Wyatt Earp Birthplace
Photo courtesy of Carol Mitchell
The authentic Wyatt Earp Birthplace located in Monmouth, Illinois
Site Manager: Billy Johnson
Inside the Earp 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:
07-08


Allen Barra
Jo Ann Byland
Phillip J. Brooks
Mark Dworkin
Billy “BJ” Johnson
Jane M. Lee
Robert T. Matson
Theodore A. Matson
The National Advisory Council
07-08

Mark Boardman
Larry Knuth
Carol Mitchell
Jeff Morey
Krista Vanskike
David Sharp
Last updated: 5.02.08
Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt  Earp, an American hero who helped tame the Old West,  will have his 159th birthday celebrated in a Western Weekend, August 4th, 2007 in Monmouth, Illinois,  where he was born in 1848.  

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 open by appointment  throughout the year.
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"
President:         Charles Holmes.
Vice Pres:         Cindy Reidhead.
Secretary:         Peggy Yurczak.
Treasurer:         Melba Matson.
Curator:           Audie Durand.
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 1 at 1 pm at the Birthplace Home, 406 South 3rd Street.  Send bids to R&M Matson, 1020 E. Detroit Ave., Monmouth, IL 61462 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.
Wyatt Earp's 160th Birthday Event, August 9, 2008
Birthplace Open House, Programs, Reenactments, Luncheon, Dinner, Sunday Brunch.
Reenactors and Performers Welcome.  Email:
wyattearpbirthp@aol.com for info.