The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955

Narrator:
When Marshal Wyatt Earp moved on to Dodge City after taming Wichita, he found that Dodge was a right mean little town. The phrase 'right mean little town' is frontier understatement. Dodge City, in 1876, was tougher than Ellsworth, Wichita, Hays, or Abilene at their worst. Two months was a long time for a Marshal to last in Dodge. In less than two years, 85 had been planted in the town cemetery, known as Boot Hill. It was called Boot Hill because residents died with their boots on. The gamblers, the painted ladies, and the gunslingers of Dodge were betting that Mr. Earp would be the next occupant of Boot Hill.