Vidal in San Bernardino County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Earp Cottage
Vidal, California
1848 – 1929
Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp
1861 – 1944
Earp Cottage
Vidal, California
Their ashes are buried in the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, California
Erected 2002 by Billy Holcomb Chapter, E. Clampus Vitus. (Marker Number 108.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Law Enforcement. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.
Location. 34° 7.178′ N, 114° 30.519′ W. Marker is in Vidal, California, in San Bernardino County. Marker is on Old Parker Road, 0.1 miles east of U.S. 95, on the right when traveling east. The Earp cottage is the second building on your right coming from U.S. 95. The concrete monument and marker are in front of the house. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vidal CA 92280, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 1 other marker is within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Poston Memorial Monument (approx. 11 miles away in Arizona).
Regarding Earp Cottage. Businessman, Gambler, Gunslinger, Lawman, Husband and many other titles and names have been given to this man. By whatever name, good or bad, he and his wife enjoyed their life in the desert here. The choice to dig into a mountain and crush and separate the ore from the waste is not an easy job. However, Wyatt and Josie were comfortable here and enjoyed being away from the city during the cooler months. As do the citizens here today.
SOURCE: Billy Holcomb Chapter 1069 35th Anniversary Plaque Book by Phillip Holdaway
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Also see . . .
1. Find - A - Grave. Posting of the gravesite of Wyatt and Josephine Earp at the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, California. (Submitted on June 14, 2010.)
2. Biography of Wyatt Earp. Wyatt Earp is best known as the fearless frontier lawman of Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas, and as principal survivor of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. But the Marshall Earp of legend accounted for only about 5 years of Wyatt's long and eventful life. (Submitted on June 14, 2010.)
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