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Article. Impulsive, adventurous, and outspoken, Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp ran away from home when she was seventeen years old. Two years later, she joined destinies with western lawman, gambler, and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp. For forty-seven years, they roamed the West, mingling with well-known westerners on both sides of the law.
Oct 20, 2023 · When Josephine Marcus Earp died in Los Angeles on December 19, 1944, her small memorial attracted little attention and few visitors. The woman who spent more than 45 years with “The Lion of Tombstone” faded into history penniless, alone and shrouded in the mystery of her own half-truths.
Wyatt Earp. / 37.67583°N 122.453361°W / 37.67583; -122.453361 ( Wyatt and Josephine Earp's Gravesite) Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone.
Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Earp (née Marcus; 1861 – December 19, 1944) was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, a famed Old West lawman and gambler. She met Wyatt in 1881 in the frontier boom town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory, when she was living with Johnny Behan, sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona.
Feb 28, 2017 · A Tale of Two Sadies: The Story of Wyatt Earp’s Wife. Although Josephine Sarah ‘Sadie’ Marcus is best known as Wyatt Earp’s loving companion of nearly 50 years, she led an adventuresome earlier life, at times using the name Sadie Mansfield. by Roger Jay 2/28/2017.
Apr 5, 2024 · Josephine Earp—adventurer, lover, entrepreneur, and the keeper of one of America’s greatest legends. She was a woman of forbearing spirit and passionate heart, who rode through life’s storms with a fiery determination that knew no bounds.
Apr 4, 2024 · April 4, 2024. Add to History Board Share Print. Back to Articles. Josephine in Arizona Territory in 1880. Wyatt Earp remains one of the most famous figures in the history of the American West. A lawman and a gambler, his life was immortalized in legend, with fact and fiction inextricably woven together.
