Earp Cottage

Earp Cottage (HMYA3)

Location: Vidal, CA 92280 San Bernardino County
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N 34° 7.178', W 114° 30.519'

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Vidal, California

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
1848 - 1929
Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp
1861 - 1944
Earp Cottage
Vidal, California
The legendary lawman, gun-fighter, gambler, businessman and miner along with his wife, Josephine, inhabited this "dream - come - true" cottage from 1925 - 1928. During the fall, winter and spring months, while he worked his "Happy Days" mines in the Whipple Mountains a few miles north of this site. This is the only permanent residence they owned in their long lives together.

Their ashes are buried in the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, California
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HM NumberHMYA3
Series This marker is part of the E Clampus Vitus series
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Year Placed2002
Placed ByBilly Holcomb Chapter, E. Clampus Vitus
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Date Added Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 9:35am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 729774 N 3778223
Decimal Degrees34.11963333, -114.50865000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 7.178', W 114° 30.519'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 7' 10.68" N, 114° 30' 31.14" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 308-312 Old Parker Rd, Vidal CA 92280, US
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Mar 4, 2017 at 9:16am PST by skylane

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