Source: KHTS Hometown Station
Date: 03/24/2026 11:29am

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**March 24, 1922: Wyatt Earp Defends His Legacy Against False Reports**
On March 24, 1922, Josephine Earp wrote to actor William S. Hart thanking him for defending her husband, Wyatt Earp, against false claims published in the Los Angeles Times, including a report that he had died. Throughout the 1920s, Earp corresponded with Hart in an effort to correct inaccuracies about his life and legacy, even confronting a journalist to secure a retraction. His letters, now preserved at the William S. Hart Museum in Newhall, offer insight into his determination to set the historical record straight before his death in 1929.

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