. There were a few, but few. All we can do at this point in history is try to put the truth together but it is quite hard as much has been erased.

[@manuelacosta9463]

Ironic Wyatt and his group were able to hunt down everyone suspected in the murder of Morgan except for the strongest suspect Pete Spence. Either Spence was really lucky or Wyatt concluded he didn't do it. Then again this whole bloody mess is riddled in mystery and ambiguity.

[@Torby4096]

Roseville is a small town in Illinois that claims to be the boyhood home of Wyatt Earp.

[@rabbi120348]

"Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp, Brave, courageous and bold! Long live his fame and long live his glory, And long may his story be told." Josephine Marcus Earp was Jewish and Wyatt was buried next to her in the San Francisco Jewish cemetery. He may have become Jewish himself.

[@GRWINNER]

Is that an historic 1860 Army Colt on the shelf or is that a replica?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Yes

[@GRWINNER]

LOL!

[@jacobcone7447]

Should do an episode on Jesse James sometime!

[@markrandle4368]

there's a lot of speculation that Morgan died on the 18th or 19th. No one seems to know or can't confirm either date.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Some of the newspaper accounts disagreed, which isn’t uncommon.

[@btsb60]

What's really confusing who exactly was the law in tombstone there's mention of several different officer statuses

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

That is a fair question. The jurisdiction between the US Marshal, county sheriff’s, town marshals, and various detectives working for corporations, was always at question. Virgil was both a deputy US Marshal and Tombstone’s Town marshal/chief of police at the same time. Wyatt was a deputy county sheriff and also a Wells Fargo detective before being appointed a deputy US Marshal. The Earp brothers were frequently deputized, sometimes aa part of a posse, and other times as “special officers.” Johnny Behan was the Cochise county sheriff, and occasionally deputized members of the cowboys. During the vendetta ride Wyatt led a federal posse as a Deputy US Marshal, while being pursued by a posse under Behan. While there were courts, judges and justices were more often than not associated with one side or the other. It was rarely clear who represented “the law.”

[@ncnovembergrl2009]

There was a passle of Earp brothers

[@gerrysongs4170]

Morgan’s grave was lost when the cemetery moved.

[@DeanStephen]

“…no less moral than the banking business.” Gafaw! Actually I’d say prostitution is quite a bit more moral. The ladies, generally, don’t try to profit off your deposits.