Wyatt Earp's life extended beyond the famous O.K. Corral shootout, involving adventures in California and Hollywood's early ...

Since the earliest days of film and television, Wyatt Earp has personified the ultimate Western outlaw hero. Dozens of productions have told his story, and still more have characters based on him.

These days, the Snake Pit serves as a destination ... Oh, and one particularly famous Old West character: Wyatt Earp, who's thought to have visited the Snake Pit, though details are scarce.

Celebrated as a man who took control of his own destiny, Wyatt Earp came to epitomize the town-taming marshal responsible for bringing the forces of law, order and civilization to the Wild West.