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Sign: Tucson - Wyatt Earp Shot Frank Stilwell

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410 N Toole Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701, USA
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Wyatt Earp Shot Frank Stilwell...
Wyatt Earp joined his four brothers in the silver-boom town of Tombstone in 1879 where brother Virgil was deputy US marshal. Wyatt was a sometimes-lawman himself, and boped to become sheriff of the newly formed Cochise County in 1881. He withdrew from the race when the other candidate, John Behan, promised to make him chief deputy.

Behin was associated with a rowdy element known as the ’cowboys’ who were involved in periodic rustling forays, robberies and similar unscrupulous pursuits.

Beban reneged on his promise to Earp, causing hard feelings between the two, a situation made worse when Earp stole Behan’s girlfriend, 18-year-old Josephine Sarah Marcus

Hostility between Behan and his supporters and the ’Earp crowd’ which included John H. ’Doc’ Halliday - a tubercular, hot-tempered dentist and gambler - reached a flash point Oct 1881 with the infamous shootout near OK Corral that left three of the cowboys dead.

In the weeks that followed, ambush attacks left Virgil Earp crippled and Morgan Earp dead. Thereafter, the Earp group is believed to have systematically exacted revenge on about a dozen of their enemies including Frank Stilwell. Stilwell was shot at the Tucson Depot on March 20, 1882.

[Illustration of Wyatt Earp]

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Map drawn by Wyatt Earp showing where he killed Frank Stilwell a short distance northwest of the Tucson railroad station.

Mapa dibujado por Wyatt Earp que muestra dónde mató a Frank Stilwell, una corta distancia al noroeste de la estación del ferrocarril en Tucson.

Wyatt Earp se reunió con sus cuatro hermanos en 1879 en Tombstone, ciudad del auge de la plata en donde el hermano Virgil era comisario federal adjunto. Wyatt mismo fue por un tiempo representante de la ley y esperaba llegar a ser sheriff del recién formado Condado de Cochise en 1881. Se retiró de la contienda cuando el otro candidato, John Behan, prometió nombrarlo jefe de comisarios.

Behan estaba vinculado a un elemento revoltoso conocido como os "vaqueros", que se involucraban periódicamente en abigeató, atracos y otras actividades inescrupulosas.

Behan se hizo atrás de su promesa a Earp, creando un resentimiento entre ambos que empeoró cuando Earp se queda con la novia de Behan, Josephine Sarah Marcus, de 18 años de edad.

Las hostilidades entre Behan y sus partidarios y la "gente de Earp", que incluía a John H. ’Doc’ Holliday- un dentista y jugador de apuestas tuberculoso e irascible - llegaron a su punto de inflamación el 26 de octubre, 1881, con el famoso tiroteo cerca del OK Corral, que dejó muertos a tres de los vaqueros.

En las semanas siguientes, ataques de emboscada dejaron a Virgil Earp lisiado y a Morgan Earp muerto. Posteriormente, según se cree, el grupo Earp se cobró venganza sistemática en cerca de una docena de sus enemigos, incluyendo a Frank Stilwell. Stilwell fue baleado en la Estación d. Tucson el 20 de marzo, 1882.
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The sign describes the battle in which Wyatt Earp has killed Frank Stilwell who belonged to the "Cowboys" gang suspected of the murder of Wait’s brother - Morgan.

Wyatt Earp statue is located near the sign Click for sign's details



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