Most of America’s folklore and culture come from this Western era.
The fight that Wyatt Earp was part of didembody and alter the Old West, after all.
This is the gunfight told in a whole new light.
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How Is Netflix Telling Wyatt Earp’s Story?
Technically, this isa Netflix documentary series.
But it’s not in the proper documentary form.
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But there’s more to it than just documenting a fight.
There’smore violence, crime, feuds, and bloodshedthan fictional Western cinema can show.
Who Was Wyatt Earp Exactly?
Wyatt Earp lived an interesting lifewithmany titles secured under his belt.
His three older brothers joined the Civil War on the Union side between 1861 and 1862.
Wyatt and his brother Virgil (Ariel Elliaz) worked on the Union Pacific Railroad during that time.
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Wyatt returned to his family a year later and married in 1870.
His father was the constable of the township before he resigned and gave the title to Wyatt.
A year later, Wyatt’s wife supposedly died of either typhus or childbirth complications.
Wyatt went down a rather dark path after that.
He was never tried for his crimes, potentially for either fleeing the law or jumping bail.
Wyatt eventually moved down to the Wild West town of Tombstone, Arizona Territory.
He died at the age of 80 in 1929.
They’re not gun-slinging their way out of this one.
What Was the Cowboy War About?
The “cowboy war” that Netflix is adapting is actuallya famous gunfight that happened in O.K.
Corralback in October 1881.
Back in the day, many cowboy criminals were loosely organized and connected to certain family names.
One of these western gangs was led by Ike Clanton.
Ike agreed at first but became increasingly paranoid that Wyatt would sell him out to his own gang.
The tensionbetween the Earp and Clanton clansescalated to the point of the famous Gunfight at the O.K.
Supposedly, this cowboy warlasted for about 30 seconds, leaving only Wyatt completely unharmed.
Virgil, Morgan, and Doc were wounded but alive.
Three outlaws in Ike’s clan were shot dead while Ike himself ran away.
Wyatt and Doc were imprisoned for sixteen days.
Sometime after that, Virgil was ambushed and wounded by Ike and his clan in December 1881.
Then, in March 1882, Wyatt and Morgan were attacked by unknown assassins in a saloon.
Morgan didn’t make it out of that fight alive.
What started as a war becamea quest for vengeance.
Wyatt, his brother Warren, and their friend scoured the area to find Morgan’s killer.
It was around then that the Cowboy War ended.
you might watchWyatt Earp and the Cowboy Waron Netflix.
Corral and its aftermath.
