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dent, which lasted all of seven seconds, Earp was often portrayed as a rogue. He was also notorious for a 1907 botched heavyweight title fight that he was accused of fixing.

Shoot Out at the OK Corral

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On Oct. 26, 1881, the Clanton Gang were flouting the Tombstone, Arizona’s law against open-carry firearms to such an extent that action was required. The firearms restriction was designed specifically to give law enforcement the tools to police the rambunctious silver town against the Clantons and other Cochise County Cowboys. One of those enforcers was the legendary Wyatt Earp, along with his brother Virgil (who was actually the U.S. Marshal that fateful day) and Doc Holliday. In the years after the inci-

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One of the journalists who wrote unflattering articles about Earp was the Los Angeles Times’ John Milton Scanland, who claimed Earp was a thug and murderer. He was surprised in 1922 when Earp, presumed dead, showed up Scanland’s office. What transpired between the men is a mystery, but since that day until his death six years later, Earp began to set the record straight about his life.

Before being hired at the Los Angeles Times, Scanland had worked at the Ojai Valley View and the Santa Paula Graphic.