In the 1920s, legendary ex-lawman Wyatt Earp was photographed at his desert camp near the Happy Days gold mine, just across the river from Parker, Arizona.
By this time, Earp had retired from his storied life as a lawman and gunfighter—best known for the infamous shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. This image captures a quieter, more reflective chapter in the life of a man who had become a larger-than-life figure in American history.
I am amazed by how much Kurt Russell resembled the man he played in Tombstone...
ReplyDeleteWow, ain’t it the truth?
DeleteThat was my first though as well.
DeleteDitto.
DeleteUncanny.
One of the best movies ever
DeleteRIP Val
that makes three of us!
ReplyDeleteA Man not to be trifled with. Must a been easy keeping the peace at that gold mine with him around.
ReplyDeleteSays a lot how clean and organized his tent is. Must have been a Man who drew respect and honor. My kind of Men, Men we all must be I think, what with all being committed by evil against everything We as Men of The West stand for. Certainly someone to admire and take example with. Like to think that is the just truth. At least in the BoyScouts that was something we all tried to live up to thru our lives.
ReplyDeleteBehind every great man is a good housekeeper
DeleteBe Prepared---Eagle Scout, Troop 15 San Diego, 1957
DeleteNot much danger of there being any lawn to get off, though, TBH.
ReplyDeleteI have seen the same commentary accompanying three different pictures on social media within the last two weeks, of obviously different men. Not saying that this one isn’t Earp, but it makes you wonder…
ReplyDeleteLooks like actor John Russell.
ReplyDeleteThe photo is generally consistent with known photos of Earp late in life.
ReplyDeleteOnly 40 years till the 1960’s. Weird.
ReplyDeleteThat place described is today a place called Earp. It has its own post office.
ReplyDeleteUsed to live in Parker, AZ. Didn't know this part of the story...
ReplyDeleteHe's looking pretty fit for a man in his 70s.
ReplyDeleteOl Wyatt was not the upstanding citizen he is generally made out to be. Not going to pick on him here, but let's just say he had plenty of skeletons in his closet. Interesting family.
ReplyDeleteTom762
I think you'll find that most lawmen of the late 1800s rode both sides of the fence at different times in their lives. Very few of them were purely Law and Order guys.
DeleteHe was born and raised about 30 miles down the road from me in Monmouth IL.
DeleteYou don't have to look very hard to find comments from the locals concerning the Earp "legend".
"Slow is accurate. Accurate is final."
ReplyDelete"One must learn to be slow in a hurrah in a gunfight."
Two legendary quotes I regularly use in my handgun training classes.
Folks want to be fast.
One gets fast by being slow over and over and over and over and over...
Eventually, slow becomes smooth leading to what looks like fast but is actually slow in a hurry.
Yep, I stole it from Mr. Earp and I'm proud to have done so!