On the night of July 10, 1889 Frank Leslie kills a prostitute named Mollie Williams also known at the Bird Cage Theater as “Blond Mollie." After Leslie and his wife of seven years divorced, Leslie who worked at the Cosmopolitan paid regular visits at the Bird Cage. He was known as a gambler and a heavy drinker. Leslie was introduced to “Blond Mollie” and they instantly hit it off. At that time, she had a boyfriend who also promoted her named E.L. Bradshaw. It wasn’t long afte

On July 3, 1888 Mattie Blaylock Wyatt Earp’s second wife dies for a lethal dose of laudanum. The coroner ruled it a suicide. Working as a prostitute in Dodge City she became the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp. She traveled with Wyatt to Tombstone and would remain there until the murder of Morgan Earp and the assassination attempt on Vergil Earp by the Cowboys. Wyatt Earp would send the remaining family to Colton California where his parents lived for their safety. Once the fam

This article was published in Sacramento's The Daily Record-Union newspaper Wednesday, January 25, 1882.

This was taken from the Weekly Epitaph January 16, 1882 that was printed in the Daily Epitaph of Tuesday, January 10, 1882.

On January 13, 1929 Wyatt Barry Stapp Earp dies in Los Angeles, California at the age of 80. Sources say he died of chronic cystitis. Address: 4004 W. 17th Street Los Angeles, California

Quang Kee was a Chinese immigrant who arrived at Tombstone in 1879 and became partners with Ah Sing and Sing's wife known as China Mary...

On the night of October 28, 1880, Curly Bill Brocius along with a few other liquored up cowboys started firing their six-shooters in the air at the moon and stars. Town Marshal Fred White, who was nearby heard the shootings and went to investigate. He saw that the shoots were coming from cowboys near the corner of Allen and Sixth Street in a vacant lot (Where the Birdcage Theater was erected in 1881 and still stands today). When Marshal White confronted the cowboys, he let t

Tensions were high between the Earp’s and the Cowboys. The gunfight lasted about 30 seconds and became the most famous gunfight in US History. Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp, with friend Doc Holliday went to disarm Cowboy members Ike Clanton, Billy Clanton, Billy Claiborne, Tom McLaury, and Frank McLaury after many threats made against the Earps. Carrying a firearm in town was a town ordinance violation. The Cowboys where behind the OK Corral in a vacant lot next to the

On October 11, 1880, Doc Holliday had gotten in a confrontation with a man and fellow gambler named Jonny Tyler in the Oriental Saloon. The confrontation started to get out of control when mutual friends in the saloon disarmed and separated them. Johnny Tyler left the saloon and Doc who was still heated and no doubt had liquor in him, began to argue with Milt Joyce who was the proprietor of the Oriental. Holliday demanded his gun back but it was kept behind the bar. Joyce t

On June 6th 1881 Virgil Earp was temporally sworn in as acting marshal. In Ben Sippy's absence who requested time off due to personal issues.