Wyatt Earp Birthplace
Photo courtesy of Carol Mitchell
Site Manager: Billy Johnson
Inside the Earp Birthplace home
The Birthplace bedroom where Wyatt Earp was born
March 19th, 1848
Close up picture of Birthplace
Old stove in parlor of Wyatt Earp Birthplace.
The International Wyatt Earp Board of Trustees:
2009-10


President:  Mark Nosek, OH
Vice President:  Amy Toal, IL
Secretary:  Sue Bloyd, OH
Treasurer:  Melba Matson, IL
Asst. Treasurer:  Bobbi Brooks, IL
Curator:  Audie Durand, IL
Asst. Curator:  David Sharp, IL
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
2009-10

Verne “Bud” Barnes, IL
Mark Boardman, IN
Larry Knuth, AZ
Jack McBride, IL
Carol Mitchell, AZ
Jeff Morey, CA
Krista Vanskike, IL

Last updated: 9.5.09
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 ForumTHE 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
Picture courtesy of Kevin & Bev Mulkins
Wyatt Earp circa 1923
Wyatt Earp circa 1925
Link to Wyatt Earp Birthplace Authenticity Statement
"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
Authenticity Documentation of Wyatt Earp Birthplace
                                                WYATT EARP BIRTHPLACE HOME FOR SALE:
Accepting bids on August 15th at 1 pm at the Birthplace Home, 406 South 3rd Street.  Send bids to R&M Matson,406 S.3rd St., Monmouth or 13500 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. #240, Tucson, AZ 85755. or wyattearpbirthp@aol.com Minimum Bid $100,000.
Property includes the Birthplace two-story museum, the one-story apartment, and a single car garage.  Also included is the corner lot with the OK Corral show sets. Furniture, antiques, and memorabilia in the Museum are included, except for items donated to the Museum or for sale, which may be negotiated with the Board of Trustees. Furnishings in the one-bedroom apartment include appliances. Matson's new address is 406 S.3rd St., Monmouth or 13500 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. #240, Tucson, AZ 85755.
The Wyatt Earp Birthplace and the
Warren County Saddle Club Are Proud
   To have Co-Sponsor a Community “Olde West Day”

        NEXT YEAR THE "WYATT EARP DAY" WILL BE ON JULY 31, 2010, Monmouth, Illinois  Email:
wyattearpbirthp@aol.com for info.
HUGH O’BRIAN, TV’s Wyatt Earp
Attended Wyatt Earp’s 160th Birthday Celebration
THE HOME IS ALSO OPEN DURING THE SUMMER FROM 2 TO 4, OR BY CHANCE