Wyatt Earp

A few years later, he traveled to what is now Oklahoma, where he was arrested as a horse thief (Peterson, 2). Other jobs that Wyatt had that were law related, were as a policeman in Wichita, Kansas in 1875, and as an assistant city marshal in Dodge City, Kansas in 1878. He was in Dodge City when he met John "Doc" Holliday, and Bat Masterson (America.,1).
             Bat described Wyatt as "one of the few men I personally knew in the West in the early days whom I regarded as absolutely destitute of physical fear.a quiet unassuming man, not given to brag or bluster, but at all times and under all circumstances, a loyal friend and an equally dangerous enemy" (America., 1). Wyatt was always known as a quiet, reserved, private, and undemonstrative man. He was also a calm and controlled person that could handle hostile encounters with his intimidating icy glare (Peterson, 2).
             Along with his second wife, Cecelia "Mattie" Blaylock, Wyatt went to Tombstone, Arizona in 1879. At this time, Tombstone was a booming mine town. In the following year, his brother Virgil was appointed town marshal, and Wyatt worked at the Oriental Saloon. He also filled in as Virgil's deputy (America.,2).
             There were many people who didn't like the Earp family, for one reason or another. The Clantons and the McLaury's were two families that just resented the Earps. Both of these families were also involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Coral. One reason the Clantons hated the Earps was because of Wyatt's involvement with Josephine Marcus, who was a San Francisco actress. She ran away from home at nineteen, and traveled with a Pinafore dance troop. She was the girlfriend of the pro-Clanton sheriff, Johnny Behan (Peterson, 2). Wyatt and Josephine got close while Wyatt and his wife, Mattie, were still married. Then, whenever she died, Josie and Wyatt married (America., 2).
             In 1881, the feud between the Clantons and the Earps escalated to the famous gunfight at the O.