Wyatt Earp’s dad was Nicholas Porter Earp and his mom was Virginia Ann Cooksey Earp she died before Wyatt’s dad. Wyatt’s dad was a deputy sheriff of Warren county, Illinois, he was a sergeant in the civil war. Wyatt’s mom just stayed home to do chores around the house and work on the garden. Wyatt’s brothers are Newton Jasper, James Cooksey, Virgil Walter, Warren, and Morgan S Earp. Wyatt’s sister’s are Adelia Douglas, Mariah Ann, Martha Elizabeth Earp. Virgil was the second real brother Virgil secretly married Ellen Rysdam in Iowa. Morgan Earp the younger brother to Wyatt as well as he was a participant in the O.K. Corral. Morgan worked as a lawman just like his brothers and he was a lawman before Wyatt. Warren Earp the youngest Earp of them came to tombstone right after Morgan’s death to help in bringing his dead body back to Colton, California to bury him. James Earp was a member of Union Army and fought in the Civil War. Wyatt helped out the community because he was a policeman. Everybody will remember Wyatt from when he had the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. When Wyatt was not doing anything he liked to fill in the free time by gambling. Wyatt’s only known run for office was when he ran against his half …show more content…
In the Spring of 1877, Wyatt hauled wood in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, and claimed to have made $130 a day in the process. On the night of City Marshal Fred White’s fatal shooting in Tombstone, Wyatt wasn’t heeled and had to borrow a weapon. Although lionized for single-handedly standing off a mob in the Johnny-Behind-The-Deuce affair, Wyatt isn’t mentioned in any know newspaper accounts of the incident. The so-called Gunfight at the O.K. Corral didn’t occur there. It took place in a vacant lot west of the rear entrance to the O.K. Corral has been mistakenly identified as the site of 1926 and drew the fight location in the wrong place. Wyatt didn’t wear a holster at the famous
Earl Lloyd was born on April 3, 1928. Earl grew up with his father Theodore Lloyd and his mother Daisy Lloyd and his two older brothers Earnest and Theodore Lloyd. Earl grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. “Well, it was not a lot of fun” said Lloyd, “I could never understand as a young kid why people were allowed to trea...
James, Jesse, then Susan. Jesse also had 4 step siblings that his mother had after jesses father pasted away. Archie Samuel, John Thomas Samuel, Fanny Quantrill Samuel, Sarah Ellen Samuel. Jesses father a preacher and farmer he decided to go to California to look for gold and got ill not long after he arrived there. Frank was only 7 and Jesse 3 so it was Zerelda’s 2nd husband Louisa Samuel that was a father figure to the brothers.
...rnia. Wyatt Earp died on January 13, 1929, and his fame as a lawman has continued to grow since his death. Wyatt Earp literally shot his way into the hearts of Western America. He is familiar to the nation’s people, young and old. From Ellsworth, Kansas to Tombstone, Arizona, he cleaned the streets of desperadoes in town after town. He shot coolly, he shot straight, and he shot deadly, but only in self-defense. Like any other person whose reputation leaned on firepower, there were those who wanted to test, to see if their draw was a split second quicker or if they could find a weak spot. Wyatt put many of their doubts to rest. When the history of the western lawmen is placed in view, Earp’s name leads the parade of Hickok, Masterson, Garrett, Tilghman and all the rest.
When Wyatt was finally 17 he went to California. His first job was to haul freight. Later on he was hired to grade the railroads for Union Pacific. During his free time he would box and he also became an adapt gambler. Wyatt Earp then moved back to Missouri. His father resigned as constable of the township in Lamar, Missouri, Earp replaced him. By 1870 he'd m...
In the movie Wyatt Earp was getting ready to move to California to marry. Then he got word that his brother Virgil was in danger and needed his help with a rowdy bunch of cowboys. Dee Brown said, "Wyatt decided Dodge was too tame for him and at the end of the season he, Doc, and Big-Nose Kate left for Tombstone." His arrival in Arizona with Doc and Kate was already a problem since highly acclaimed Wyatt Earp was riding in with the cold-blooded killer, Doc Holliday. The film portrayed Wyatt's brothers as being very wary of Doc's presence, but they already knew what he had done for Wyatt so they had accepted him as friend, but that did not go for the rest of the town.
After the Civil War, Custer was sent to the west to fight in the Indian Wars. His final battles dominate his prior achievements. Custer and all men with him were killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the year 1876, fighting against Native American tribes in a battle that is to be known in history as "Custer's Last Stand”. According to Custer’s family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, who was a minister. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer, a farmer and also a blacksmith, and Marie Ward Kirkpatrick. He had two younger brothers, Thomas Custer and Boston Custer, who died with him on the Battlefield of Little Bighorn. His other siblings were Margaret Custer, and the weak, unhealthy Nevin Custer. Custer had several older half-siblings also.
when he got to Tombstone was riding shotgun for Wells, Fargo & Company. He held
Wyatt might of been killed if he went there on his own. So again, even though
John Adams was born on October 30, 1725 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the family farm. He was the older of two younger brothers, Peter and Elihu. John was named after his father John Adams Sr. His father was said to be the town's tax collector, selectman, constable and lieutenant of the militia. John Adams Sr. was the younger Adams’ role model. John’s parents gave him a lot of freedom. It was said that he doing activities outdoors and cared little for school. It is said that John’s stubbornness started at the age of ten when his parents were afraid that he was wasting his exceptional intellect. His father asked him what he was to do with his life and John said that he wanted to be a farmer. The next day his father took him out to the fields and worked him as hard as he could, hoping to teach him a lesson, but that night Adams sr. asked him if he was satisfied being a farmer and little John replied, “I like it very well sir.” Both of his parents were very surprised with his reply.
Henry McCarty, alias Kid Antrim, alias William H. Bonney, alias Billy The Kid, born in the east, came to New Mexico in the 1870's and started out on his own from Silver City. Go where you will over the trails he rode, and you will agree, he is alive today
Arna Bontemps during his lifetime (b.1902-d.1973) was a poet, teacher, children’s writer, novelist and librarian. As a teacher in Harlem, he began writing poetry; winning many awards. In 1931, he published his first book, God Sends Sunday. Bontemps based the book on his uncle, telling the story of the adventures of a black jockey. After moving to Alabama, he continued working as a teacher and published short-stories. His children’s book, The Story of the Negro was a Newbery Honor Book in 1949. He believed that it was important to record history and to write books for children.
John Wilkes Booth lived a very privileged childhood even though he was the second youngest of ten children. John's mother was a hopeless romantic that later told him that on the night he was born she had asked God to give her a hint about his future and she said that in the flames of the open hearth there were letters that spelled the word "country". She believed that it meant that he was to endure the fires of persecution, but emerge as a patriot in the final act. John's father was a well known actor and was eccentric with a drinking problem. John and his siblings were raised on a farm in Baltimore that was worked by the family's slaves. John would go with his family on occasional carriage trips to the nearest villages of Bel Air and Hickory, where he would listen to the fascinating stories the old men would tell about their experience of the American Reolution. His parents promoted this inspiration because it taught him about the Ame...
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Volleyball, which was invented in 1895 by using different aspects of basketball and tennis, has grown to be the second most played sport in the world (Volleyball History 1). Volleyball started as a recreational game played in local YMCAs and today is now played at all school levels including college, in the Olympics, and professionally. Volleyball is a amusing sport that can be played by anyone, at any skill level, indoors or outdoors, and even on the beach.
On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, proudly held the first cell phone making the first call on the cellphone ever. Today smartphones are so popular, that nearly 75 percent of Americans have one. These phones, tablets, smartwatches aren’t just devices, but treated like best friends. This small invention in the 1970’s has now turned the smartphone market into half a billion dollars. This device that we love so much was actually inspired by Star Trek, a famous American science-fiction television series.