Apr 15, 2022 · Before lawman Wyatt Earp was involved in the famous Wild West gunfight at the OK Corral, he was a common troublemaker in Peoria. Born in 1848 in Monmouth, Earp grew up in western Illinois and Iowa. A couple years after his first …

Dec 30, 2004 · On 26 February, a Monday, Police Officer McWhirter was issued a warrant for the arrest of Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and George Randall which he served and then brought the trio into Judge Cunningham's court.

Mar 14, 2022 · All words used to describe legendary Western lawman Wyatt Earp. But novels, films and TV shows often overlook his reckless youth in Illinois, where he earned a reputation as a thief, swindler and pimp.

Feb 22, 2020 · Through the mid-1900s, books and Hollywood cast Earp as a near-mythical, do-no-wrong white knight. Later, researchers tore him to shreds as a mere opportunist, with Exhibit A often his wild and...

Jun 12, 2006 · Events make clear that this was the Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp of O.K. Corral fame and enduring Western legend — a man in his mid-20s who was already acquiring a reputation, though of dubious prospect. And the gunboat incident of September 7, 1872, was not the first collision between him and the Peoria police that year.

Dec 4, 2015 · In 1872 Wyatt Earp and his brother Morgan were arrested in Peoria, Illinois, for being aboard a floating bagnio (a brothel). Wyatt was arrested more than once, and newspaper reports described him as an “old offender.”

Feb 1, 2024 · There is speculation that while in Peoria, Wyatt Earp may have been married to Sarah Haspel. However, prior to Wyatt’s time in Peoria, the Earp family recollections place Wyatt and Celie Blaylock together with Newton and his wife and at the Nicholas Earp farm.

One of Illinois’ most famous native sons is a man not usually associated with the Land of Lincoln. Legendary western lawman Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth, Ill. on March 19, 1848, the fourth of six children of Nicholas Porter Earp and Virginia Ann Earp.

In February 24th, 1872, Peoria police raided Haspel's brothel and arrested Wyatt Earp, his brother Morgan, and one other man, and four prostitutes. The men were charged with "Keeping and being found in a house of ill-fame" and fined $20 plus court costs.

Feb 12, 2022 · Roger Jay observed that in 1872, Wyatt Earp resided at a Peoria, Illinois brothel, per city directory listings. He and his brother, Morgan, would be arrested there during a February raid.