| 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: 6.13.11 |
| 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 |
| The Wyatt Earp Birthplace and the
Warren County Saddle Club Are Proud To have Co-Sponsor a Community “Olde West Day” "WYATT EARP DAY" WILL BE ON August 6th, 2011, Monmouth, Illinois Email: wyattearpbirthp@aol.com for See event schedule below. info. Birthplace phone numbers are 309.734.6771 or 641.420.4407 |
| HUGH O’BRIAN, TV’s Wyatt Earp
Attended Wyatt Earp’s 160th Birthday Celebration |
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| Open by appointment only. Call the Chamber at 309.734.3181 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| THE SHADY CREEK SHOOTISTS, OF THE SASS (SINGLE ACTION SHOOTING SOCIETY) WILL AUTHENTICALLY RE-ENACT THE OK CORRAL SHOOTOUT IN THE AFTERNOON AT 2 AND 3 PM. THERE WILL BE CARRIAGE RIDES, MUSIC, PONY HEADS TO LASSO, AND FARM ANIMALS TO FEED OR PET. THE BIRTHPLACE HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM WILL BE OPEN FROM 1 TO 4 PM, WITH DINNER FOLLOWING AT 5 PM AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. (ORDER FROM THE MENU). |
| WYATT EARP DAY AUGUST 6TH, 2011 |