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Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock (January 1850 – July 3, 1888) was a prostitute who became the romantic companion and common-law wife of Old West lawman and gambler Wyatt Earp for about six years. Knowledge of her place in Wyatt's life was concealed by Josephine Earp , his later common-law wife, who worked ceaselessly to protect her and Wyatt's ...
Earp remained and made a deal to buy all the wood that a local individual had cut and put his horses to work during the winter of 1876–1877 hauling firewood into camp. [55] He made about $5,000 in profit but was unable to file any mining claims, so he returned to Dodge City in the spring. [56] Wyatt's second wife, Mattie Blaylock
Josephine fiercely protected details of her and Wyatt's early life in Tombstone, including her own life there and the existence of Wyatt Earp's second wife, Mattie Blaylock, even threatening litigation to keep some details private. Josephine was repeatedly vague about her and Wyatt's time in Arizona, so much so that the Earp cousins gave up ...
Among the improvements made in 2009, to the cemetery, after it became known that Wyatt Earp's second “wife,” was interred there, was the addition of a fence and signage with the added phrase "Historical". [3] Noteworthy graves include: Celia Ann “Mattie” Blaylock Earp (1850–1888) – Mattie was Wyatt Earp's common law wife. Wyatt ...
Earp's former wife, Mattie Blaylock traveled with other Earp family members in April 1882, to Colton, California, waiting for Wyatt to telegraph her and invite her to join him. Wyatt never sent for her and she moved to Pinal, Arizona, where she resumed life as a prostitute, eventually committing suicide by taking an overdose of laudanum . [ 23 ]
After Earp's death on January 13, 1929, Josephine continued to try to persuade Lake to leave her and Earp's former wife, Mattie Blaylock, out of the book, even threatening legal action. [45] [52] Lake finally published Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal in 1931, two years after Earp's death. [8]
Pages in category "Wyatt Earp" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... Mattie Blaylock; C. Colt Buntline; The Corbett–Fitzsimmons Fight; D.
In the book, he revealed for first time the existence of Wyatt Earp's second wife, Mattie Blaylock, [32] and her suicide, along with information that supported Frank Waters' view that Wyatt had abandoned her. He also portrayed Wyatt Earp in a positive light without succumbing to hero worship. [34]