Wyatt Earp: Legend of the Wild West

[@WizardMindBarbarianBody]

Wyatt Earp didn't die until 1929. He experienced nearly all of the prohibition and the roaring 20s. Some of the inventions in his lifetime were airplanes, mass produced automobiles, and motion pictures. He was even an adviser on some Western movies. He probably heard hot jazz and saw people dance the Charleston. It's been less than a hundred years since his death.

[@cantinadudes]

Its crazy to think that my grandpa lived at the same time as wyatt earp

[@JackOstinato]

Wyatt Earp on Doc Holliday: "Doc was a dentist whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom disease had made a frontier vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a caustic wit; a long, lean ash-blond fellow nearly dead with consumption, and at the same time the most skillful gambler and the nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever knew."

[@Jason918114]

Dope

[@Smiley10918]

Just came from a video that said this very quote at the end...weird

[@WyattKahoaliiAiu]

Hey I’m named after this man because my first name is Wyatt and I was given the name Wyatt when I was baby

[@callicottjr]

This is why I enjoyed the movie Tombstone. Granted, there were still aspects that were changed or stretched, but it was one of the few films that went beyond the gunfight by the O.K. Corral. One of the best western films in my opinion.

[@steveredenbaugh9058]

Lonesome Dove a close second?

[@24get24give]

if only Kevin" I have one expression on my face and inflection in my voice" Costner in it, I'd agree

[@dougroberts9821]

Val Kilmer would like that as well.

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

@@steveredenbaugh9058 Sorry but Unforgiven and Tombstone.

[@dylanrich69]

@@vCLOWNSHOESv cant forget the dollars trilogy

[@izzojoseph2]

I read an article where Earp stated, “the reporters always said I was part of the lawlessness but what no one mentions is that after I ran them out the fighting stopped.” I thought that an interesting take.

[@WildwoodClaire1]

As was typical of Earp, his statement was self-serving and largely fanciful.

[@izzojoseph2]

@@WildwoodClaire1 ~ yeah, he had an ego, but are you saying things didn’t get resolved?

[@lynnerose7891]

@@izzojoseph2 Literally murdering ppl until they disappeared isn’t resolving the problem.

[@kwisatzhaderach9087]

@Joseph Izzo By your logic modern law enforcement should roll up to convicted criminals know for organised crime and violence and execute them then. In a retrospectively romanticized version of chaos, in which innocent bystanders are at risk. Dumb take, next.

[@izzojoseph2]

@@kwisatzhaderach9087 ~ poor interpretation The movies are the romanticized This was an actual interview Dumb take Next

[@justme8837]

I live in AZ and went to Tombstone for the first time last year, will be going again in November. I love it there, it is almost like going back in time...with tourists : )

[@benpeters5851]

While you're down there, you should swing by Bisbee it's a nice town.

[@marcf905]

I live in NJ and have been to Tombstone 5 times. I love it there too! It truly is like going back in time. I've considered moving there for a year or so. Bisbee is very nice to check out too but there are a lot of drugs there from what I've read. It's a cool place though..

[@MrVonMengesdorf]

Our family farm is in elfrida. About 30 miles from tombstone. Back in the 90s it was an awsome place to visit as a kid.

[@66cuda]

I went and watched the shootout, l.a. confidential both book and film mention bisby az where one of the character was from the Veronica lake lookalike was from

[@everyoneash]

Please...Doc Holiday next. I'd love to see a long video on his life.

[@andreapitre1978]

Bad news. His life was short.

[@bigsouth010]

Andrea Pitre I will still make out to be a long story

[@GorgeousMerc]

I'm your Huckleberry

[@MaddawgMar]

The problem with Doc Holliday is that the actuality of his life is very blurred. It’s hard to tell what is true vs what is a folk tale. It would be hard to do a video on it, and be accurate.

[@ireadcomments.4710]

It wasn't that long. Kinda like wild be hickock.

[@tengen3613]

John Wayne stated that every cowboy he played in the movies was an interpretation of Wyatt Earp.

[@TheBigjake04]

T Engen that’s true. Duke met him in person on the set of a silent film. His famous walk was inspired from Wyatt Earp. Though the only character he ever played that he admitted to basing off Earp was Rooster Cogburn. At least that was the only thing my research was able to turn up. But, if you research Earp enough you can find similarities between him and more than one of Duke characters.

[@davidwhyberd7612]

He played every character as John Wayne. However, he belonged in Westerns He said that he copied his walk from Wyatt Earp, but he always looked as he badly needed the bathroom.

[@WildwoodClaire1]

@@TheBigjake04 It is unlikely that Wayne ever met Wyatt Earp. John Ford may have shared a few reminiscences with Wayne. And Wayne never portrayed a character anything like the taciturn, utterly humorless, baldly avaricious and ethically questionable Earp.

[@miniaturekitty9679]

@@davidwhyberd7612 it may have had more to do.with "John Wayne's" penchant for having sex with men

[@2990rick]

@@miniaturekitty9679 this channel has the weirdest comments most don't even know what they are saying 🙃🙄🙄🤔

[@michaeldeering798]

I'm interested in Masterson and Doc Holiday

[@MikeCoville]

Simon, definitely needs to do an episode on Masterson and Holiday.

[@TerracottaPie1987]

Yes

[@YTRulesFromNM]

Bat Masterson wasn't a murderer. Doc Holiday was a murderer that actually would have killed more people if he continued his dental practice because he had TB.

[@DaleDix]

Masterson, now that's a hell of a story. "The tapes" have been found and Dr phill is falling.

[@phootphetishphilip5551]

@@YTRulesFromNM called self defense then

[@knight4today]

Just found your channel. This is great. He did do one notable thing in Hollywood as a consultant. He befriended a young boy who swept up the lots. The boy was known as Big Duke, later called John Wayne, who said his portrayals largely came from the impression he got from Wyatt.

[@flukislucas]

You had me at murderer, conman, and pimp

[@andreapitre1978]

Sounds like Hosea and Dutch from RDR2.

[@Kruppt808]

All around scoundrel (Han Solo inspiration? 😂 ), Scoundrel? Scoundrel...... I like the sound of that. My hands are dirty, so are mine what are you afraid of

[@damienthorne861]

🤣🤣

[@Aystew]

Btw I have to say thank you for your content. I’m a fed ex driver and I listen to your videos every day keep up the amazing content please! ❤️

[@thejoker-wu1sp]

I listen at work,phone in my hard hat getting smarter while i help build bank of America tower lol.

[@spiritusmundi70]

He was a product of his day and age, as well as his environment.

[@gypsydust]

spiritusmundi70 not true or else everyone would be that way..

[@bigsouth010]

Gypsy Dust stay in Romania please. These are American politics

[@SweatpantsPG]

@@bigsouth010 you're so cool

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

You're right about that. Earp lived in a much tougher time with much different rules.

[@kenxclout]

A three legged dog walks into a saloon in the wild west He bursts through the door and announces: “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw!

[@dixiewhiskey3273]

Ken Fulton {Baby Elder} that’s a “dad joke” if I’ve ever heard one

[@maxwellfarris5410]

Good...good....good.

[@Claytone-Records]

Ken Fulton {Baby Elder}, Tell the truth, you made that up yourself.

[@MasterMalrubius]

Clayton Kusaj It’s an old joke.

[@Claytone-Records]

Andrew Boehmer, Yeah, I know. Still would be fun to catch someone attempting ownership. Maybe.

[@mbabist01]

"He wore a cane and derby hat! His name was Bat, Bat Masterson." Yes, let's have BAT MASTERSON.

[@ChickSage]

He was very cool. The famous plainsman, Billy Dixon, once said of Bat, "He was a chunk of steel, and everything that struck him in those days, always drew fire"

[@mbabist01]

@@ChickSage With those cold grey eyes of his, I'm not surprised!

[@Kruppt808]

Ed Masterson was to affable

[@redheadredneckv]

Wyatt Earp: The essence of the Wild West (also “HELL’S COMING WITH ME!”) Also yeah, give us Bat and Doc on Bio-graphics

[@snacktics4771]

Bat and Doc

[@CorbCorbin]

Awesome movie, not very historically accurate, but it was accurate to the legends of Wyatt and Doc, making Ringo and Curly Bill much better antagonists than they actually were.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@@CorbCorbin Ringo was no daisy. He was no daisy at all!

[@redheadredneckv]

Just thugs who took the life of the wrong man, I still respect Wyatt and I see him as a real man of the time

[@mattynewham1125]

Wyatt Earb was my ancestor

[@zmanjace1364]

One of the best mustaches in history.

[@drpetraitis]

Were the Earps and Holliday perfect? Of course not. But the Cowboys were a gang and were gunning for the Earps who were the law in the town. I don’t read of anyone else standing up to the gang in town. And in those days, there wasn’t enough money for a police force like the East coast had. You got what you got. And the town was in fear of them. We weren’t there, so we can never truly know what some people really went through, but once the OK corral happened and when Earp went on his Vendetta ride, the Cowboy gang era was over. The Earps and Holliday are American heroes because at the time, that was what was needed. They took a stand against a huge gang of men who thought they could do whatever they wanted in the territory. Respect.

[@jaydrummond1153]

I have heard several accounts of his life and Biographics comes along with things I've never heard before. You've done it again 👏

[@hakeemfullerton8645]

People you should do videos on next: Rudolf Hess Patrice Lumumba Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Warren G Harding

[@flukislucas]

Man, what an eclectic group of people. Would be the strangest dinner party ever lol

[@maxtew6521]

Good list, my man.

[@hakeemfullerton8645]

@@maxtew6521 thank you

[@bruceleroy4665]

Nice list especially fatty

[@megatron..9032]

Black Philip

[@stevenjohnson7704]

An important note on the ruling after the gun fight. The determining factor for why the earps were not found guilty was the fact that Ike (who was unarmed) was not harmed, which went against Ike’s claim that the earps were just out for blood. If the earps had been out for blood, surely Ike would have been killed.

[@stevenjohnson7704]

Also, I thought the Native American’s name was “Indian Charlie “ not “Hank”

[@keraatkins7833]

Bass reeves the true Wild West legend

[@kentuckyjustice1408]

Bass Reeves was the real deal!

[@TheRQpaints]

"This is the West, sir, When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

[@EclecticPkm]

The RQ you beat me to it. Great quote

[@tristanwheeler3376]

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[@joshuakelderhouse3755]

Hey, you should do Bat Masterson, and that dirty Rotten scoundrel "Dirty"Dave Rudabaugh too!

[@FlintenJones]

It sounds like a lot of the accusations against him are hearsay

[@JonathonWoodgate]

Oh yes, I think this Bat Masterson fellow would make an interesting subject for a Biographics video!

[@donporter4830]

Sir; as a decorated Deputy Sheriff myself I find fought with your description of Wyatt Earp, yes he was not a perfect man but just like Bat Masterson and Wild Bill when the time came they were on the right side of justice, you seem to delight in putting these men down when we both know you wouldn't have the guts to do what they or I did and that was to fight evil!

[@mstrunn]

@donporter4830 Great post thank you!

[@JetsBauer]

John Wayne modeled his swagger after Wyatt. Hollywood used earp on many early movies as a consultant and thats when he met Wayne. They talked and interacted many times. So anytime you see a John Wayne movie, know that youre watching how Earp walked and talked.

[@calichef1962]

My gr.-gr.-grandfather was Wyatt's double first cousin. Their mothers were sisters and their fathers were brothers. My Earp relatives were known for being giants. All the men were well over six feet tall. Even my great-grandmother was 5'9" tall at a time when most men were shorter! Every circus that traveled up and down the Sacramento River stopped by their house and tried to get my great-uncles to join the circus as either the giant or as the strongman. None of them ever went as there was just too much work to do on their ranch. They supplied fruit, grains and some game meats (venison, geese, pheasant, quail and duck) to the fine restaurants of the day in San Francisco.

[@timcollum8695]

That's funny because I live in Iowa. One side of me is Pella where he lived as a boy. On the other side of me is Brooklyn, where John Wayne lived as a boy

[@24get24give]

my west Texan grandfather walked & talked like Wayne, looked a bit like him, too for whatever that's worth

[@ZEINKIENZE]

Bat is a great character. Absolutely do a video.

[@brentgranger7856]

Lots of men made the Old West, but you can do a video about sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Other men who helped shape the history of the Wild West include Sitting Bull, "Buffalo Bill" Cody, James "Wild Bill" Hickok, Chief Joseph, and George Custer.

[@Helm-w1q]

Annie Oakley was not a westerner. She was from Ohio. Like you I would like to see a good movie made about her. Not for her connection to the oldest, but because of the amount of courage she had in taking on Wm. R. Hearst and making him pay. It's a story worth telling and long over due

[@DJ-jn3on]

I really am amazed at how similar Wyatt Earp and Kurt Russell look in one of Wyatt's pictures.

[@raver4lyfe16]

Bat masterson, one of my old bosses Mike masterson was related to him, He moved to the uk from Texas in 2000 he was an interesting guy allways had stories to tell

[@frankgraham1996]

Wyatt Earp!, Wyatt Earp!, brave courageous and bold, long live his fame , and long live his glory and long may his story be told!!!

[@noehernandez8786]

We have his gun at the bar I work at, in Juneau, Alaska.

[@kenxclout]

Hello I have never met anybody from Alaska 😁👋🏾

[@demandred1957]

You may have a gun. But somehow I doubt it's his.

[@chaosenjoyer5703]

Noe Hernandez Yeah, sure you do buddy

[@noehernandez8786]

Google it.

[@noehernandez8786]

We also have the shotgun and handcuffs used to arrest the Birdman of Alcatraz.

[@Cat_Ultra]

Do George Harrison, Freddie Mercury, Tom Hanks, Rey Myserio, Paul Anka and David Bowie please

[@Evehawk87]

Y 5 that’s the most awesomely quirky list I’ve ever seen! I love it!

[@reesedavis3499]

And Bob Geldoff

[@mangot589]

reese davis Yeah bob would be really interesting!

[@lauraheyman2011]

Yes, Bat Masterson, and Doc Holliday will be great.

[@stonecoldku4161]

"As a precaution they moved their families to The Cosmopolitan Hotel." This was of course a mistake, because had they moved their families to The Continental Hotel they would have completely safe. As no business can take place on Continental ground.

[@guilhermesequeira9373]

Thanks a lot great video!

[@floydmills8963]

I personally think that anybody's opinion of which is the better movie boils down to which did you see first. I watched Wyatt Earp first, and saw Tombstone about 15 years later. I thought Tombstone was a cheesy rip off, then I found out Tombstone came out a year earlier. To this day if Wyatt Earp comes on it's an instant remote drop for me. Tombstone, not so much but I do know why people love it so much. Both movies had top notch casts, I personally like the longer story. Tombstone is literally the story of Tombstone. Wyatt Earp is somewhat of a biography of the man's life not just a few years.

[@mstrunn]

@floydmills8963 Tombstone is Hollywood made filled with inacuracies!

[@yellowjacket588]

I like Wyatt for all those reasons

[@missmishka8379]

The mythos surrounding Wyatt Earp is just a part of what makes him one of my favorite historical figures. The reason why I always list him as the #1 famous person, alive or dead, that I would love to meet is simply his longevity. The "Old West" that he was a part of seems so far removed from modern times, but his heydays came after our Civil War & the year that he died was the same that the Great Depression began & that my grandfather was born. I was very close to my grandfather until he passed back in 2006 & having him in my life for so long always brought home the fact that we're really not long removed from those eras that seem so long ago. It also makes me so curious about all the changes to the USA that Earp lived through & what his perspective on everything would be. I'd love to hear some of those "back in my day" stories from Earp that I value so much from the last few years that I had with my grandfather. And it would be interesting if we could know how Earp feels about his legend today, especially how it's handled in the Wynonna Earp comics & show (both of which I totally love.) Did he want a notoriety that would keep his name known & discussed 90 years after his death & over 100 years past his prime? I honestly just love the facts & fiction surrounding him. So glad to see him profiled on here. I would also love to see Bat & Doc.

[@calichef1962]

My maternal grandfather was my favorite grandparent, and his maternal grandfather was a man named Peter Asbury Earp, Wyatt's double first cousin. (Their mothers were each other's sisters and their fathers were each other's brothers.) My grandfather used to travel by train with his brother and mother to see his grandfather in the tiny town of Sycamore, California. The closest existing "town" now is Grimes, California. (If you do a search on Google Maps/Earth for Earp Road, Colusa County, CA you will see the Peter Earp property, which runs from the main road all the way back to the Sacramento River.) My grandfather never met Wyatt, but my great-grandmother, whom I knew very well because she lived to be 96.5 years old, did get to meet him once when he was traveling north from San Francisco on the Sacramento River. She passed away on July 3rd, 1975, when I was a month shy of 13.

[@missmishka8379]

@@calichef1962 That is so cool. I've honestly focused so much on Wyatt's life & era that I never even thought to see what his descendants & living relatives know or think of his legacy. I live in WV & seriously need to take a vacation west to see some of this history outside of books & media.

[@wyatt7454]

I was named after this man

[@elweasel2010]

You sure you weren't name after Wyatt Russell, son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn? ;)

[@maxwellfarris5410]

Chill bruh.

[@elweasel2010]

@@maxwellfarris5410 ​ Maxwell Farris you chill it was a joke. Since Kurt named his son also after Wyatt Earp. Did you miss the little winking smiley face?

[@michaelrose8751]

Elweasel to be honest with y'all I missed the wink.... But at the same time you got to look at the amount of time... From the 1860's to today and how many brothers and sisters were in that family.... plenty of ways that you or I could have an family member we would be shocked to find out about.... I love president licoln one of the very few I would love to meet.... My girlfriend is the niece of his

[@joconnor3846]

Love your name , a name you never hear in Australia Hope you wear it with pride

[@terriensberg5487]

I would love to see a biography of Bat Masterson.

[@kieranorourke766]

Terri Ensberg One thing I can tell you about good old "Bat" Masterson his real name was Bartholomew Masterson not William Barkley. Plus he was born in Canada.

[@dougroberts9821]

Baseball ⚾️ players owe him a lot. 😊

[@bigsouth010]

Kieran O'Rourke born in Canada? Wow never knew that. How he ended up one of the most famous people of the Wild West. What a time to be alive

[@joes7885]

Wyatt stated that the press misquoted many things he said. He was dedicated to the law and upheld it. I can't imagine how wild and ruthless it was back then. My hat goes off to him. One of my heroes.

[@alchaenis4476]

Can you please do one on John Wesley Hardin. I’m a direct descendant, and my grandfather was absolutely obsessed with him. Almost a year since my grandpa passed and it would just mean a lot to me to see a video of yours, with you passion and attention to detail covering him. Wesley is seriously one of the most understated outlaws of the old west, with more falling to his gun than billy the kid

[@lindleloverwatterson3484]

I'm sorry if this comes off as disrespectful or ignorant but isn't that the guy who was killed by wild bill? That name John Wesley Hardin ... When I hear it I see wild bill and a gun

[@alchaenis4476]

@@lindleloverwatterson3484 nope. He was shot in the back of the head while playing cards by Constable John Selman. In fact any and all mentions of wild bill theres nothing but respect between the two. True or not Wesley claimed it was actually Wild Bill responsible for planning his escape from prison. He’s also the only person (allegedly) ever allowed to carry pistols while in town by bill.

[@Mooopah]

You are one of the few channels I look to that offer consistently good content, keep it up homie !

[@FormulaVase-kp3dc]

My 7th grade biology teacher, at Geneseo Middle School, was a decendant of Wyatt. His name was Chad Earp.

[@gungriffen]

Wish you'd do Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. He was wounded 17 times during his life and left for dead four times. He is credited with having killed between 53 and 70 people. Francis Augustus Hamer ('heɪmə) (March 17, 1884 - July 10, 1955) was a Texas Ranger best known for his leadership of the 1934 posse that tracked down and killed criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Renowned for his toughness, marksmanship, and investigative skill, he acquired legendary status in the Southwest as the archetypal Texas Ranger. Hamer also notably led the fight in Texas against the Ku Klux Klan starting in 1922 as senior captain of the Texas Rangers, and he is believed to have saved at least fifteen people from lynch mobs. He was inducted into the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. His professional record and reputation are not without controversy, particularly with regard to his willingness to use deadly force even in an increasingly modernized society. Overall, because of his sustained excellence and numerous exploits in a career that spanned more than forty years, Hamer has been described by biographer John Boessenecker, historian Robert Utley, and other experts on criminal justice in the United States as "one of the greatest American lawmen of the twentieth century."

[@RoleCrow]

Don´t know if you take sugestions, but you should make a video about Francisco de Miranda, the true universal man, precursor of the independence of Latinamerica from Spain, participated on United States independecy, on the French Revolution, in fact he is the only american an non French commander whos name is in the "arc de triomphe", named colonel of russia by Catherine the Great, an humanist, probably one of the greatest man of latinamerica history.

[@r.shanethompson7933]

The man was no Angel, but here's a news flash: NO ONE REALLY IS! To all the people running him down, while extolling the virtues of his enemies I only ask that you consider this; He walked down the street in broad daylight and faced his ARMED (yes it's been well proven) enemies in broad daylight instead of trying to ambush them from a hidden position in the dark and running away after firing. May have been a con man, pimp, and first class s.o.b., but he damn sure wasn't a coward!

[@THEtodd_83]

A+ quality work!

[@GunnyRaps]

My great-grandmother was Wyatt Earp's great niece. She said she met him once when she was a kid. I asked what he was like. She said, "He was an asshole."

[@sashakhan4317]

Did she ever mention why or how?

[@blue_ridge_shooting762]

Wyatt Earp's great x 3 granddaughter was my 5th grade teacher.

[@MD-nv6rp]

_Trav_ Cole that’s pretty awesome

[@chaosenjoyer5703]

_Trav_ Cole Sure she was buddy

[@justme8837]

who did he have children with?

[@Lightdog555]

Celita G W Your right I don’t think he had any kids

[@calichef1962]

Sorry, Trav, man, but you've been had. Wyatt didn't have any children. I'm an Earp descendant, I know these things. My great-great-grandfather was Wyatt's double first cousin. Wyatt's first wife died with no children, his second "common law" wife was a prostitute and laudanum/morphine addict who was very unlikely to have carried a baby to term, and Wyatt and his second (legal) wife, Josephine never had any children. Josephine had been an actress for years before she met Wyatt, and actresses were only half a step above prostitutes in the morals department back then. It's likely that she'd had at least one abortion in her past, which could easily have cost her the ability to carry a pregnancy to term.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:20 - Chapter 1 - Early life & family 4:05 - Chapter 2 - Lawman again in kansas 7:35 - Chapter 3 - Arrival in tombstone 9:45 - Chapter 4 - Gunfight at the OK Corral 11:15 - Chapter 5 - Aftermath 12:50 - Chapter 6 - Cowboys' Revenge 14:10 - Chapter 7 - Earp's vendetta ride 18:25 - Chapter 8 - Fitzsimmons vs Sharkey

[@ollilehtonen2762]

Thanks for the video! Earp was such an interesting character ajo showed that gunfighters were also humans with vices. I find this video interesting since Earp's story is mostly based on legends and this biography compiles facts. In addition I would like to watch more videos about Wild West legends. Like Doc Holiday or some lesser known shootists. Such as Dallas Stoudemeyer.

[@MrPoupard]

"Calling him a hero might be stretching just a bit". Whenever an Englishman says this you know it's understatement.

[@briangriffiths7445]

Yes please one Bat Masterson would be awesome

[@DelDuio]

Oi Simon: "I'm your Huckleberry!"

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

Can you do Doc Holiday AND Calamity Jane? For Geographics, could you do Deadwood City? How about The Black Hills?

[@rdrun51660]

As a fan of Wyatt Earp,I also realize that men like this are NEVER as cool and smooth as they are portrayed. In fact that are easily as viscous as they are gentlemen like. Men who are this aggressive and at the point of the spear, are almost never saints. But God love them for their ability to act when so many others just sit!! Thanks for your review, as a person who has studied Wyatt Earp, I found it fare and fairly free of bias. Damn good job for an Englishman across the pond! :-)

[@calichef1962]

I'm an Earp descendant, and I agree with you 100%. Wyatt and his brothers would be my double first cousins, four generations removed. Wyatt's mother and my third gr.grandmother were sisters and my third gr.grandfather and Wyatt's father were brothers. I think the sisters must have been from a neighboring family. I once found our first American ancestor, and he came here in the late sixteen-hundreds. His name (possible first name William?) had been Harp in England, but became Earp on this side of the pond. I haven't found anything farther back telling me why he left England for the colonies, but most folks who came that early didn't come here because they wanted to start over in the New World, they were sent here as punishment for crimes or to work off debt.

[@Kruppt808]

He was a product of his environment, anybody who thinks he wasn't human or had flaws might as well read a fairytale book. He conducted himself as a man of the West, hard life, doesn't suffer fools. Trying to make him into this gangster who happened to be a lawman is someone trying to fit their own narrative.

[@The1trueJester]

Wyatt Earp. Disputable good guy, undesputable badass

[@horsepower523]

Of course he wasn't the perfect hero people make him out to be in modern times. He was a tough and resolute man who did what he had to do to survive in that harsh and merciless environment he lived in. Many things we consider as bad and wrong nowadays was pretty ordinary and normal in the context of the moral standards of those times when Wyatt Earp lived.

[@robj7481]

Bat Masterson: “The rich get ice in the summer. The poor get ice in the winter.”

[@blackjackmusic1107]

My Great Great Grand father was Wyatts' Uncle and my Mother and Aunt are the last Real Earps in Kentucky...Wyatts' Brother Virgil was born in my home town of Rosine Kentucky...I'm very proud of my Family

[@mcmc2817]

COOL😎

[@calichef1962]

Well, howdy, relative! My 4th great-grandfather and Wyatt's grandfather are one in the same person. My 2nd great-grandfather was Wyatt (and brothers) double first cousin. Their mothers were sisters and their fathers were brothers. My mother has Wyatt's cold, gray eyes-- especially when she's angry!

[@blackjackmusic1107]

@@calichef1962 good to meet you...where are ya from???

[@danielwilliams6082]

Yes I would like to see Bat Masterson

[@lgmartinez38]

Great one, Simon. Can you please do one on Louis Armstrong?

[@danielduncan6806]

Hey, are you aware your videos are lagging? About half of the videos you post have a very noticeable lag in sections. I get no such thing on any other channel on this site. And I get the same issue on my computer downstairs as I do on this one up here. You may want to look into that.

[@montanadunulf]

Excellent video as always. Thank you.

[@EclecticPkm]

Yep keep those Old West Gunman and Lawmen bios coming!

[@nicksquatch7212]

Couple of suggestions: Abraham Lincoln Jake Bird Richard Ramirez

[@GMKGoji01]

NickSquatch YT I suggested Haruo Nakajima.

[@guilhermesequeira9373]

Yes Lincoln please

[@leighblais4028]

Great research and presentation, very well done Sir. I really appreciate the hard work and knowledge.

[@Denebreus]

Curly Bill Brocious (BRO-shus) is correct. Otherwise, excellent video, as always.

[@Susiruhtinas]

Great title pick. One of the most interesting western legend ever, rivaled only by Doc Holliday.

[@cllnsnmrtn1]

Brilliant documentary by Simon!!

[@heathen455]

Here in the US, the Colt Peacemaker is best known as “the gun of Wyatt Earp.”

[@johnjohnmcclane1818]

Actually it's best known by its actual model name, the Single Action Army. I've never heard of it referred to as 'the gun of Wyatt Earp', and I've been reading about guns for 40 years.

[@JosephCoenMason]

Having heard various tales of Mr.Wyatt Earp, some of which I was never certain on yet found them to be quite intriguing, and I'm pleased to say dear Sir, it's most satisfying to hear your perspective on the lawman's life. :D

[@spacecatboy2962]

a young john wayne knew the older wyatt earp and most likely based his movie charater mannerisms on wyatt

[@eileenbass952]

That was amazing, thank you Simon.

[@benscragg]

What a legend!!! Nice video, man.

[@9thchild358]

"You tell 'em I'm coming! And hell's coming with me! You hear? HELL'S COMING WITH ME!"

[@PATRIOT-nt5ub]

Please do a Bio on Bat. Love this channel. Biographics Kicks Ass!!!

[@ryanrightmire1447]

Love your old west documentaries. Bring on doc and buffalo bill Cody if you haven't done one on him yet

[@Davale.]

14:00 this terrifies me man lying on ur deathbed thinking you’re about to have visions and flashback but instead see darkness..

[@peoplesrepublicofliberland5606]

Please Simon. I ask that you make a video on Pedro Albizus Campos a Veteran, Nationalist, heroe and his atrocious death. And if you may talk about the revolutions and assassination attempts on American Colonialist.

[@napalmjohn1821]

As a boxing aficionado I wondered if you were going to mention the Fitzsimmons fight. Did not disappoint.

[@jaksanape]

Wow, I was just watching Tombstone yesterday. Hope for Doc Holiday next.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Doc Holliday deserves his own Biographics

[@solitaryman7485]

I'm your huckleberry if you do vids on Doc Holliday & Bat Masterson. And Fr. Guido Sarducci please.

[@calichef1962]

As an Earp descendant I love your suggestions, especially that oddball third suggestion! I'm old enough that I remember Fr. Guido *very* well. It would be a ton of fun to find out what the real story is on that dude. Thanks for the suggestion and the memories!

[@briandoss9232]

I miss the old days when revenge was mostly legal...

[@MrJoeyZaZa]

I am from Colton. Wyatt Earps house was a few houses down from my high school. They never did anything with it. It's a shame. Morgan is buried next to my pops....

[@Aystew]

You should do a bio on doc holiday!

[@pastordoogie8438]

Would love to hear a biography on Bat Masterson, Doc Holladay, or Wild Bill Hickock.

[@BigBWolf90]

The Earp Vendetta Ride participants; Wyatt Earp, Warren Earp, James Earp, John Henry "Doc" Holiday, Sherman McMaster, Jack "Turkey Creek" Johnson, Charles Smith, Dan Tipton & John "Texas Jack" Vermillion. Just in case you're wondering

[@chriso3780]

Hi Simon et al:) Will you ever start doing musicians? I would love for you to talk about the great bands of yester year! Love the channels!!

[@calichef1962]

Lefty Frizzel lived in the house next door to where I live now. I don't know if it was before or after he recorded "The Long, Black Veil." My grandparents lived in this house back then, and Lefty lived next door. (My grandparents eventually bought the house next door and it is where I remember them living my whole life.)

[@MyDarkmarc]

Wyatt Earp is buried in the city of Colma, California which is just south of San Francisco at the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park it is a Jewish cemetery. I have visited Earp's graveside and its quite lovely up on a hill and has wonderful views. Josephine Marcus who was Jewish is buried next to Wyatt Earp Josephine died in 1944 outliving Earp by 15 years.

[@ianconway4711]

Bat Masterson would be a great video subject I would think. I like learning about people like Bat and Dave Rudabaugh. They crossed paths with so many big named people that they themselves often have more interesting lives than the marquee names do. Dirty Dave Rudabaugh going from fighting in the Lincoln county war with Billy the Kid to mixing it up with Wyatt Earp had himself a HELL of life.

[@ClipsFromMaine]

Let’s see that Bat Masterson bio! Thank you for all the content! 🙏

[@Siensane]

I absolutely loved this one and would love more biographies on wild west figures. Deadwood makes me want to know more about the real Seth Bullock.

[@skdefeatboy]

This type of man still haunts NL in his Tetris ventures

[@GreasyKing]

Go ahead and watch the great movie Tombstone (1993) with Kurt Russell as Earp. One of my favorites.

[@treborironwolfe978]

Simon gave this intro a nice touch of Rod Serling. If they ever reboot that series, Simon should seriously consider applying as the narrator.