Wyatt Earp Never Wounded: By G.C. Stevens

 

                                                      Drawing Courtesy of Jose Marquis

Wyatt Earp was a lawman in three of the most dangerous frontier towns in the wild west. Wichita Kansas, Dodge City Kansas and Tombstone Arizona. In a twist of fate of Wyatt Earps life, he had never once been wounded in any gunfight that he had been involved in. This legendary claim  holds true, in the many discussions about gunfights in the old wild west. With fast draws and strategic positioning, but there's no documented evidence that suggests of Wyatt being hit by gunfire any bullets.  From the infamous Gunfight at the OK Corral and the legendary Vendetta Ride, Earp's legacy often blends fact and folklore, making him a figure of enduring fascination in Wild West history. Wyatt Earp would provide some insight on how he viewed gunfights during a 1910 interview:

 “The most important lesson I learned from proficient gunfighters was the winner of a gunplay usually was the man who took his time. The second was that, if I hoped to live long enough on the frontier, I would shun flashy trick-shooting—grandstand play—as I would poison.”

“When I say that I learned to take my time in a gunfight, I do not wish to be misunderstood, for the time to be taken was only that split fraction of a second that means the difference between deadly accuracy with a six-gun and a miss. It is hard to make this clear to a man who has never been in a gunfight.”