| Wyatt Earp Birthplace |
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| Photo courtesy of Carol Mitchell |
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| Inside the Earp Birthplace home |
| The Birthplace bedroom where Wyatt Earp was born March 19th, 1848 |
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| Close up picture of Birthplace |
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| Old stove in parlor of Wyatt Earp Birthplace. |
| The International Wyatt Earp Board of Trustees: Allen Barra, NJ Philip “P.J.” Brooks, IL Mark Dworkin, Canada Sr. Dep. U.S. Marshal Charles Holmes, Ret., FL Keiko Holmes, FL Billy “B.J.” Johnson, AZ Jane M. Lee, IA Robert Matson, IL Theodore Matson, AZ S.J. “Cindy” Reidhead, NM Jack Toal, IL Peggy Yurczak, OH |
| The National Advisory Council Verne “Bud” Barnes, IL Mark Boardman, IN Larry Knuth, AZ Jack McBride, IL Carol Mitchell, AZ Jeff Morey, CA Krista Vanskike, IL Bob Palmquist AZ Cochise County Chief Deputy, Rod Rothrock, AZ ( Newly elected) |
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| Last updated: 5.31.12 |
| Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp, an American hero who helped tame the Old West, will have his 161st birthday celebrated in a Western Weekend, August 1th, 2009 in Monmouth, Illinois, where he was born in 1848. The THE OK CORRAL REENACTMENT WILL BE AT 2 PM, SAT. AUG. 1 For more info contact the Monmouth Chamber of Commerce at 309-734-3181, or e-mail wyattearpbirthp@aol.com. The Wyatt Earp Birthplace, Inc. is a non-profit organization of volunteers, which operates the Birthplace Home. For web users, more info is on BJ's Tombstone History Discussion Forum. THE HOME IS ALSO OPEN DURING THE SUMMER FROM 2 TO 4, OR BY CHANCE. Monmouth is in west central Illinois on Routes 34 & 67, fifteen minutes west of I-74. **********Tax Exempt 501(c)3 Museum for Donations |
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| Illinois Birthplace 1848 |
| California Burial Place 1929 |
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| Picture courtesy of Kevin & Bev Mulkins |
| Wyatt Earp circa 1923 |
| Wyatt Earp circa 1925 |
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| "After the O.K. Corral gunfight at the Birthplace Home" |
| National Register: "Wyatt was born in this home" |
| Newly elected officers of the authentic Wyatt Earp Birthplace |
| WE'RE OPEN BY APPT ONLY, UNLESS WE FIND A VOUNTEER TO LIVE IN THE FURNISHED ONE-STORY APARTMENT FOR HALF- PRICE RENT |
| President: Amy Toal Vice President: Jane Lee ISecretary: Sue Bloyd, OH Treasurer: Bobbi Brooks Asst. Treasurer: Melba Matson Curator: Audie Durand, IL Asst. Curator: David Sharp, IL |
| Help keep the Birthplace Open by donating to the Wyatt Earp Birthplace, Inc., Non=Profit, Tax Deductible @ 406 S. 3rd St., Monmouth, IL 61462. It is operated by a volunteer Board and supporters. |
| WYATT EARP'S OLD WEST DAY IS AUGUST 4, 2012 AT HIS BIRTHPLACE HOME FROM 1 TO 4 PM WITH AN OPEN HOUSE AND AN O.K. CORRAL WITH A MEAL FOLLOWING AT A LOCAL SPOT.WITH AN OK CORRAL REENACTMENT. |
| WYATT EARP DAY AUGUST 4th, 2012 |
| WYATT EARP'S OLD WEST DAY IS AUGUST 4, 2012 AT HIS BIRTHPLACE HOME FROM 1 TO 4 PM WITH AN OPEN HOUSE AND AN O.K. CORRAL WITH A MEAL FOLLOWING AT A LOCAL SPOT.WITH AN OK CORRAL REENACTMENT |
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