b'By Bob Roloff,The Arizona DuuudeI On October 18, 1882, James Earp answered the thought I would start my road trips this year in Tombstone. The last weekend in May is alwaysdoor at the house and there he found a woman Wyatt Earp Days. It was canceled last year because ofthat wanted to meet Wyatt, Morgan, or Virgil COVID-19. What a heart-breaking year. Earp. Actually, she wanted to shoot them.In reality, she was a man dressed in a womans I called my friend Wyatt to set up a meeting. Wyatt is aclothing. She didn\'t recognize James, said that great-grandnephew of the Earp family. I called to makeshe had the wrong address, and turned to go room reservations, only to find that there was nothingaway. Thats when they saw the shotgun protruding from it being passed down thru family history. Morgan available and this was for a Thursday night. I didn\'tfrom his skirt. had read somewhere and told Wyatt that when people think Tombstone would be that busy, especially duringdie they can almost see heaven. Wyatt said he didn\'t buy the week. With Wyatt\'s assistance and a little help fromThat night, right after she left, Wyatt, Morgan,into it but they\'d had discussions and agreed that when Linda at Gordon\'s Lorian Motel, where I usually stay, IVirgil, James, and the rest of the family moved to theone of them was dying he\'d tell the other if it was true. was referred to Crazy Annies Bordello on the corner ofCosmopolitan Hotel. They knew an assassinationMorgan\'s last words whispered into Wyatt\'s ear were, 10th Street and Allen. Its just up the street from whereattempt was coming. The lady at the door gaveWyatt I don\'t see a damned thing."the gunfighters entertain the tourists. Carol, the ownerthem cause to change locations and move to the put me up for the night in a very comfortable settingCosmopolitan. They were bored so they decided to goOn December 24th, 1993 the best movie about the with fresh coffee waiting for me in the morning. to a comedy at Schieffelin Hall called, Stolen Kisses." Gunfight at the OK Corral was released. It is, in my Doc held back because he saw a couple of nefariousopinion, the best Tombstone movie I have ever seen, Listening to Wyatt is such a pleasure; he is such a goodfellows hanging around. When they came out, theyand I\'ve seen them all. The cast was terrific. Especially historian of the West. Not just about his family ties, butwent over to the Campbell & Hatch Saloon and BilliardVal Kilmer as Doc Holliday, the best yet and there have all of it. His one-man dinner shows always sell out. HeParlor. Bob Campbell and Morgan were close friends,been some greats pretending to be Doc Holliday. Val does one as Wyatt living in Los Angeles in the 1920s,and Bob promised Morgan one last game, which wasKilmer made you believe that he was Doc Holliday. If being interviewed by an unseen newspaper reporter. Invery prophetic because it would be Morgan\'s last game.you are one of the rare few that havent seen it yet do the other, he is John Henry Doc Holliday telling Doc\'sAs Morgan leaned over the table to break, shots cameyourself a favor. Then go to Tombstone for Wyatt Earp side of the story as only Doc can tell it. thru the window shattering his spinal cord and justDays on Saturday, May 29th, and Sunday, May 30th. The missing Wyatts head. They took him into the saloonbest part, I think, is being a part of the crowds of people, Hearing Wyatt tell stories about the Earp brothers backand laid him there, he lasted less than an hour. He askedmen, women, and children re-enactors all in period in their time in Tombstone is the next best thing toto be laid out with his legs straight. He also wanted hisdress. It is overwhelming. That movie has become a hearing it straight from the horses mouth" as the oldboots to be taken off because a man should never dietouchstone for the romance of the old West we long for. saying goes. Much of what I listened to was right outwith his boots on unless he dies in a fair fight and justThe spirit of the Old West lives on, and Tombstone is a of his dinner show. What an honor it was for me to bebefore he died he whispered something in Wyatt\'s ear.town too tough to die. his special guest, and listen to him tell this story, one ofWyatt looked at the clock. It was one minute many of the tales of the Earp brothers. to midnight, October 18th. Wyatts 34th birthday was one minute away and he knew Wyatt begins by saying that James Earp was damagedfrom that moment on that he would have to in the Civil War. In 1880 James Earp and a Mr. Vogunmake his own law.opened the only bowling alley in Tombstone. Voguns is still there as a beautiful little restaurant, hyping the factVery few people know what Morgan that it once was a bowling alley owned by James Earp.whispered in Wyatt\'s ear. This Wyatt knows ArizonaRealCountry.com May 2021 17'