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What ever happened to Wyatt and the Earp brothers with David de Haas
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Interview Timeline
David de Haas has written extensively on Old West history. He recently co-authored a book on a subject not written on before, the Earp bootlegging operation at the Sawtelle Old Soldiers’ Home in Sawtelle, California. We spoke about the Earp connection to the Civil War, veterans’ issues, and the book. The Earps Invade Southern California (University of North Texas Press, 2020)
1:12 – David talks about why he wrote about the Earps and the Old Soldiers’ Home.
3:41 – David talks about the Earp connection to the Mexican-American War and the US Civil War.
5:12 – David talks about the Earp connection to the Old Soldiers’ Home.
6:32 – David talks about homes for regular Army versus volunteer Army.
7:31 – David talks about the research [into] for the book.
9:02 – David talks about Sawtelle and the Soldiers’ Home.
12:55 – David talks about the criminal activity around the Old Soldiers’ Home.
15:50 – David talks about the home being a tourist attraction.
17:06 – David talks about the Earps bootlegging operation.
21:28 – David talks about the famous vets at the home.
23:49 – David talks about Confederate veterans at the home.
25:43 – David talks about investigations into the bootlegging.
27:41 – David talks about the superintendent of the home.
29:51 – David talks about newspaper coverage of the home and the Earps at the time.
34:35 – David talks about Parson having posted signs for water in the desert and having
made Santa Monica what it is.
37:25 – David talks about how the Earps ran their blind pig operation.
39:17 – David talks about the wars and battles the Earps had been involved in. He mentions the Wild West History Association.
42:44 – David talks about Earp motivations to join in the war.
45:19 – David talks about how mean the Earps’ father was when he led a wagon train.
49:32 – David talks about guns at the home.
51:59 – David talks about the research documents.
53:43 – David talks about where a lot of the Civil War veterans were from.
56:01 – David talks about the historian Lee Silva.
59:59 – David discusses Wyatt Earp’s life.
1:02:24 – David talks about the Earp family sticking together.
1:04:51 – David talks about one of the Earp’s friends dying on the Lusitania.
1:18:25 – David can be found at facebook under “Wild West Collectors”
1:22:04 – We discuss the Tombstone movie.
Links of interest
https://untpress.unt.edu/catalog/3902
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261849524484480
Contact Information
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Guests: David de Haas
Host: Cris Alvarez
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