Wyatt Earp Birthplace
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N 40° 55.681 W 090° 37.744
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Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WM23EF
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2007
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Wyatt Earp Birthplace
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp, famous for the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, was born on March 19, 1848 in Monmouth. According to family history, his birthplace is located at 406 South 3rd Street. When Earp was two, his family move to Pella, Iowa. In 1856 they returned to Monmouth for a three year stay, and returned again in 1868. Earp is internationally known as a deputy U.S. Marshal in early American history. Earp was a lawman in Missouri, Kansas, Arizona, Idaho and Alaska. Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles on January 13, 1929, and is buried in Colma, California.
Erected by the Wyatt Earp Birthplace
and the Illinois State Historical Society, 1994
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