Legendary Western Lawman Wyatt Earp Was Born On This Date In 1848

As Biography.com notes, Wyatt Earp was born on this date in 1848.

One of the icons of the American West, he worked for the law and helped tame the wild cowboy culture that pervaded the frontier. In Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt got into a feud with a local rancher that resulted in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, perhaps the most famous gunfight in American history. Earp died in Los Angeles on January 13, 1929.

You can read the rest of the piece and watch a short video clip about Wyatt Earp's fight a the O.K. Corral via the below link:

http://www.biography.com/people/wyatt-earp-9283338

You can also learn more about more about Wyatt Earp by reading Casey Tefertiller's Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend.