Hi Stefen,
This is a quote from a book written in the 1970's about San Tim and the Earps: " On Christmas Day in 1864 Nicholas Porter Earp moved to a farm at the corner of ...... and San Timoteo Canyon Rd. Earp wrote the following letter to hof friend, James in Pella, Iowa:
I succeeded in renting a fine farm the 3rd day after I got to San Bernardino and on the 25th moved out to it, about 10 miles from San Bernardino. It has 10 acres in peach and apple orchard, and35 acres in grapes
Nicholas Earp was Wyatt's father, he had moved his entire family here from Iowa. According to Wikipedia " On May 12, 1864, the Earp family joined a wagon train heading to California. According to the diaries of Utah immigrants in the wagon train, Nicholas was one of the wagon-masters on their overland trek. " He didn't stay long though:
" In spring 1868 the Earps moved again, this time coming back to the mid-west and settling in Lamar, Missouri where Nicholas became the local constable. By November 17, 1869, Nicholas resigned to become Justice of the Peace. Son Wyatt, who had been studying the law with his grandfather, Walter, was immediately appointed constable in place of his father.
Some time prior to 1880, Nicholas and Virginia Earp moved back to California, settling in San Bernardino County while son James and his wife Nellie moved to Tombstone, Arizona. Enumerated one year prior to the famous shootout at the O.K. Corral, the 1880 United States Census shows the Nicholas Earp household to include son Morgan and his wife Louisa ("Lou"). The record also listed Nicholas' occupation as a farmer and youngest son Warren residing with his parents at that time. Along with being a farmer, Nicholas also had several civic involvements, to include becoming one of the founders of the San Bernardino Society of California Pioneers (which in later years would merge with the San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society).
And on the other end of the canyon..... The Clanton's...... " Meanwhile, Newman "Old Man" Clanton and his crew moved around Southern California. According to the memoirs of San Bernardino Valley pioneer William Frink, the Clantons settled in for a spell as tenant farmers in nearby San Timoteo Canyon sometime between 1865 and 1867. "
There is no way to tell ( or prove ) that the 2 families met or had problems while at San Tim. But it was a small community of farmers and ranchers with only one church in the canyon. I'm sure they knew each other from attending services, and maybe it was " typical " community talk amongst the farmers and ranchers that amy have started a uneasiness between them...
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