David D. de Haas Art of the West article about Victor Clyde Forsythe is online at Historynet.com. In 1929, Mix was a pallbearer at the funeral of Wyatt Earp. The list of Californians in the Earp orbit is particularly impressive. In 1932, he married his fifth wife, Mabel Hubbell Ward. In the wake of the fight Judge Swinnerton was part of the cabal seeking to overturn Earps upset decision for Tom Sharkey over Bob Fitzsimmons. Welsa, thanks for adding that bit of information. The barn is now a local landmark. Tom Mix, among few genuine Western cowboys to have starred in films, was a known companion of the Earps and attended horse races with Wyatt and Josie. Local dignitaries, including Tombstone Epitaph editor John Clum, attorney Ben Goodrich and Oriental Saloon owner and local politico Milt Joyce, wined and dined the general at Bilickes hotel. His elder brothers joined the Union Army when the American Civil War began, while Wyatt, 13 years old, and his younger brothers took care of the farm. On an October afternoon in 1940, Tom Mix was driving his 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton near Florence doing 80 mph. Reply Julie Ferguson January 29, 2012 at 1:37 PM Welsa, thanks for adding that bit of information. This hat would make Billy Clanton and The McLaury Brothers run for the ranch!! For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Mix has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street. Where did Wyatt Earp live in Los Angeles? Born Nashville Franklyn Leslie, Buckskin Frank was a classic Western figure who at times worked as a Tombstone saloonman and faro player, government scout and prospector. Mix threatened to move to Argentina to make films or to join the circus, but eventually he signed with FBO, which he then left for Universal after salary disputes with FBO studio head Joseph P. Kennedy. On October 26, 1881, the Clanton brothers and the McLaury brothers went to the O.K. Most mentions of Wyatt in the two decades after Tombstone originate from San Diego and San Francisco, where he engaged in his usual pursuitsgambling, mining, horse racing and the sporting life in general. Gossip columnist Louella Parsons wrote that he had his initials in electric lights on the top of his house. Interior Secretary Albert B. He made an impact on the young actor who later credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with Wyatt Earp and on one occasion he reportedly said, Earp was the man who had actually done the things in his life that I was trying to do in a movie. How old was Wyatt Earp when he met John Ford? In 1933, Ralston Purina obtained his permission to produce the radio series Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters, which, but for one year during World War II, was popular throughout most of the 1930s through the early 1950s, well after Mix's death. Since Edwin S. Porters pioneering western,The Great Train Robbery,the genre evolved in many ways. It is by no means a good film, but entertaining nonetheless, starring James Garner as Wyatt and Bruce Willis as . Many believe that he once was a 19th century cowboy, a con that loved to play cards. His father, Nicholas, named him after his Mexican-American War Captain. On May 7, 1915, Bilicke was a passenger aboard RMS Lusitania when a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British ocean linerone of the events that precipitated World War I. So he's not just a movie legend, he was a real person! That's cool about your great great uncle. He was killed, while his wife survived. Starting in 1933, the Ralston-Purina Co. sponsored a three-night-a-week radio series called Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters. Mix, reportedly because of a bullet wound to his throat, didnt have a voice for radio. Most of Mix's radio work has been lost over the years; recordings of only approximately 30 scattered episodes, and no complete story arcs, survive. Thanks Sis for telling me about him and taking the highway by his monument. I'd venture a guess that most people these days have never even heard of Tom Mix. He was arrested there at least three times and served briefly on the Wichita police force. Tom Mix And Wyatt Earp Relationship. In the summer they retreated to Los Angeles, where Wyatt struck up relationships with some of the early cowboy actors, including William S. Hart and Tom Mix. A frequent contributor to Wild West, Don Chaput is the author of Virgil Earp: Western Peace Officer and co-author with Lynn R. Bailey of Cochise County Stalwarts: A Whos Who of the Terrritorial Years. He swerved to miss a road repair crew and ran off the road into a wash. 1937 Cord Phaeton He had stashed a large aluminum suitcase packed with lots of cash, traveler's checks, and jewels in a shelf behind the driver's seat. Corral to him and even drew it out on paper. Mix had reportedly made over $6 million (equivalent to $119 million in 2021) during his 26-year film career.[13]. Hunsaker, Arizona Territory diarist George Parsons, former Tombstone mayor and newspaper editor John Clum, actor William S. Hart, playwright Wilson Mizner and actor Tom Mix Actors William S. Hart and Tom Mix served as pallbearers at the funeral. For further reading see the authors 2020 book The Earps Invade Southern California: Bootlegging Los Angeles, Santa Monica and the Old Soldiers Home (reviewed in the February 2021 issue and online at Historynet.com). Still considered one of the definitive books on Earp, Lake's tome unfortunately suffered somewhat in accuracy due to the demands Josephine Earp placed upon him. Corral based on his parents diaries. The ranch had its own touring Wild West show in which Mix appeared. An alcohol-fueled James cursed Grannan and demanded they shoot it out with revolvers. Hart met and corresponded with them frequently from his ranch north of Los Angeles. He can be reached at, A murderer, a slaver and a sex trafficker. Why Spanish explorer is still worth studying, California banditos, Chumash vaqueros and the ghost stories of the Dana Adobe, Los Osos native inspired by Peanuts illustrates newly published tribute to Charles Schulz, Cambrias historic schoolhouse has a role in one of SLO Countys oldest cold cases, The expedition to find Monterey Bay missed but it did discover the Valley of the Bears, A poisoned bear meat BBQ greeted some of SLOs early explorers, El Paso was a ferocious and dangerous place. In 1889, while serving as a bodyguard for a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, Neagle killed a former California chief justice amid an assault by the latter. Wow, what a story. Corral, along with two of his brothers, Virgil Earp and Morgan Earp, and Doc Holliday. By the late 1880s Parsons was well established in Los Angeles, where he became a Chamber of Commerce kingpin, headed several mining information bureaus, was active in church affairs, served as an officer in and president of the Southern California Academy of Sciences and spearheaded a campaign to signpost water sources in the desert. In fact, Mix deserted from the army and carefully kept the facts about his military service a closely guarded secret. Entertaining them was luckless prospector Rex Beach on his mandolin (Josie called it a banjo). [citation needed]. These memories came back to me when I read a New York Times article, For the Compton Cowboys, Horseback Riding Is a Legacy, and Protection. In one of the most violent cities in America, a group of childhood friends came together in a horse posse. So Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (1848-1929) was a famous figure, best known for his exploits with his brothers as law men and gamblers in the "Wild West." The most recognized incident is the "Gunfight at the O.K. We have been to this trailer park for 12 years now. There is no telling how often these fellows may have met, even in passing, in Los Angeles. Solomon, a merchant and member of the Tombstone Common Council and Cochise County Board of Supervisors, had presented a Winchester to the rifleless Holliday as the Earp party left town on their vendetta ride. Score: 4.1/5 (74 votes) . Photographer C.S. He died in a crash in his Cord Phaeton several months after I was born. Director John Ford hired John Wayne as a prop boy and extra, so he had the opportunity to meet Wyatt Earp. For several years, Wyatt became an unpaid technical consultant on Hollywood Westerns, drawing on his colorful past to tell flamboyant matinee idols like William Hart and Tom Mix how it had really been. Skin that smoke wagon and see what happens." Corral. Earp was the fourth of eight children born to Nicholas Earp and his second wife, Virginia Ann Cooksey. Nicholas served as justice of the peace and Virgil as chief of police in Colton, while James ran a San Bernardino saloon. George Washington had complained vociferously about the flood of questionable foreign volunteers. Was John Wayne a pallbearer at Wyatt Earp's funeral? The long list of fellow sophisticates includes such notable gunfighters/lawmen as Bat Masterson and brothers, Doc Holliday, Bill Tilghman, Fred Dodge, Luke Short, Buckskin Frank Leslie, Rawhide Jake Brighton, Bob Paul, Jim Leavy, John Behan, Clay Allison and John Ringo. I am one of those who never heard of him and enjoyed reading his story.Yes Lois, his personal life was quite interesting. Wyatt and Josie's half-century together came to a close on Jan. 13, 1929, when Wyatt died at the ripe old age for that time of 80. He was six feet tall, which for today is not that unusual, but in the 1870s when the height for the average man was probably 5' 5", Wyatt was a tall man. Mix made 291 movies throughout his career. There is no telling how often these fellows may have met, even in passing, in Los Angeles. During this time, Mix had success in the local Prescott Frontier Days rodeo, which claims to be the "world's oldest rodeo". Wyatt Earp was considered the central figure in the shootout in Tombstone, he also took part in a Gunfight at the O.K. In fact, the two of them were so close, that Mix served as a pallbearer at Earps funeral. Little wonder he was a pallbearer at Wyatts 1929 funeral. Corral, where he killed three outlaw cowboys. Wyatt Earp at age 21. Tom Mix (Bruce Willis) is going to make a film based around real events in the life of Wyatt Earp (James Garner)and so they wheel earp out to Hollywood as an advisor in the film. When Morgan Earp was assassinated in the days after the O.K. Was John Wayne a pallbearer at Wyatt Earps funeral? Wyatt Earp knew what went down in Kansas. John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 - November 8, 1887) was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. Directors Blake Edwards Starring Bruce Willis, James Garner, Mariel Hemingway Genres Suspense, Western, Drama Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English Fantastic, all these great stories. We do know that Mattie and Wyatt arrived together in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1879, and might have met as early as 1871. His cowboy boot prints, palm prints and the hoof prints of his horse, Tony, are at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. "Go ahead, skin it! Wyatt Earp died on January 13, 1929. Hunsaker, Arizona Territory diarist George Parsons, former Tombstone mayor and newspaper editor John Clum, actor William S. Hart, playwright Wilson Mizner and actor Tom Mix. My other connection to Mix was living next to Compton. He was twice acquitted of having bribed New Mexico politico turned U.S. Anything Wayne knew about the real Earp came to him secondhand from Ford during their 25-year working relationship. His son Jesse succeeded him as district attorney and later served on the California Supreme Court. Three were intact, while one was about to collapse. Lucky and Wyatt first met in San Diego racing circles in the 1880s and later in the Los Angeles racing world (Earp and Rickabaugh trained some of their horses on the Baldwin Ranch), as well as the racing-gambling world of San Francisco (negotiations for the 1896 Fitzsimmons-Sharkey fight, controversially refereed by Earp, took place at the Baldwin Hotel). In 1964 an Ohio woman took up the challenge that had led to Amelia Earharts disappearance. 3 What did John Wayne say about Wyatt Earp? The 80 year old Wyatt Earp was th. After participating in the last of the great gold rushes in Nevada, Wyatt finally settled in Los Angeles, where he tried unsuccessfully to find someone to publicize his many western adventures. This apparently preserved his body resulting in the mummified form he was found in. In Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt got into a feud with a. In 1928 Clum moved to Los Angeles, where he made sporadic visits to Wyatt. A close friend and favorite employee of the famed newspaper publisher (and Earp acquaintance), Jimmy later earned acclaim as one of the Southwests preeminent Painters of the Desert. He befriended fellow desert painter Victor Clyde Forsythe, whose parents and uncle were merchants in Tombstone in the early 1880scontemporaries with the Earp brothers there and later in Los Angeles. Unable to stop in time, his car swerved twice, then overturned in a gully. Wealthy real estate and mining investor Elias Jackson Lucky Baldwin was a headline-grabbing personality known for his namesake San Francisco hotel, his thoroughbred racehorses, his arrogance and his womanizing (he was twice shot by women, once in a courtroom drama). This mine never produced much, but it was enough to support both of their (apparently rather substantial) gambling habits. Wyatt spent his final years in California. Another nationally known figure with Earp ties was boxing legend James J. He acted in nine films for Universal, but because of injuries he received while filming, he was reluctant to do any more. Earp died in 1929 and Mix was one of the pall bearers. I was a Tom Mix Straight Shooter, always asking for Ralston Hot Wheat and later Wheat Chex cold cereal except when my loyalty briefly shifted to the Lone Ranger after meeting Brace Beemer, who played the masked hero on the radio. The Supreme Court eventually ruled in Neagles favor in a case with profound implications for the supremacy of federal law over state law. Mix appeared with the Sells-Floto Circus in 1929, 1930, and 1931 at a reported weekly salary of $20,000 (equivalent to $316,000 in 2021). Wyatt and brothers had Western connections galore in California and elsewhere after their Tombstone days, Don Chaput and David D. de Haas (3/2/2023), Don Chaput and David D. de Haas 8/27/2021, https://www.historynet.com/earp-fellow-sophisticates-these-men-knew-them-when/, Jerrie Mock: Record-Breaking American Female Pilot. Gen. Carr had stepped down as head of the Washington National Guard to join the gold rush. A notorious lush, the politico almost certainly patronized Nomes Dexter Saloon and Tonopahs Northern Saloon, both Earp operations. Bottom line: Earp and Wayne never met. Later, in San Francisco, when then U.S. Associates from northern California included jockey Tod Sloan. He next married Olive Stokes on January 10, 1909, in Medora, North Dakota. Years later, Hollywood publicists muddled this event to imply that Mix had been a Rough Rider himself. He made a hasty exit while bleeding profusely from his wound. Although some say Call of the Wild author London first knew Wyatt in Alaska, they most likely didnt meet until later in California. On this day in 1929, Western legend (and one of my personal heroes) Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles, California. Mix appeared with the Sells-Floto Circus in 1929, 1930, and 1931 at a reported weekly salary of $20,000 (equivalent to $316,000 in 2021). He would purchase the animals at Griffith Park. Earp at about age 39. Corral shootout Bilickes Cosmopolitan Hotel served as the Earps emergency headquarters, and the family later held murdered brother Morgans funeral ceremonies there. When John Wayne met Wyatt Earp One of the greatest mysteries of the golden era of Hollywood was the apparent meeting between future cowboy film star John Wayne and real-life Old West lawman Wyatt Earp. Others in the supporting cast included George Gobel, Harold Peary and Willard Waterman. By then, Selig Polyscope had encountered severe financial difficulties, and Mix and Forde both subsequently signed with Fox Film Corporation, which had leased the Edendale studio. Immersed in the Herefords history in Eagar, AZ, sits the 26 Bar Ranch. Tombstone lumber dealer Lewis W. Blinn became the lumber king of southern California, with 40 yards in the region, and also had banking interests in Los Angeles and San Pedro with Parsons. Many of the famous cowboys to follow in his boot steps, admired him.iZombie, I am with you. ", Tom Mix was the acknowledged "King of Cowboys" when Ronald Reagan and John Wayne were young, and the influence of his screen persona can be seen in their approach to portraying cowboys. He lived down the street from me. I imitated his walk; I imitated his talk. This relationship is not . [2] He spent time working on a local farm owned by John DuBois, a lumber businessman. "Compton Cowboy" Anthony Harris says, They dont pull us over or search us when were on the horses.. He and Forde divorced in 1931. [18] Between 1980 and 2004, 21 Tom Mix festivals were held during the month of September, most of them in DuBois, Pennsylvania. However, there is no other character mentioned more often in films or on television than Wyatt Earp. While most people are aware of Wyatt's legendary time in Tombstone, Arizona with his brothers and notorious friend, John "Doc" Holliday, most don't much about him after he left the region. Nothing proved Earp's mettle more than the tumultuous gunfight near the O.K. Thats the plot in a nutshell, but it is the relationship between the two guys which is at the heart of this film. Wyatt first met George Hearst early in 1882 when Hearst was considering mining properties in and around Tombstone. Paralyzed by the sight of a big Navy revolver in the hands of Earp, one newspaper reported, Corbett very wisely did not strike. The story made headlines coast to coast. Sometime that same year, Urilla died (possibly of typhoid.) Due in part to his tenacious efforts, San Pedro wound up with the port facilities. It appears they made and lost many fortunes. Considered by many as one of Americas few original art forms, the Western genre defined the early days of the expansive American frontier, mostly in the last part of the 19th century. Truth be told, Wayne wasn't a pallbearer at Earp's funeral (though two silent stars, Tom Mix and William S. Hart, were). [citation needed] The 1937 Fox vault fire lost most of the archive of his films made with Fox. Another Nadeau holding that would have interested the Earps was the areas largest winery and newest distillery. Who was wyatt earps honarary pallbearers? In quieter times Bilicke and Earp had consummated mining deals in the same building. [11] The newspapers reported that Mix cried during his friend's service.[12]. Wayne, along with Ken Reafsnyder and Louis Johnson, his business partners, kept the ranch until John Waynes death in 1979 from lung and stomach cancer. Entering the ring, he proceeded to kick and otherwise abuse the challenger. Doheny grabbed headlines in 1922 when implicated (with Harry Ford Sinclair of Sinclair Oil) in the Teapot Dome Scandal. Mix returned to circus performing, now with his eldest daughter Ruth, who appeared in some of his films. I remember his name, but that's about all. Anything Wayne knew about the real Earp came to him secondhand from Ford during their 25-year working relationship. [7] His performances were realistic with action stunts, horseback riding, attention-grabbing cowboy costumes, and showmanship. Dr. George E. Goodfellow, who tended to the Earp brothers assorted wounds in Tombstone, lived and traveled in the Los Angeles area and died in town in 1910. Loaded with western props and furnishings, it has been described as a "complete frontier town, with a dusty street, hitching rails, a saloon, jail, bank, doctor's office, surveyor's office, and the simple frame houses typical of the early Western era". In 1905, Mix married Kitty Jewel Perinne, and this marriage also ended within a year. Whether they produced battlefield images of the dead or daguerreotype portraits of common soldiers, []. Tom Mix served in the Army before heading west to Oklahoma, obtaining work on Miller Brothers 101 Real Wild West Ranch near Bliss, Okla. History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. The action lasted all of 30 seconds, but the story has been told and retold going on a century and a half. A small stone memorial marks the site of his death on State Route 79 between Florence and . In the wake of the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey fight Grannan was among those who lambasted Wyatts decision in the press. At least the story's got kind of a romantic "forever haunt the highway" feel to it. Congressional gridlock The Gibbs & Pitt shotgun was the first commercially sucessful breech loading shotgun patented in 1873. There are many strange stories in the Arizona files. The trio had already made their mark in Tombstone. His hat is enormous! [4] He was 60 years old. Among others snowed in with Wyatt and Josie in Rampart were Washingtonians John Harte McGraw and Eugene M. Carr, who were working neighboring gold claims and often socialized with the Earps. Tom Mix was a friend of Wyatt Earp in the 1920s. I think this is the last time we will go there. The Earps doubtless encountered other prominent Tombstoners in Los Angeles. Corral. And I always a appreciate a fella who can pull of the white cowboy hat look. But they befriended plenty of others outside that circle, from writer Jack London to film star William S. Hart, boxing promoter Tex Rickard, businessman Lucky Baldwin, mining investor George Hearst and oil man Ed Doheny. As of 2007, only about 10% of these were known to be available for viewing, though it is unclear how many are now considered lost films. Comics featuring Tom Mix were also published in Sweden, Germany, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain, including L. Miller & Son's Tom Mix Western Comics, which ran 85 issues from 1948 to 1951. Will Hunsaker, who practiced law in Tombstone when the Earps were in town, served as mayor of San Diego in 1888 and was a leading figure in California legal circles, eventually becoming president of the California Bar Association. 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