History Buffs: Tombstone

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lovers, my name is Nick Hodges and to celebrate our 30th episode I'm doing a western and it's going to be one of the biggest ever. This is the story of Wyatt Earp the heroic. American marshal who brought civilization to a lawless city at gunpoint, well at least that's how the legend goes, since the early days of cinema a dozen films have been made about him, but the vast majority of them are very romantic and reshape historical events for simple themes of good versus evil, while the actual story is much more interesting and complex and I'm happy to say that Tombstone for the most part gets it right, so over the course of this review I'll go into the story behind Wyatt.

Listen and analyze how faithful this film is. This is Tombstone. The town of Tombstone was founded in 1879 and got its colorful name through the efforts of a prospector named Ed. She fled. He regularly explored the Arizona deserts in search of silver, but was warned. against this by the military, Shifu was told that the only thing he would find there was his

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at the time when the southern Arizona territory was fraught with danger, home to outlaw bandits and hostile Apaches, but luckily, Flynn discovered silver in a remote site in 1877 there was a lot, so with a healthy sense of humor he named his

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News of the silver strike spread like wildfire. Hundreds of people migrated to this remote corner of the Arizona desert to seek their fortune. One of them was Wyatt. earp mr. Earp, my name is Dake Rolly, I went out with the US Marshal for this territory. Edit, I'm retired, sorry, I said to forget it, I don't want the job that's final, I don't think you understand, you don't understand, I did my duty. is pretty much all you'll get as backstory, except that Wyatt Earp used to be a lawman back in the day, but that wasn't always the case before his brief career in law enforcement, he was a buffalo hunter, a innkeeper and a gambler. one enforcer even found work as a pimp, which was actually where he met his wife Mattie Blaylock, who was his prostitute, so yeah, this extensive resume just shows how Wyatt Earp was more than just a cop, he was a man of his time. , a wanderer who wandered. across the West to make a name for himself.

I'll be in Tombstone, where I would finally wear clothes, sir, who I want to tell you about. then there were a lot of things about the guy that didn't make much sense to me in the movie, we see Wyatt's meeting with his brothers Virgil Earp and Morgan Earp, as well as all of their wives, however, there were two other brothers that he also joined To them, he called James Earth and Warren, but we never see them in the film, in any case, when they are all together in Tombstone in December 1879, Brother Erb set out to start a stagecoach business by converting the wagons they brought with them. but without any connections or major capital they couldn't compete with the bigger companies that got there first, so they were forced to sell and why they look for other ways to make a living, the film understandably doesn't show any of this because to time constraints, instead we jump to Wyatts returning to his old profession as an enforcer.

This is a cool scene that I'm happy to say is pretty accurate. That's when Wyatt appears in the eastern room and sees a player causing trouble. This shady guy's name was. Johnny Tyler and was the ringleader of a gang of gamblers called the Slopers had their eyes on the Oriental but Wyatt didn't agree he grabbed Tyler by the ear and threw him out into the street the only difference is that this altercation took place in 1881 and not in 1879, but they are so impressed that something so ambiguous turned out to be true, so after that scene we see Wyatt reunite with an old friend and everyone's favorite character, Doc Holliday, a polite gentleman from Georgia, was remembered as a famous gunman despite the fact that he only killed two people, having said that he definitely feared he had contracted tuberculosis when he was 15 and from then on he lived every day as if it were his last, drinking heavily, getting into bar fights and gambling with dangerous men.

He often won by using his intelligence to piss off poker players. We focus our game. I know we have a spelling, so you might be wondering why a wild card like Doc Holliday was even friends with Wyatt Earp back in 1878. Doc Holliday saved Wyatt's life in Dodge. City Kansas and had remained close ever since, in fact, the reason Holliday was even in Tombstone was because White's had invited him and he was now looking to use his gambling skills to make some quick money, but eventually he would start provoking the wrong people. , which brings me to one of my favorite scenes in the entire movie, the Christmas confrontation with Johnny Ringo, no, I'm sure, I hate him, he's drunk and came veritas.

I take what is the credit of G. Judaa sortelha long ago, the event remains the Torah, in particular, the scandal did. they only have a Latin schoolboy who is incredibly geeky and at the same time cool, but I'm afraid it's highly unlikely that while the real Doc Holliday was educated, Johnny Ringo left Discord, was 14 and didn't speak Latin, which is a shame . because this scene is great anyway, I'm getting a little ahead of myself who exactly Johnny Ringo was, well he was a member of a group of outlaws known as the Cochise County Cowboys criminals who made most of their money by stealing.

Horses and cattle Some historians claim that these guys are one of the first examples of organized crime in the United States. They were initially accepted or at least tolerated in the Arizona territory simply because they did all their cattle rustling in Mexico and sold their stolen cattle to corrupt Americans. The ranchers and typical of human nature was just someone else's problem but that tune quickly changed because the Mexican army began to build forts along the border making future crossings difficult and that was no longer an option, the Cowboys began to carry out their criminal activity in the Arizona territory, but I like in the movie, they are a little more subtle about it.

I mean, for example, one thing they definitely didn't do was blatantly announce who they were by wearing red sashes since Tombstone was released in 1993; may have been influenced by all those street gang movies that were released at the time and might have inspired Tombstone by having the Cowboys borrow the gang colors of the Bloods. I'm a gentleman, they walk. Psychopaths who talk about the king of my jungle. Just the gangster who stalks and lives life like a firecracker. my vendetta fuse says to death the colors I choose and then there's a stupid part where the Cowboys read the theater and just watch them give a standing ovation, it's funny if there was no one in the audience, Patterson, I like that You see this kind of thing so often. which doesn't even faze them, which is interesting because the scene inadvertently contradicts another one that actually happened on October 28, 1888.

All the curly beak Brocius stumbled into the streets in the dead of night in the film is high on opium, but from what I could investigate he may have just been drunk, in any case it doesn't matter if he was more intoxicated, he scared the townspeople by firing his gun into the air, Deputy Marshal Fred White took responsibility and left the somme curly bill even though it was snowing. reputation still wasn't enough to stop Fred White from confronting him, so this begs the question this isn't okay, but it's okay, he can't fire his guns into the air outside, but it's perfectly fine inside, ok, no doubt, some of you guys in the comments section say no, pit taxi drivers shoot their gun in the air and why would it kill someone, yes that's true but then again how come no one was bothered by this?

Not only does no one care, but if you slow down the footage you can see clearly. Fred White's look like he was about to fall asleep Fred woke up made Billy almost get shot in the face, you don't care, look, I'm sorry, he keeps mentioning a theater baby. I just need to point out that something like this wouldn't be. tolerated in Tombstone, that's why it was so important with Curly Bill and his drunken rampage and especially with what happened next when Fred White started at Sam and Kelly Bill, the gun misfired, immediately mortally wounding him, Wyatt had left the scene and He pistol-whipped Curly.

Bill to the ground as Wise began to arrest him, some cowboys rushed to confront him demanding that Curley be released or he defiantly ignored them and also the angry townspeople who wanted a lynching for what happened, instead Curley Bow was taken to Tucson to resist. trial, but he was later acquitted of accidental shooting. Now, one thing I would like to mention is that at this point in the movie Wyatt and his brothers are private citizens and it is Fred White's shooting that helps convince them later to achieve oh and more. real-life law enforcement, however, Virgil and Wyatt had already done so.

Virgil became deputy marshal of Pima County on November 27, 1879, and White became deputy sheriff on July 28, 1880, only Morgan became a law enforcement officer after Fred White's death, in fact Fred's death, why not? even achieving a ban on guns in Tombstone, which wouldn't happen until April 1881, about six months later, the reason they rejoined law enforcement had nothing to do with morality, it was simply to make money , his original plan to get rich didn't happen. It didn't work out, so they had to settle for this, but there were opportunities to make money as a lawman in February 1881. Wyatt ran for Sheriff of Cochise County and his greatest benefit was controlling the taxes collected from the Silver miners could only receive between $30,000 and $40,000 a year, which is roughly equivalent to $1 million in today's money.

In the run up to the election, Wyatt and his competitor Johnny Bein made a deal that if Wyatt dropped out of the race, Johnny would sign him up as a deputy sheriff and they would split the income 5050, this was, of course, a lie and why it was decided to win the next elections. The opportunity to redeem Wyatt came on March 15, 1881, when a Wells Fargo stagecoach was carrying $26,000 in silver bullion. through the Arizona desert around 10 o'clock three cowboys appeared in the brush to stop the stagecoach when it refused to stop the cowboys opened fire but despite killing the driver and a passenger the driver of the shotgun was able to escape with a money following the botched robbery, the three Cowboys fled with a $3,600 reward on their heads.

They were later identified as Bill Leonard James Crane and Harry heard the news and saw an opportunity if he brought in the Cowboys himself, he could improve his chances of winning the next election but sheriff in an effort to find out why--he approached a man named Ike Clanton in the movie I kazar for a member of the Cowboys but in reality he was more of an associate, a rancher who felt comfortable buying their stolen goods. He won and maintained a close relationship with them because it was proposed to Ike that if he gave information about the whereabouts of the three Cowboys then he could keep that monetary reward and would know how to get the credit at the beginning.

Ike doubted that the Cowboys hadn't found We discovered that he was almost dead, so Wyatt's gave us words that no one would ever discover, but in the end it didn't matter that the three Cowboys were killed elsewhere along with any chance of glory or a reward. Why was that resolved? It matters, but not for Ike, the secret of his betrayal was still very much alive and haunted him fearing the day when Wyatt would ever speak, this was the real reason for the confrontation between Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton, but it is never shown in the film for months.

Fear and paranoia consumed Ike, forcing him to drink and clouding his judgment. At first he accused Wyatts of telling a secret to his brothers or friends like Doc Holliday and then things came to a head on October 26, 1881, when a drunken Ike Clanton began making violent threats by publicly swearing that he was going to kill shooting the grasses there was also a rumor that I recently may have been in the telegraph office possibly calling other Cowboys for reinforcements the only thing that was confirmed was that Ike and the Cowboys had been seen in the vacant lot behind the OK Corral With Ike was his brother Billy Clanton Billy Claiborne and Tom and Frank McLaury Wyatt's Virgil and Morgan debated what to do next.

This personal dispute was dangerously close to escalating, but they couldn't ignore this threat to their lives and yes, his friends were armed, which was illegal in Tombstone, so that alone called for action during the argument. Doc Holliday approached the ground and offered his support to this why he's ready to dock, it's not his problem, Doc, he doesn't. I have to get involved in this, that's an incredible thing for you to tell me,so that doctor was temporarily substituted and the four of them headed to the OK Corral without knowing that they would soon be part of the most famous group.

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or click the link in the description box below one important thing you should know about Tombstone is that despite its authenticity it still has a typical western feel that plays with the mythology of good against evil in the movie, the Cowboys are portrayed as a threat and terrorized the entire town but, as always, the truth is a little more complicated than the fact that the aftermath of the shooting did not unite the people of Tombstone, but The reason you might actually be very surprised was simply because of politics: rural farmers, ranchers, and cowboys with the Democrats who They deeply resented the influx of Republican merchants, miners and corporate businessmen who moved to Tombstone.

The republican ethic was established and civilized the West by imposing law and order. To save Harbor's profitable companies, Earth served as a guardian of this ethic, earning him support from Republicans. Democrats, on the other hand, saw them as government lackeys who only served the interests of American corporations at their expense. The extent of this division really shows when comparing the headstones to the local newspapers. The coverage of the shootings, the epitaph on the Republican tombstone, and the Democratic newspaper on the tombstone, show the feeling among the better class of our citizens that the marshal was entirely justified in his efforts to disarm these men and that, being shot, they had to defend themselves, which they did.

Bravely, the funeral of the McLaury brothers and Clanton yesterday was numerically one of the largest ever witnessed in Tombstone; It was very impressive and saddened inside and hopefully it will never happen again in this community a few days later. the shooting, the Earps and Doc Holliday were arrested and tried for the murders of Billy Clanton Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury the historical accounts of what exactly happened are a bit confusing because Clanton accused the Earps and Doc Holliday of attacking his group without provocation and were not interested in disarming them, that he and his group had no intentions of attacking the herbs and were simply minding their own business.

Sheriff Bein supported this claim by testifying that he told the approaching Herbs that he was in the middle of disarming the Cowboys, but the Herbs' claims were ignored, what Sheriff Bein actually said was that he had to chant to the Cowboys. cowboys and that there was no need to confront them in any way and may have said that Herbs continued with their approach anyway, which raises some questions about his intentions. Enough to make even the actors in the movie question the motives of our protagonists, it's a fact, it's said to be the sheriff, you don't have to go down there, it's okay girl, I've disarmed them well, if they were to go down there to disarm them and said why did they continue with the Earps and Doc Holliday went down there with shotguns and his six guns were loaded on the hill, they were looking for a fight and they picked on four of our guys and two of them had guns and the other two It wasn't like that , it really was an unfair fight from the start, that's another thing to consider with the Cowboys, if they were preparing to kill the Earps then why were only two of them armed and why were they so easily taken by surprise? , argued the prosecution. that herbs and holidays were looking to commit a murder, but at one point in the shootout they exonerated Wyatt when the bullets began to fly and the unarmed Ike Clanton raised his hands and ran towards Wyatt, here he was the one responsible for everything, the man who threatened their lives, but instead of shooting him, Wyatts reacts to his surrender and allows Ike to run to safety exactly as you see here, the only thing that didn't happen was that I headed smiling to a nearby store to continue shooting at the ground through a window, in any case, why?

His composure and professional conduct were sufficient to convince the court that he and the others acted in self-defense and were therefore found innocent. This cause for celebration would not be enjoyed for long. The shooting had solved nothing. Humiliated but not done, it would be another two months before the Cowboys made their move on December 28, 1881, around midnight. Virgil was walking home when he was ambushed by three Cowboys armed with shotguns. He miraculously survived but lost the use of his left. Arm Now Virgil's assassination attempt occurred in the manner depicted in the film, but the following scene in which the Cowboys attack Earp's wives is completely made up and, in the interest of time, the film condenses another historical event which happened the same night Virgil shot him.

On March 18, 1882, Morgan Earp was playing pool when two bullets were fired through a window, hitting him in the back, mortally wounded. Morgan bled to death in Wyatt's arms. These shootings would have a profound effect on Wyatt and his attitude towards the law when Virgil had been shot a few months earlier. Ike Clanton was arrested when his hat was discovered at the crime scene, but the case was dropped when the other Cowboys provided alibis in Privately, the judge told Wyatt "you will never clear this crowd like this next time." He left his prisoners in the brush where alibis don't count and now that Morgan was dead these words stuck in Wyatt's mind.

He had followed the rule of law to the letter, but it was still not enough to bring the Cowboys to justice. So instead he would serve his own kind of justice outside, but before he could do that he needed to get his brother Virgil out of Tombstone as the train was preparing to drop off two well-looking cowboys setting up an ambush: they were now Frank. Stilwell and Ike Clanton. the movie depicts Frank Stilwell's death a little differently for some reason where AI Clanton lives less so the other Cowboys know he's coming for them, but what really happened was that Frank Stilwell stumbled and Clanton abandoned him when Stilwell got up.

Wyatt had him at his mercy and Frank raised his hands in surrender, okay lawman, let's go to court, the murder of Frank Stilwell was taken more seriously than we see in the movie by shooting him bloody cold weather on an unarmed man, a warrant was issued for Wyatt's arrest as sheriff. He tried to fulfill it, but Wyatt was having none of it, from now on he was going to embody the role of jury judge and executioner, taking Doc Holliday and a few others, they went on a killing spree trying to shoot as many cowboys as possible. they could find. at least that's what we see in the movie in real life, they only killed four people, the most notable being on March 24, 1882, when the land party located Curly Bill Brocius and some other cowboys at a spring and my fellow history

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, what follows is probably one of the funniest scenes in film history, okay, in all seriousness, if you can, all the bad writing and cheesy acting in this scene, it's surprisingly close to what which really happened without regard for his own safety, why he approached the Cowboys alone.

Bullets whizzed everywhere, but not a single one hit him with a shotgun, he smashed a Kelly bill before miraculously escaping. Historically, this event would mark the end of what the newspapers had called the Tombstone Vendetta, but the film goes a little further by having Johnny Ringo. leading the rest of the Cowboys after the Earp front, there are about 30 Cowboys alternates, it is absolutely true that Sheriff Bean was a Democrat and a known associate of theirs, so his involvement complicated things and blurred legal boundaries of the law when confronting a group. of lawmen against another, the reason was because Sheriff Bein still wanted to charge the Wyatts for the murder of Frank Stilwell and more fortunately this epic clash between the two groups never happened, but not for the reason the movie says at the end of the tombstones, the challenges of Johnny Ringo.

Wyatt to a duel to settle everything once and for all, the tension rises as we are often reminded of Ringo's superior skills as a gunslinger compared to Wyatt, even though the real Ringo was nothing special, but surprisingly Doc Holliday takes Wyatt's place and despite a tense confrontation, he effortlessly shoots Ringo. A fitting arc for such a beloved character, but in real life this epic duel probably didn't happen. Johnny Ringo's death is shrouded in mystery. All we know for sure is that Johnny Ringo was found dead. against a tree with a bullet hole in the right temple.

Officially this death was ruled a suicide, but many historians to this day are not convinced that it does not seem likely that Doc Holliday or the Earps were responsible since the corpse Ringo's was found on July 14, 1882. At that time, the Earth Party disbanded and left the Arizona Territory to escape outstanding court orders, but thanks to their widespread supporters they would never be served. They didn't even lay their hands on AI Clanton, in the end he was shot dead in 1887. by a lawman under different circumstances, the film finally concludes with an emotional goodbye between the whites and Doc Holliday, who was finally in his deathbed. death, thank you for always being there doctor, it is a beautiful scene, but unfortunately this never happened shortly after the ground party disbanded.

Wyatt and Doc had a serious fight, the details are not fully known, but there is a possibility that there was a woman, Josephine Marcus, an attractive Jewish lady who caught White's attention in Tombstone and supposedly dragged White's damned Jewish boy away. , which angered Wyatt. their friendship to the end Wyatt had fallen in love with Josephine and then married her, so the doctor and Wyatt were never the same after that and they separated for a brief moment, their paths crossing once again in 1886, but in the end the doctor died alone in the hotel. Glenwood in 1887 as for Wyatt, he lived into the 20th century before settling in Los Angeles, California, he died in 1929.

His legacy as a gunslinger was born a few years after a biography published in 1931 called Wyatt Earp, Marshal of the Frontier , told a story of a righteous hero who saved a lawless city from the most evil of criminals. It was a colorful exaggeration of the truth, but it nevertheless created a legend and forever romanticized the West. Today, we better understand what really happened, but it still continues to divide. People about Wyatt Earp some see him as a reluctant hero who was driven to extremes by a broken system and forced to take justice into his own hands, others see him as a criminal vigilante who decided he was above the law.

Both views are ultimately correct. It really depends on how you perceive it. Tombstone takes a more romantic approach with Wyatt Earp, but there are still some dark moments with his character that I'm grateful for. I would say this is an amazing movie and I cannot recommend it enough. It's enough despite the cheesy moments of it here and there, it does an extraordinary job of faithfully adapting the story and any minor inaccuracies I could find weren't enough to spoil my enjoyment. Well, that's it, my name is Nick Hodges and thanks for joining me for 30 episodes. I can't wait to make more until next time.

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