Wyatt Earp Introduction This case involves Wyatt Earp and his distinctive manner to hunting buffalo in order to gain financial success. The purpose of this paper is to compare his strategy and improvement of a hunting approach that was being used by the old timers. Next‚ we will discuss key elements of business success form an operations perspective and relate these ideas to Wyatt Earp’s approach. Finally‚ we will address whether or not the buffalo hunters were irresponsible in killing off the
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Wyatt Earp’s buffalo hunting approach was very different then that of "old timers". The "old timers" had a standard way of going about there hunt. The hunter would provide five four-horse wagons‚ and enough supplies to last several months. They would also bring along a driver‚ a stocktender‚ a camp watchmen‚ a cook‚ and four skinners. Part of the buffalo hunter’s code forbade a hunter from skinning his own kill‚ so a top-notch buffalo hunter as well as anyone above a skinner would never do something
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Extra Case Wyatt Earp - The Buffalo Hunter F. Robert Jacobs‚ Indiana University The legend of Wyatt Earp lives on largely based on his exploits as a gunfighter and Marshall of the frontier West in the 1880s. The classic tales of the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone or his sawed-off shotgun duel with Curly Bill are possibly the most celebrated gunfights of frontier history and can not fail to stir the reader’s imagination. Wyatt lived to be over 80 years old‚ long enough to recount his
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1800’s‚ Wyatt Earp was not only a legendary gunfighter and Marshal‚ he was a successful and innovative buffalo hunter. Although his methods were unconventional compared to his counter-parts‚ he employed strategic‚ efficient‚ and well planned processes when hunting buffalo. His methodology was not only well defined it yielded more net revenue than any other method used by other hunters. At the age of 20 Wyatt Earp was considered to be “the best in the west” when referred to as a buffalo hunter. His
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This case involves Wyatt Earp and his unique approach to hunting buffalo while taking in the highest profit. This paper will recount his strategy and improvement of a system that‚ to some‚ was satisfactory. I will compare and contrast the ideas of Wyatt Earp against the “tried and true” ways of the West and draw a conclusion based on the data from the case. To undertake a hunting expedition of this caliber‚ one needs to be aware of the supplies needed‚ the manpower‚ and the cost that they entail
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As a young boy Wyatt Earp wanted to grow up and fight in the Union Army in the civil war‚ but he is turned away because of his age. Then he goes and studies law and marries Urilla Sutherland the love of his life who later dies of typhoid fever before they can have children. He gets really upset and destroys the house they bought together and everything they owned. He then put together a bull hunting crew with Bat Masterson and his brother Ed. When hes through with that he and his two brothers Virgil
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everything” (Wyatt Earp) Wyatt Earp had a rough childhood but it was a good one. Earp was the only one‚ besides Ike Clanton‚ that escaped the gunfight at O.K. Corral without a scratch. During the ride Earp killed quite a few people‚ but it was for a good cause in his mind. Wyatt Earp was born March 19 1848‚ in Monmouth Illinois. His father was Nicholas Porter Earp and Virginia Ann Cooksey is his mother. His siblings were Virgil‚ Morgan‚ James‚ and Warren Earp. His spouses were Josephine Earp‚ Mattie Blaylock
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Wyatt Earp was never wounded in any of the gunfights in which he took part‚ unlike his brothers Virgil and James‚ or his friend‚ Doc Holliday‚ which only added to his mystique after his death. Wyatt Earp was a lifelong gambler and was always looking for a quick way to make money‚ which is what his father did when Wyatt was growing up on the farm. However he did not once let alcohol touch his lips‚ he did have an unmistakable hankering for ice cream. After leaving Tombstone‚ Arizona‚ Wyatt Earp went
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The Legend of Wyatt Earp Born of the frontier‚ lived in the wilderness‚ raised in the war against the outlaws‚ bandits‚ and crooks. This is just the outline of the life of Wyatt Earp. He was born on March 19‚ 1848 in Monmouth‚ Virginia‚ to his father Captain Nicholas Porter Earp and his second wife‚ Virginia Ann Cooksey Earp at Virginia’s sister’s house located on 406 South Third Street in Monmouth‚ Illinois. Wyatt’s full name was actually Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp‚ named after his father’s commanding
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the south‚ Wyatt Earp was a legend amongst men and outlaws. He was a famous law enforcer and frontier man. Wyatt Earp was born March 19‚ 1848 and died January 13‚ 1929. Wyatt died at the age of 81 with his wife and no kids. He worked for the law and helped tame the wild cowboy culture that pervaded the frontier. In Tombstone‚ Arizona‚ Wyatt got into a feud with a local rancher that resulted in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral‚ perhaps the most famous gunfight in American history. Earp died in Los
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