Earp, California
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Earp, California is an
The town, originally named Drennan in 1910, was renamed Earp in 1929.
They bought a small cottage in nearby Vidal and lived there during the fall, winter and spring months of 1925 – 1928, while he worked his "Happy Days" mines in the Whipple Mountains a few miles north. It was the only permanent residence they owned the entire time they were married.[4] They spent the winters of his last years working the claims but lived in Los Angeles during the summers, where Wyatt died on January 13, 1929.
Though the town was never incorporated, the post office near Earp's mining claims at the eastern terminus of
The post office is more than 220 miles (350 km) from the county seat in
Unofficial alternate names of the area are listed as Big River, Drenna and Drennan.
Since Earp is an unincorporated community of San Bernardino County, County CEO Leonard X. Hernandez would be considered the Chief Administrator of Earp.
Images of Earp
These are images of the area where the Earp Post Office is located. Included is the symbolic cemetery dedicated to Wyatt Earp.
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Earp Post Office and symbolic cemetery -
The Wyatt Earp symbolic grave -
Abandoned Railroad Car in Earp -
Top portion of the old Water Tower in Earp
References
- ^ David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), p. 59
- ^ Rasmussen, Cecilia (June 4, 2000). "LA Then and Now: Mrs. Wyatt Earp Packed Her Own Punch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-918614-16-2.
- ^ "Earp Cottage Vidal, California". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
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