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Willcox, A. T.: Willcox Hotel, W.R. McComb Token (117975)

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Willcox, A. T.: Willcox Hotel, W.R. McComb Token  (117975)
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Willcox Hotel / W.R. / McComb / Willcox / Ariz. Ty // GF / 12.5c / In Mdse. 25mm. Al. R-6.

The famous town has become known for the apocryphal story where Wyatt Earp was killed; the fable behind this Willcox Hotel, is that John Boyett was in the bar with Wyatt Earp, got into a confrontation, he left the Headquarters Bar, walked over to his hotel, The Willcox, to retrieve his gun.

The proprietor of the Hotel, W.R. McComb, inquired as to why Boyett needed his gun. According to an article published in the" Arizona Range News, on July 11, 1900", it stated that Earp had been offered $100-$150 to kill Boyett, he told Boyett this in the bar, Boyett left the bar, went to the hotel, through a side door, and entered into the front of the Willcox Hotel.

Mr. McComb was in his office reading, and Boyett reached behind the bar at the hotel, to take two guns. McComb wanted to know why the gun{s) were needed, and before he could protest, Boyett had fled the hotel with the guns, and returned to the Headquarter Saloon. Earp was not in bar, but soon entered from the rear door, opened his coat telling Boyett, he was unarmed. Boyett, shot and killed the unarmed Earp. Boyett shot him anyways.

As bar tales go....This story is published, but according to other historical records, and the true facts, Earp lived until 1929, dying in California. Per records stored at the Library of Congress, the newspaper article published in "The Times" in Richmond Virginia on July 22, 1900, references the gunfight in the bar in Willcox Arizona, but states it was Earp's brother Warren who was killed. This article headline that Wyatt Earp was the last survivor of the Earp brothers and unkindly referred to the Earps as Murderers, and Outlaws, and Bandits. Another view of the frontier lawman. This article claimed that Wyatt Earp owned the bar he was shot and wounded in, but survived. It's interesting that this newspaper article is featured next to a story about then Pope Leo XIII, portrait being painted by an artist. Perhaps a conservative paper. If tokens could talk...

Looking at the article from the Arizona Range News of July 1900, it states that Wyatt Earp is buried at the cemetery on 3rd Street in Willcox.

For the token collector, and Wyatt Earp buff, you can imagine the tales for the price of one good drink.



Provenance: Bart Landinger Arizona Token Collection
Country (if not USA):
State: Arizona
City/County: Willcox
Date: 1884-19