The following are emails I have received from people who know Glenn Boyer. The reason for my deciding to post these letters, is the rash of recent attacks levied against him.

I have read all of the books available on Wyatt Earp, including Glenn's. Before I personally knew Glenn, I knew through his writings, that he was the prominent, if not the most notable, Earp historian. I had no idea what he would be like in person, and so when the opportunity came to meet with him in October of last year, I was very interested to see what additional information, manuscripts, and personal effects might lie in store for us. What Glenn Boyer produced at this meeting, and what he did not, is now irrelevant to me.

I have a hard time understanding why so many people have recently decided to try and unveil secrets known only to Boyer, and of course, the Earps themselves. I have even a harder time understanding why they choose to dwell on this minute issue. Moreover, they could be using their valuable time, which they devote to this narrow subject, to contribute something of substance on the subject. In these articles, I gain no new insight, I learn nothing new about the Earps, I simply hear complaints about the work product of others. The pervasive attitude seems to be if you can't find anything new to reveal, simply criticize the work of others.

Glenn has recently deliberately revealed details about the source material for his books. He was immediately attacked. Boyer gets no credit for is his many contributions from these people. He and Ben Traywick are the only writers who have contributed substantial new information about the Earps since Lake's, Frontier Marshall. A recent person has gone so far as to call his work misleading and unethical. Those of you, who have read Boyer's work, know that it has been anything but misleading, unless of course you're a plagiarist. Glenn has unearthed a mountain of information on the subject of Wyatt Earp, controversial as it may be, and delivered it in an entertaining way.

Glenn Boyer is the last of the true storytellers. He has combined his years of Earp research along with first hand accounts from descendants to retell the Earp saga. Evidently, the divisive factions that existed then are alive and well today. Glenn is in his 70's and is being held accountable for everything he ever heard, from whom, and when; not to mention these very pundits want everything to have been notarized and authenticated in historical documents. I know I will disappoint these people when I say, guess what, it isn't going to happen. Do we only believe things that were written years ago? Does a newspaper article from the 1800's written by a political faction in Tombstone carry more weight than word-of-mouth stories handed down from generation to generation? If Glenn had written his books in the 1800's wouldn't these same people be relying on his information as first hand historically documented facts? The Parson journal is. We will never know exactly what happened in Tombstone and what the Earps motives were. Those secrets were taken to the grave long ago. What we can do is reconstruct, to the best of our ability, what could have happened, what may have happened, and in all probability what might have happened, but never what did happen. We can draw on historical documentation such as newspaper accounts, trial depositions, and city and town records and yes stories that were told to people who remember. We may come close to ascertaining what happened, but we will never know. Glenn Boyer has done just that.

At some point you must choose what to believe, and what not to. I have met Glenn Boyer, I believe him. He has shown me many articles from the collection of Wyatt, Josie, Mattie and more; and no, he did not have a notarized receipt.

We had a great time at our first Friends of Wyatt Earp meeting. I met high caliber people that were fun and interesting; that shared a common bond and fascination in the past. Many of these good people have spent years studying the Earps, Arizona, and the West. I consider many to be the best informed on the subject that I have met. This is why I have chosen to devote my time creating a memorial of our trip on this web page. The information Glenn imparted, the places he took us to, and his insightful interpretations, are memories that will live with me forever, and I will be forever indebted.

I am putting this controversy to rest in my mind. I understand that there will always be people that attack you when you are on top. It's the nature of little people.

Drew Morgan