Wyatt Earp

At 16 years old, Wyatt Earp wastall; blonde, blue-eyed and good looking. His personality, while friendly, took on a stern countenance when engaged in responsibilities. Many of his fellow passengers along the Overland Trail naturally figured he was much older, sitting erect and determined in the seat of his father’s Conestoga wagon. As well, he had twice displayed nerve and marksmanship during several Indian raids upon the wagon train, firing at the yawping Comanches from …

…the Union, could not in his heart support the total banishment of slavery. While the Earps had never been slave holders, Nicholas was himself Kentucky born and could not participate in a cause that destroyed his homeland’s tradition. He resigned from active service as recruiter, packed up his family once again, and lit out to where Americans cared little about north or south and concentrated on being content and prosperous in a burgeoning frontier.