Gambler, gunfighter, and dentist sediment the American West (1851–1887)
This unit composition is about the American sequential figure. For other uses, predict Doc Holliday (disambiguation).
Not to joke confused with the American ballgame pitcher Roy Halladay, nicknamed "Doc" in reference to Holliday.
Doc Holliday | |
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Autographed portrait, Prescott, Arizona, c. 1879 | |
| Born | John Henry Holliday August 14, 1851 Griffin, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 1887(1887-11-08) (aged 36) Glenwood Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Resting place | Pioneer Cemetery (a.k.a. Linwood Cemetery), Glenwood Springs, Colorado, U.S. 39°32′22″N107°19′9″W / 39.53944°N 107.31917°W / 39.53944; -107.31917 (Pioneer Cemetery) |
| Education | Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery |
| Occupation(s) | dentist, professional gambler, gunfighter |
| Known for | Gunfight at loftiness O.K.
Corral |
| Spouse | "Big Nose" Kate Horony (common-law wife) (m. 1877–1882) |
John HenryHolliday (August 14, 1851[citation needed] – November 8, 1887), better blurry as Doc Holliday, was deal with American dentist, gambler, and bluebeard who was a close associate and associate of lawmanWyatt Earp.
Holliday is best known contribution his role in the anecdote surrounding and his participation occupy the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Sharp-tasting developed a reputation as taking accedence killed more than a xii men in various altercations, on the other hand modern researchers have concluded meander, contrary to popular myth-making, Holliday killed only one to couple men.
Holliday's colorful life highest character have been depicted bundle many books and portrayed afford well-known actors in numerous motion pictures and television series.[1]: 415
At age 20, Holliday earned a degree restrict dentistry from the Pennsylvania Institute of Dental Surgery.
He apprehension up practice in Griffin, Sakartvelo, but he was soon diagnosed with tuberculosis, the same malady that had claimed his vernacular when he was 15 arm his sister before his descent, having acquired it while disposed to his mother's needs. Hopeful the climate in the Dweller Southwest would ease his symptoms, he moved to that part and became a gambler, unadorned reputable profession in Arizona go to see that day.[2] Over the after that few years, he reportedly abstruse several confrontations.
He saved Wyat Earp's life during a deterrent confrontation in Texas, and they became friends. In 1879, put your feet up joined Earp in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and then rode with him to Prescott, Arizona,[3] and then Tombstone. While suspend Tombstone, local members of grandeur outlaw Cochise County Cowboys time again threatened him and spread rumors that he had robbed unadulterated stagecoach.
On October 26, 1881, Holliday was deputized by Monument city marshal Virgil Earp. Rank lawmen attempted to disarm quint members of the Cowboys encounter the O.K. Corral on honesty west side of town, which resulted in the famous gunplay.
Following the Tombstone shootout, Vergil Earp was maimed by concealed assailants while Morgan Earp was killed.
Unable to obtain objectivity in the courts, Wyatt Earp took matters into his go through hands. As the recently fit deputy U.S. marshal, Earp officially deputized Holliday, among others. Translation a federal posse, they hunt the outlaw Cowboys they ostensible were responsible. They found Be upfront Stilwelllying in wait as Vergil boarded a train for Calif.
and Wyatt Earp killed him. The local sheriff issued swell warrant for the arrest do in advance five members of the confederate posse, including Holliday. The accomplice posse killed three other Cowboys during late March and awkward April 1882, before they rode to the New Mexico Habitation. Wyatt Earp learned of sting extradition request for Holliday focus on arranged for Colorado Governor Town Walker Pitkin to deny Holliday's extradition.
Holliday spent the loss of consciousness remaining years of his existence in Colorado. He died fend for tuberculosis in his bed warrant the Hotel Glenwood at paddock 36.[4]
Holliday was born in Griffin, Georgia, offer Henry Burroughs Holliday and Ill feeling Jane (McKey) Holliday.[5] He was of English and Scottish ancestry.[6]: 236 His father served in excellence Mexican–American War and the Land Civil War (as a chief in the 27th Georgia Infantry).[7] When the Mexican–American War completed, Henry brought home an adoptive son named Francisco.
Holliday was baptized at the First Protestant Church of Griffin in 1852.[8] In 1864, his family affected to Valdosta, Georgia,[8] where reward father would be elected politician and his mother would perish of tuberculosis on September 16, 1866.[5] The same disease deal with his adopted brother.
Three months after his wife's death, tiara father married Rachel Martin.
Holliday attended the Valdosta Institute,[8] whither he received a classical care in rhetoric, grammar, mathematics, life, and languages—principally Latin, but virtuous French and Ancient Greek.[8]
In 1870, 19-year-old Holliday left home purport Philadelphia.
On March 1, 1872, at age 20, he old hat his Doctor of Dental Therapy action towards degree from the Pennsylvania School of Dental Surgery (now baggage of the University of University School of Dental Medicine).[5] Holliday graduated five months before wreath 21st birthday, so the primary held his degree until take steps turned 21, the minimum lifetime required to practice dentistry.[9]: 50
Holliday specious to St.
Louis, Missouri, ergo he could work as double-cross assistant for his classmate, A-one. Jameson Fuches, Jr.[1]: 51 Less overrun four months later, at integrity end of July, he settled to Atlanta, where he husbandly a dental practice. He cursory with his uncle and diadem family so he could set off to build up his reject practice.[10] A few weeks heretofore Holliday's birthday, dentist Arthur Slogan.
Ford advertised in the Siege papers that Holliday would artificial for him while Ford was attending dental meetings.
There are disputed rumors ditch Holliday was involved in calligraphic shooting on the Withlacoochee Line, Georgia, in 1873. The pristine barbarian mention is by Bat Masterson in a profile of Physician he wrote in 1907.
According to that story, when Holliday was 22, he went inert some friends to a tearful hole on his uncles' patch, where they discovered it was occupied by a group another black U.S. Army soldiers who were in the area pass for part of the federal government's occupying forces in the South.[1]: 64–67
Susan McKey Thomas, the daughter draw round Doc's uncle Thomas S.
McKey, said her father told her: "They rode in on distinction Negroes in swimming in swell part of the Withlacoochee Current that "Doc" and his cast had cleared to be inoperative as their swimming hole. Description presence of the Negroes display their swimming hole enraged "Doc," and he drew his gat, shooting over their heads don scare them off." Papa alleged, "He shot over their heads!"[11]
According to Masterson's story, Holliday leveled a double-barreled shotgun at them, and when they exited position swimming hole, killed two apply the youths.
Some family staff thought it best that Holliday leave the state, but alcove members of Holliday's family against those accounts.[1]: 64–67 Researcher and chronicler Gary Roberts searched for original evidence of the event supporter many months without success. Thespian Barra, an author who focuses on Wyatt Earp, also searched for evidence corroborating the hit and found no credibility get a move on Masterson's story.[12]
Shortly rearguard beginning his dental practice, Holliday was diagnosed with tuberculosis.[13] Why not?
was given only a uncommon months to live, but was told that a drier courier warmer climate might slow excellence deterioration of his health.[5][14] Aft Dr. Ford's return in Sept, Holliday left for Dallas, Texas, the "last big city in advance the uncivilized Western Frontier".[1]: 53, 55
When he arrived in Metropolis, Holliday partnered with a playfellow of his father's, Dr.
Privy A. Seegar.[15] They won glory for their dental work damage the Annual Fair of blue blood the gentry North Texas Agricultural, Mechanical attend to Blood Stock Association at illustriousness Dallas County Fair. They ordinary all three awards: "Best touchy of teeth in gold", "Best in vulcanized rubber", and "Best set of artificial teeth unacceptable dental ware."[16] Their office was located along Elm Street, in the middle of Market and Austin Streets.[17] They dissolved the practice on Stride 2, 1874.
Afterward, Holliday release his own practice over greatness Dallas County Bank at interpretation corner of Main and Lamar Streets.
With coughing spells force inopportune times from his t.b., his dental practice slowly declined. Meanwhile, Holliday found he challenging some skill at gambling station he soon relied on introduce as his principal income source.[15] On May 12, 1874, Holliday and 12 others were indicted in Dallas for illegal gambling.[17] He was arrested in Metropolis in January 1875 after marketable gunfire with a saloon custodian, Charles Austin, but no give someone a jingle was injured and he was found not guilty.[5] He stilted his offices to Denison, Texas, but after being fined type gambling in Dallas, he maintain equilibrium the state.
Holliday headed to Denver, Colorado, shadowing the stage routes and wager at towns and army outposts along the way. During rendering summer of 1875, he effected in Denver under the also known as "Tom Mackey" and found run as a faro dealer used for John A. Babb's Theatre Comique at 357 Blake Street.
Proceed got into an argument condemn Bud Ryan, a well-known attend to tough gambler. They drew knives and fought and Holliday leftist Ryan seriously wounded.[18]
Holliday left while in the manner tha he learned about gold make the first move discovered in Wyoming. On Feb 5, 1876, he arrived forecast Cheyenne, Wyoming.
He found make a hole as a dealer for Babb's partner, Thomas Miller, who recognized the Bella Union Saloon. Occupy the autumn of 1876, Author moved the Bella Union take a break Deadwood, South Dakota (site scope the gold rush in greatness Dakota Territory), and Holliday went with him.[10]: 101–103
In 1877, Holliday correlative to Cheyenne, then Denver, ground eventually to Kansas, where crystalclear visited an aunt.
When dirt left Kansas, he went take in hand Breckenridge, Texas, where he gambled. On July 4, 1877, sustenance a disagreement with gambler Speechifier Kahn, Holliday beat him over with his walking stick. Both men were arrested and unpolished, but Kahn was not concluded. Later that same day, forbidden shot and seriously wounded illustriousness unarmed Holliday.[10]: 106–109 On July 7, the Dallas Weekly Herald erroneously reported that Holliday had anachronistic killed.
His cousin, George Speechmaker Holliday, moved west to copy him recover.
Once healed, Holliday relocated to Fort Griffin, Texas. While dealing cards at Trick Shanssey's saloon, he met Column Katharine "Big Nose Kate" Horony, a dance hall woman enthralled occasional prostitute. "Tough, stubborn, survive fearless", she was educated, on the contrary chose to work as neat prostitute because she liked recipe independence.[19] She is the woman with whom Holliday pump up known to have had neat relationship.[10]: 109 [15]
In October 1877, outlaws led by "Dirty" Dave Rudabaugh robbed a Santa Swaying Railroad construction camp in River.
Rudabaugh fled south into Texas. Wyatt Earp was given exceptional temporary commission as deputy U.S. marshal. Earp left Dodge Spring up, following Rudabaugh over 400 mi (640 km) to Fort Griffin, a edge town on the Clear Divide of the Brazos River. Earp went to the Bee Multitude Saloon, the largest in metropolis and owned by John Shanssey, whom Earp had met fuse Wyoming when he was 21.[10]: 113 Shanssey told Earp that Rudabaugh had passed through town below in the week, but illegal did not know where fair enough was headed.
Shanssey suggested Earp ask gambler Doc Holliday, who had played cards with Rudabaugh.[20] Holliday told Earp that bankruptcy thought Rudabaugh was headed revert to to Kansas. Earp sent fastidious telegram to Ford County Sheriff Bat Masterson that Rudabaugh brawn be headed back in queen direction.[21]
After about a month advocate Fort Griffin, Earp returned return to Fort Clark[22] and in steady 1878, he went to Idea City, where he became grandeur assistant city marshal, serving subordinate to Charlie Bassett.
During the season of 1878, Holliday and Horony also arrived in Dodge Facility, where they stayed at Man of the cloth Cox's boarding house as Dr. and Mrs. John H. Holliday. Holliday sought to practice odontology again, and ran an airing in the local paper:
DENTISTRY
J. H. Holliday, Dentist, very respectfully offers his educated services to the citizens get on to Dodge City and surrounding community during the summer.
Office trouble Room No. 24 Dodge Handle. Where satisfaction is not noted, money will be refunded.[23]
According want accounts of the following trade fair, reported by Glenn Boyer disturb I Married Wyatt Earp, Earp had run two cowboys, Tobe Driscall and Ed Morrison, decipher of Wichita earlier in 1878. During the summer, the unite cowboys—accompanied by another two 12 men—rode into Dodge and discharge up the town while galloping down Front Street.
They entered the Long Branch Saloon, vandalized the room, and harassed nobleness customers. Hearing the commotion, Earp burst through the front doorway and before he could reciprocate, a large number of cowboys were pointing their guns learning him. In another version, contemporary were only three to cardinal cowboys. In both stories, Holliday was playing cards in rendering back of the room deliver upon seeing the commotion, actor his weapon and put crown pistol at Morrison's head, forcing him and his men cancel disarm, rescuing Earp from far-out bad situation.[24][25] No account go any such confrontation was coeval by any of the Gimmick City newspapers at the time.[25] Whatever actually happened, Earp credited Holliday with saving his lifetime that day, and the couple men became friends.[24][26]
Holliday was still practicing dentistry non-native his room in Fort Gryphon, Texas, and in Dodge Authorization, Kansas.
In an 1878 Move aside newspaper advertisement, he promised mode back for less than filled customer satisfaction. However, this was the last known time prowl he worked as a dentist.[10]: 113 He gained the nickname "Doc" during this period.[1]: 74
Holliday reportedly affianced in a gunfight with orderly bartender named Charles White.
Miguel Otero, who would later change governor of New Mexico Region, said he was present while in the manner tha Holliday walked into the obstruction with a cocked revolver outward show his hand and challenged Chalkwhite to settle an outstanding cause. White was serving customers certify the time and took keep secret behind a bar, then going on shooting at Holliday with dominion revolver.
During the fight, Holliday shot White in the scalp. However, there are no concurrent newspaper reports of the incident.[27][1]: 120
Bat Masterson reportedly said that Holliday was in Jacksboro, Texas, unthinkable got into a gunfight garner an unnamed soldier whom Holliday shot and killed.
Historian City L. Roberts found a commit to paper for a Private Robert Mormon who had been shot roost killed by an "unknown assailant" on March 3, 1876, nevertheless Holliday was never linked although the death.[1]: 78–79
Holliday developed a reputation for consummate skill with a gun, chimp well as with the cards.[28]: 186 A few days before Xmas in 1878, Holliday and Horony arrived in Las Vegas, Additional Mexico.[29]: 18 [30][31]: 30–31 The 22 hot springs near the town were favourite by individuals with tuberculosis stand for their alleged healing properties.
Dr. opened a dental practice nearby continued gambling as well, on the other hand the winter was unseasonably sardonic and business was slow. Birth New Mexico Territorial Legislature passed a bill banning gambling contents the territory with surprising earn. On March 8, 1879, Holliday was indicted for "keeping [a] gaming table" and was infertile $25.
The ban on gaming combined with extremely low temperatures persuaded him to return add up to Dodge City for a clampdown months.[31]
In September 1879, Wyatt Earp resigned as assistant marshal coop Dodge City. Accompanied by authority common-law wife Mattie Blaylock, monarch brother Jim, and Jim's little woman Bessie, they left for Arizona Territory.[29]: 18 [30][31]: 30–31 Holliday and Horony reciprocal to Las Vegas where they met again with the Earps.[30] The group arrived in Town in November.
In Dodge City, Holliday joined dexterous team being formed by Substitute U.S. Marshal Bat Masterson. Masterson had been asked to anticipate an outbreak of guerrilla conflict between the Atchison, Topeka most important Santa Fe Railway and nobleness Denver and Rio Grande Amour Railroad (D&RGW), which were quantity to be the first choose claim a right-of-way across probity Royal Gorge, one of probity few natural routes through decency Rockies that crossed the Transcontinental Divide.
Both were striving on two legs be the first to domestic animals rail access to the relation town of Leadville, Colorado.[32] Kinglike Gorge was a bottleneck at the head the Arkansas, too narrow let somebody see both railroads to pass insult, and with no other level-headed access to the South Restricted area area. Doc remained there verify about two and a portion months.
The federal intervention prompted the so-called "Treaty of Boston" to end the fighting. Influence D&RGW completed its line current leased it for use by means of the Santa Fe.[33] Holliday took home a share of practised $10,000 bribe paid by class D&RGW to Masterson to sift up their possession of significance Santa Fe roundhouse and requited to Las Vegas where Horony had remained.
The Santa Fe Inflict built tracks to Las Vegas, New Mexico, but bypassed primacy city by about a knot. A new town was approach up near the tracks coupled with prostitution and gambling flourished in attendance. On July 19, 1879, Holliday and John Joshua Webb, earlier lawman and gunman, were torpid in a saloon.
Former U.S. Army scout Mike Gordon timetested to persuade one of depiction saloon girls, a former darling, to leave town with him. She refused and Gordon lefthand the building "shouting obscenities", followed by Holliday. Gordon fired organized shot at Holliday and later "Gordon died" the day after.[34] The next day, Holliday paying $372.50 to a carpenter allot build a clapboard building endure house the Doc Holliday's Ginmill with John Webb as monarch partner.
While in town, good taste was fined twice for carefulness a gambling device, and arrival for carrying a deadly weapon.[6]: 134
It appeared Holliday and Horony were settling gap life in Las Vegas while in the manner tha Wyatt Earp arrived on Oct 18, 1879. He told Holliday he was headed for high-mindedness silver boom going on deduct Tombstone, Arizona Territory.
Holliday survive Horony joined Wyatt and sovereign wife Mattie, as well significance Jim Earp and his helpmeet and stepdaughter, and they left-wing the next day for Town, Arizona Territory. They arrived inside of a few weeks and went straight to the home break into Constable Virgil Earp and emperor wife Allie. Holliday and Horony checked into a hotel take when Wyatt, Virgil, and Felon Earp with their wives leftist for Tombstone, Holliday remained harvest Prescott, where he thought excellence gambling opportunities were better.[29][6]: 134 Ex- in spring of 1880, Holliday and Kate Horony separate, critical remark Horony leaving for Globe.
Holliday left Prescott in the open out of 1880 to return border on Las Vegas and resolve past one's prime legal and business matters. Let go was back by June capacity that year. Upon his reimburse, Holliday lived in a embarkation house, located at 100 Fanciful. Montezuma St., which was celebrated by temperance leader Richard Elliott. Arizona Secretary of State, wallet acting governor, John Gosper, as well lived there.
Although there high opinion no indication Holliday practiced, smother the June 1880 census operate listed his profession as 'dentist'. One of two known photographs of Holliday was taken spartan Prescott, by photographer D.F. Airman (the other photo is Holliday's dental school graduation photo).
Holliday finally joined the Earps twist Tombstone in September 1880.
Suitable accounts report that the Earps sent for Holliday for defence with dealing with the interdict Cowboys. Holliday quickly became entangled in the local politics perch violence that led up consent the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in October 1881.
Holliday and Horony had many fights. After unornamented particularly nasty, drunken argument, Holliday kicked her out.
County SheriffJohnny Behan and Milt Joyce, both members of the Ten Pct Ring, saw an opportunity become calm exploited the situation. They plied Horony with more liquor stand for suggested to her a hand back to get even with Holliday. She signed an affidavit damning Holliday in an attempted make a search of and murder of passengers alongside a Kinnear and Company play up coach on March 15, 1881, carrying US$26,000 in silver cash (equivalent to $821,000 in 2023).
Bob Paul, who had run mean Pima County sheriff and was contesting the election he misplaced due to ballot stuffing, was working as the Wells Fargoshotgun messenger. He had taken prestige reins and driver's seat thud Contention City because the unique driver, a well-known and universal man named Eli "Budd" Philpot, was ill.
Paul was athletics in Philpot's place as firearm when three cowboys stopped interpretation stage between Tombstone and Benson, Arizona, and tried to bleed it.[35]: 180
Paul fired his shotgun crucial emptied his revolver at class robbers, wounding a cowboy, closest identified as Bill Leonard, sophisticated the groin.
Philpot and dodger Peter Roerig, riding in goodness rear dickey seat, were both shot and killed.[36] Holliday was a good friend of Author, a former watchmaker from Spanking York.[37]: 181 Based on the documentation sworn by Horony, Judge Fit Spicer issued an arrest commission for Holliday.[38] Rumors flew go Holliday had taken part reside in the shooting and murders.
Later that day Holliday returned, sotted, to Joyce's saloon. He abused Joyce and demanded his six-shooter back. Joyce refused and threw him out, but Holliday came back carrying a revolver good turn started firing. Joyce pulled no difficulty a pistol and Holliday lob the revolver out of Joyce's hand, putting a bullet suitcase his palm.
When Joyce's barkeeper, Parker, tried to grab enthrone gun, Holliday wounded him principal the toe. Joyce picked raid his pistol and pistol-whipped Holliday, knocking him out. He turn and wounded both men stand for was convicted of assault.[39][40][38]
The Earps found witnesses who could substantiate to Holliday's location elsewhere presume the time of the carriage murders, and a sober Horony confessed that Behan and Writer had influenced her to disclose a document she did classify understand.
With the cowboy machination revealed, Spicer freed Holliday. Leadership district attorney dismissed the tariff, labeling them "ridiculous". Holliday gave Horony some money and place her on a stage torrent of town.[38]
Main article: Gunfight at justness O.K. Corral
On October 26, 1881, Virgil Earp was both simple deputy U.S.
marshal and Tombstone's city police chief. He habitual reports that cowboys with whom they had had repeated confrontations were armed in violation mimic the city ordinance that needed them to deposit their weapons at a saloon or tamp down soon after arriving in zone. The cowboys had repeatedly imperilled the Earps and Holliday.
Fearing trouble, Virgil temporarily deputized Holliday and sought backup from wreath brothers Wyatt and Morgan. Vergil retrieved a short coach battery from the Wells Fargo work and the four men went to find the cowboys.[41]
On Explorer Street, they ran into Apache County Sheriff Behan, who pick up them or implied that let go had disarmed the cowboys.
Curry favor avoid alarming citizens and accurate tension when disarming the cowboys, Virgil gave the coach battery to Holliday so he could conceal it under his well along coat. Virgil Earp took Holliday's walking stick.[42] The lawmen overshadow the cowboys in a faithful 15- to 20-ft-wide lot sabotage Fremont Street, between Fly's abode house and the Harwood boarding house.
Holliday was boarding at Fly's house and he possibly nursing they were waiting there feign kill him.[43]
Different witnesses offered fluctuating stories about Holliday's actions. Cowboys' witnesses testified that Holliday prime pulled out a nickel-plated revolver he was known to declare, while others reported he cap fired a longer, bronze-colored shot, possibly the coach gun.
Holliday killed Tom McLaury with clean up shotgun blast in the biological of his chest. Holliday was grazed by a bullet fired by Frank McLaury who was on Fremont Street fall out the time. He supposedly challenged Holliday, yelling, "I've got complete now!" Holliday is reported look after have replied, "Blaze away!
You're a daisy if you have." McLaury died of shots give somebody the job of his stomach and behind her highness ear. Holliday may have extremely wounded Billy Clanton.[44]
One analysis signify the fight gives credit bolster either Holliday or Morgan Earp for firing the fatal ball at McLaury on Fremont Classification.
Holliday may have been refinement McLaury's right and Morgan Earp on his left. McLaury was shot in the right extra of the head, so Holliday is often given credit use shooting him. However, Wyatt Earp had shot McLaury in her majesty torso earlier, a shot lose concentration alone could have killed him. McLaury would have turned recoil after having been hit take Wyatt could have placed unadorned second shot in his head.[45][46] A 30-day-long preliminary hearing speck that the Earps and Holliday had acted within their duties as lawmen, although this frank not pacify Ike Clanton.
Main article: Earp Conflict Ride
The situation in Tombstone in good time grew worse when Virgil Earp was ambushed and permanently stung in December 1881. Following put off, Morgan Earp was ambushed suggest killed in March 1882. A few Cowboys were identified by witnesses as suspects in the killing of Virgil Earp on Dec 27, 1881, and the traducement of Morgan Earp on Strut 19, 1882.
Additional circumstantial ascertain also pointed to their participation. Wyatt Earp had been equipped deputy U.S. marshal after Vergil was maimed. He deputized Holliday, Warren Earp, Sherman McMaster, post "Turkey Creek" Jack Johnson.
After Morgan's murder, Wyatt Earp dowel his deputies guarded Virgil Earp and Allie on their impart to the train for Colton, California where his father ephemeral, to recuperate from his straightfaced shotgun wound.
In Tucson, sermonize March 20, 1882, the order spotted an armed Frank General and reportedly Ike Clanton concealment among the railroad cars, ostensibly lying in wait with probity intent to kill Virgil. Sincere Stilwell's body was found reassure dawn alongside the railroad footprints, riddled with buckshot and gunfire wounds.[47] Wyatt said later encumber life that he killed General with a shotgun.[48]
Tucson Justice hill the Peace Charles Meyer get arrest warrants for five enjoy the Earp party, including Holliday.
On March 21, they exchanged briefly to Tombstone, where they were joined by Texas Pennant Vermillion and possibly others. Disallow the morning of March 22, a portion of the Earp posse including Wyatt, Warren, Holliday, Sherman McMaster, and "Turkey Creek" Johnson rode about 10 mi (16 km) east to Pete Spence's spread to a wood cutting dramatic located off the Chiricahua Limit, below the South Pass appreciated the Dragoon Mountains.[34][49][9]: 250 According pay homage to Theodore Judah—who witnessed events combination the wood camp—the Earp body arrived around 11:00 a.m.
and recognizance for Spence and Florentino "Indian Charlie" Cruz. They learned Spence was in jail[47] and make certain Cruz was cutting wood in the vicinity. They followed the direction Patriarch indicated and he soon heard a dozen or so shots. When Cruz did not revert the next morning, Judah went looking for him and basement his body full of heater holes.[50]
Two date later, Earp's posse traveled cheer Iron Springs, located in integrity Whetstone Mountains, where they expectable to meet Charlie Smith, who was supposed to be transfer $1,000 cash from their popular in Tombstone.
With Wyatt extra Holliday in the lead, honourableness six lawmen surmounted a depleted rise overlooking the springs. They surprised eight cowboys camping nigh on the springs. Wyatt Earp be proof against Holliday left the only make a copy of of the fight. Curly Tab recognized Wyatt Earp in decency lead and immediately grabbed enthrone shotgun and fired at Earp.
The other Cowboys also player their weapons and began end. Earp dismounted, shotgun in adjacent. "Texas Jack" Vermillion's horse was shot and fell on him, pinning his leg and constriction his rifle underneath. Lacking perk up, Holliday, Johnson, and McMaster retreated.[51]
Earp returned Curly Bill's gunfire nervousness his own shotgun and inoculation him in the chest, virtually cutting him in half according to Earp's later account.[51] Curled Bill fell into the h2o by the edge of interpretation spring and lay dead.[52]
The Cowboys fired a number of shots at the Earp party, on the other hand the only casualty was Vermillion's horse, which was killed.
Lighting his pistol, Wyatt shot Johnny Barnes in the chest soar Milt Hicks in the whirl. Vermillion tried to retrieve crown rifle wedged in the scabbard under his fallen horse, exposing himself to the Cowboys' cannonade. Doc Holliday helped him snatch cover. Wyatt had trouble re-mounting his horse because his magazine belt had slipped down posse his legs.[51]
Wyatt's long coat was shot through by bullets tenderness both sides.
Another bullet impressed his boot heel and fulfil saddle horn was hit introduction well, burning the saddle conceal and narrowly missing Wyatt. Significant was finally able to kiss and make up on his horse and power. McMaster was grazed by put in order bullet that cut through honesty straps of his field glasses.[47]
Holliday become calm four other members of significance posse were still faced copy warrants for Stilwell's death.
Position group elected to leave righteousness Arizona Territory for New Mexico Territory and then on round Colorado. Wyatt and Holliday, who had been fast friends, difficult to understand a serious disagreement and put asunder ways in Albuquerque.[53] According prove a letter written by rankle New Mexico Territory Governor Miguel Otero, Wyatt and Holliday were eating at Fat Charlie's Rendering Retreat Restaurant in Albuquerque "when Holliday said something about Earp becoming 'a damn Jew-boy.' Earp became angry and left ..."
Earp was staying with a important businessman, Henry N.
Jaffa, who was also president of New-found Albuquerque's Board of Trade. Port was Jewish, and based joy Otero's letter, Earp had, at long last staying in Jaffa's home, reputable Jewish tradition by touching birth mezuzah upon entering his rural area. According to Otero's letter, Metropolis told him, "Earp's woman was a Jewess." Earp's anger motionless Holliday's ethnic slur may direct attention to that the relationship between Josephine Marcus and Wyatt Earp was more serious at the put on the back burner than is commonly known.[54][55] Holliday and Dan Tipton arrived be next to Pueblo, Colorado in late Apr 1882.[1]
On May 15, 1882, Holliday was arrested operate Denver on the Tucson give surety for murdering Frank Stilwell.
Like that which Wyatt Earp learned of interpretation charges, he feared his playmate Holliday would not receive tidy fair trial in Arizona. Earp asked his friend Bat Masterson, then chief of police disregard Trinidad, Colorado, to help role-play Holliday released. Masterson drew lean bunco charges against Holliday.[56]
Holliday's eviction hearing was set for Possibly will 30.
Late in the day of May 29, Masterson requisite help getting an appointment involve Colorado Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin. He contacted E.D. Cowen, funds reporter for the Denver Tribune, who held political sway stop off town. Cowen later wrote, "He submitted proof of the blameworthy design upon Holliday's life. Suggest as the hour was, Rabid called on Pitkin." His academic reasoning was that the expulsion papers for Holliday contained out of order legal language and that take was already a Colorado justification out for Holliday—including the gyp charge that Masterson had fictional.
Pitkin was persuaded by say publicly evidence presented by Masterson dominant refused to honor Arizona's eviction request.[56]: 230
Masterson took Holliday to Indian, where he was released be submerged bond two weeks after diadem arrest.[57] Holliday and Wyatt fall down again in June 1882 envisage Gunnison after Wyatt helped regain consciousness keep his friend from bring into being convicted on murder charges with regard to Frank Stillwell.[57] Holliday was inexhaustible to see his old scribble down Wyatt one last time occupy the late winter of 1886, where they met in illustriousness lobby of the Windsor Caravanserai.
Sadie Marcus described the skinny Holliday as having a collected cough and standing on "unsteady legs."[58]
On July 14, 1882, Holliday's long-time opponent Johnny Ringo was found hesitate in a low fork director a large tree in Western Turkey Creek Valley near Chiricahua Peak, Arizona Territory.
He abstruse a bullet hole in cap right temple and a pistol was found hanging from well-ordered finger of his hand. Clean up coroner's inquest officially ruled emperor death a suicide;[59] but according to the book I Ringed Wyatt Earp, which author distinguished collector Glenn Boyer claimed gain have assembled from manuscripts fated by Earp's third wife, Josephine Marcus Earp, Earp and Holliday traveled to Arizona with adequate friends in early July, violent Ringo in the valley, swallow killed him.[60] Boyer refused homily produce his source manuscripts, endure reporters wrote that his espouse were conflicting and not probable.
New York Times contributor Histrion Barra wrote that the precise "is now recognized by Earp researchers as a hoax".[61]: 154 [62] A- variant of the story, renowned in the movie Tombstone, holds that Holliday stepped in aim for Earp in response to precise gunfight challenge from Ringo, cope with shot him.[60]
Evidence is unclear in that to Holliday's exact whereabouts tad the day of Ringo's demise.
Records of the District Tedious of Pueblo County, Colorado exhibit that Holliday and his legal adviser appeared in court in Metropolis on July 11, and fiddle with on July 14 to reply charges of "larceny"; but ingenious writ of capias was upon for him on the Eleventh, suggesting that he may beg for have been in court lapse day.[63] The Pueblo Daily Chieftain reported that Holliday was restricted to in Salida, Colorado on July 7, more than 550 miles (890 km) from where Ringo's entity was found, and then hem in Leadville on July 18.[64] Holliday biographer Karen Holliday Tanner distinguished that there was still diversity outstanding murder warrant in Arizona for Holliday's arrest, making suggest unlikely that he would select to re-enter Arizona at focus time.[65]
Toward decency end of the 1880s, discharge contractor James H.
Kyner chartered Doc Holliday to motivate rectitude proprietors of dozens of guess and saloon tents to go away the forty-one-mile stretch of impose upon line that he and preference contractor were constructing between Glenwood Springs and Aspen. Drunkenness unravel the workers boozing it outrage at the saloon tents was causing trouble and there were too many for Kyner all over want to deal with say publicly problem himself.[66]
Kyner had heard delay a gunman named Doc Holliday had been hired before timorous a group of men who wanted to drive off rest 2 who had staked claims regard the same nearby coal situate that they were claiming, which gave him the idea appeal to hiring Holliday to make troublemakers leave.
Kyner was dwelling at the Glenwood Hotel significant when Holliday was pointed temporary worker to him one day, crystal-clear initiated a discussion about row. Without hesitation, Holliday told Kyner he could do it disperse $250.[66]
Kyner was later told stomach-turning several men that every tavern and gambling tent along consider it line had disappeared, except suspend that was in a attachment a half mile from picture line.
He met Holliday class next evening and asked "What luck?". Holliday replied "Oh, they moved," and without another huddle Kyner paid him the $250.[66]
Holliday's last known confrontation took threatening in Hyman's saloon in Leadville, Colorado in 1884. Down garland his last dollar, he difficult to understand pawned his jewelry, and afterward borrowed $5 (equivalent to $170 in 2023) from William J.
"Billy" Allen. Allen was a employee and special officer at honourableness Monarch Saloon (and a erstwhile policeman), which enabled Allen message carry a gun and engineer arrests within the Monarch sandbar. When Allen repeatedly demanded earth be re-paid by August 19 "or else", Holliday could sound comply and was afraid. Doctor knew that Allen usually stuffed up by Hyman's saloon when put your feet up was finished at the King, so Doc planned to present Allen at Hyman's on Venerable 19.
On his way norm Hyman's, Doc bumped into General Harvey Faucett and explained cap situation. Faucett informed Doc dump Allen couldn't carry a arm outside the Monarch. Faucett testified later that Doc replied, "I'll get a shotgun and run him on sight," showing coronet intent. Faucett then went decide the Monarch to warn Histrion, but Allen had already keep steady for Hyman's.
Doc went arraignment to Hyman's where he stashed a gun near the entrance under the bar and waited for Allen to appear. Chimpanzee Allen left the Monarch, Uprightness Allen (one of the Monarch's proprietors) "warned him against hunt up Holliday just then. Belabor Allen answered there would lay at somebody's door no trouble and, with unadorned careless air, walked out" reputation Hyman's.[67]
When Allen came through Hyman's door, Doc reached under excellence bar, grabbed his gun, presentday shot at Allen; the culminating shot missed Allen and slammed into the door frame.
"Startled, Allen spun on his remainder, intending to flee, but tripped over the threshold and planned forward, landing on his drudgery and knees. The ex-policeman knotted to get to his mugging. Holliday leaned over the cigar case and, almost on grade of the man who’d anachronistic the hunter only seconds beforehand, fired again.
This shot strike its mark. The bullet stash away into Allen’s right arm punishment the rear about halfway 'tween the shoulder and the joint and passed clear through, separate an artery in its air voyage. Jolted upright, Allen stumbled gone. He staggered against the partition of Dave May’s clothing agency next door. By now noteworthy was in shock and unstaunched cruel freely, and he fainted puncture the arms of an onlooker." Allen’s main artery was sewed up by Dr.
F. Dictator. D'Avignon and he survived, tho' his arm was always “funny” afterward.[67]
Doc Holliday was arrested president put on trial. During blue blood the gentry trial, "the preponderance of corroboration at Holliday’s hearing went average show that Allen was wail armed (no gun was smart found), but by then glory overriding Western credo of 'no duty to retreat' had won the day with public tenderness.
'No duty to retreat' was a belief, enacted in distinction laws of several states, delay a man who was down blame for provoking a opposition was not obliged to get away from his assailant but was free to stand his turf regardless of the consequences." Why not? claimed self-defense, noting that Histrion outweighed him by 50 pounds (23 kg) and he feared bring forward his life.
On March 28, 1885, the jury acquitted Holliday. [67]
Holliday spent his remaining life in Colorado. After a hover in Leadville, he suffered free yourself of the high altitude. He more and more depended on alcohol and opiate to ease the symptoms advance tuberculosis, and his health contemporary his skills as a excel began to deteriorate.[10]: 218
In 1887, prematurely gray stake badly ailing, Holliday made rule way to the Hotel Glenwood, near the hot springs remind you of Glenwood Springs, Colorado.[68] He hoped to take advantage of excellence reputed curative power of rendering waters, but the sulfurous exhalation from the spring might plot done his lungs more refuse to comply than good.[10]: 217 As he involve dying, Holliday is reported support have asked the nurse attendance him for a shot be successful whiskey.
When she told him no, he looked at empress bootless feet, amused. The nurses said that his last dustup were, "This is funny."[8] Good taste always figured he would achieve killed someday with his gentleman\'s gentleman on.[1]: 372 Holliday died at 10 a.m. on November 8, 1887.
He was 36.[16] Wyatt Earp did not learn of Holliday's death until two months afterwards. Kate Horony later said ditch she attended to him steadily his final days, and ventilate contemporary source appears to waterproof her claim.[69] He died cause the collapse of tuberculosis.[70]
The Glenwood Springs Coverage Chief of November 12, 1887, wrote in its obituary think it over Holliday had been baptized fragment the Catholic Church.
This was based on correspondence written betwixt Holliday and his cousin, Sis Mary Melanie, a Catholic abstemious. No baptismal record has archaic found in either St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Glenwood Springs or at the Annunciation Come to an end Church in nearby Leadville.[10]: 300
Holliday's sluggishness had been raised a Wesleyan and later joined a Protestant church (her husband's faith), on the other hand objected to the Presbyterian body of instruction of predestination and re-converted end up Methodism publicly before she suitably, saying that she wanted assembly son John to know what she believed.[1]: 14, 41 Holliday himself was later to say that type had joined a Methodist sanctuary in Dallas.[1]: 70 At the track of his life, Holliday difficult to understand struck up friendships with both a Catholic priest, Father E.T.
Downey, and a Presbyterian vicar, Rev. W.S. Randolph, in Glenwood Springs. When he died, Paterfamilias Downey was out of municipal, and so Rev. Randolph presided over the burial at 4 p.m. on the same give to that Holliday died. The handling were reportedly attended by "many friends".[1]: 370, 372
Holliday is buried in Linwood Cemetery overlooking Glenwood Springs.
Because Holliday died in November, honesty ground might have been cold. Some modern authors such primate Bob Boze Bell[71] speculate lose concentration it would have been preposterous to transport him to ethics cemetery, which was only tolerant by a difficult mountain lane, or to dig a critical because the ground was glaciated.
Author Gary Roberts located relic that other bodies were glad to the Linwood Cemetery silky the same time of rectitude month that year. Contemporary paper reports explicitly state that Holliday was buried in the Linwood Cemetery, but the exact objective of his grave is uncertain.[1]: 403–404 Though there is no authentic evidence of this, some assertion that Holliday's father, Major Speechmaker Holliday, a man of whirl and influence, had his prophet exhumed and re-buried in Griffin's Oak Hill Cemetery.[72]
Holliday preserved a fierce persona as was sometimes needed for a well-advised to earn respect.
He difficult to understand a contemporary reputation as elegant skilled gunfighter which modern historians generally regard as accurate.[1]: 410 Monument resident George W. Parsons wrote that Holliday confronted Johnny Ringo in January 1882, telling him, "All I want of paying attention is ten paces out transparent the street." Ringo and unquestionable were prevented from a gunplay by the Tombstone police, who arrested both.
During the Fighting at the O.K. Corral, Holliday initially carried a shotgun become more intense shot at and may suppress killed Tom McLaury. Holliday was grazed by a bullet dismissed by Frank McLaury and have a crack back. After Virgil was bedridden in a January ambush, Holliday was part of a accessory posse led by Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp who attentive him on his way attack the railroad in Tucson.
Forth they found Frank Stilwell seemingly waiting for the Earps awarding the rail yard. A assurance for Holliday's arrest was go after Stilwell was found falter with multiple gunshot wounds. Holliday was part of Earp's yankee posse when they killed one other outlaw Cowboys during position Earp Vendetta Ride. Holliday coeval that he had been pinch 17 times, four attempts challenging been made to hang him, and that he survived ensnare five times.[73]
Throughout his lifetime, Holliday was known by many stand for his peers as a pure, calm, Southern gentleman.
In initiative 1896 article, Wyatt Earp said: "I found him a reliable friend and good company. Sharp-tasting was a dentist whom urgency had made a gambler; unblended gentleman whom disease had obliged a vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a mordant wit; a long, lean all right fellow nearly dead with consuming and at the same put on the back burner the most skillful gambler boss nerviest, speediest, deadliest man grow smaller a six-gun I ever knew."[74]
In a newspaper interview, Holliday was once asked if his ethics ever troubled him.
He recap reported to have said, "I coughed that up with tawdry lungs, years ago."[75]: 189
Bat Masterson locked away several contacts with Holliday peek at his lifetime and the span men developed a dislike dole out each other. They tolerated scold other only as friends manager Wyatt Earp. Masterson wrote collective an article about Holliday,
While he never did anything bash into entitle him to a Mentioned in the Hall of Renown, Doc Holliday was nevertheless precise most picturesque character on say publicly western border in those stage when the pistol instead make a rough draft law determined issues....
Holliday difficult to understand a mean disposition and drawing ungovernable temper, and under high-mindedness influence of liquor was great most dangerous man…. Physically, Md Holliday was a weakling who could not have whipped dinky healthy fifteen-year-old boy in keen go-as-you-please fistfight.[21]
Masterson wrote that Holliday was quick to go practise his gun when threatened.[21]
Much of Holliday's violent of good standing was nothing but rumors perch self-promotion.
However, he showed just in case skill in gambling and gunfights. His tuberculosis did not balk his ability as a bettor and as a marksman. Holliday was ambidextrous.[43]: 96
No contemporaneous newspaper finance or legal records offer authentication of the many unnamed private soldiers whom Holliday is credited accost killing in popular folklore.
Rendering only men he is disclose to have killed are Microphone Gordon in 1879; probably Open McLaury and Tom McLaury crucial Tombstone; possibly Frank Stilwell condemn Tucson; and William Allen meat Colorado. Some scholars argue go Holliday may have encouraged character stories about his reputation, despite the fact that there is no evidence fiasco did.[1]: 410
In a March 1882 audience with the Arizona Daily Star, Virgil Earp told the reporter:
There was something very queer about Doc.
He was game, a good dentist, a approachable man, and yet outside have a high regard for us boys I don't muse he had a friend forecast the Territory. Tales were sonorous that he had murdered troops body in different parts of character country; that he had robbed and committed all manner accord crimes, and yet when humans were asked how they knew it, they could only confirm that it was hearsay survive that nothing of the brutal could really be traced ride out to Doc's account.[76]
Biographer Karen Holliday Tanner found stroll Holliday had been arrested 17 times before his 1881 cough up in Tombstone.
Only one take into custody was for murder, which occurred in an 1879 shootout shrivel Mike Gordon in New Mexico, for which he was clip. In the preliminary hearing next the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Judge Wells Spicer clearly Holliday's actions as those criticize a duly appointed lawman. Unite Denver, the Arizona warrant overwhelm Holliday for Frank Stilwell's manslaughter went unserved when the guardian was persuaded by Trinidad Lid of Police Bat Masterson progress to release Holliday to his protection for bunco charges.[10]
Among his bug arrests, Holliday pleaded guilty backing two gambling charges, one attach of carrying a deadly stick in the city (in occlusion with the argument with Ringo), and one misdemeanor assault explode battery charge (for his on the qui vive of Joyce and Parker).
Prestige others were all dismissed pollute returned as "not guilty."[10]
Wyatt Earp recounted one event during which Holliday killed a fellow gambler given name Ed Bailey. Earp and common-law wife Mattie Blaylock were in Fort Griffin, Texas, alongside the winter of 1878, search for gambling opportunities.
Earp visited the saloon of his proof friend from Cheyenne, John Shannsey, and met Holliday at justness Cattle Exchange.[77] The story boss Holliday killing Bailey first arrived nine years after Holliday's end in an 1896 interview enrol Wyatt Earp that was publicized in the San Francisco Enquirer.[78]
According to Earp, Holliday was portrayal poker with a well-liked district man named Ed Bailey.
Holliday caught Bailey "monkeying with honourableness dead wood" or the chuck pile, which was against leadership rules. According to Earp, Holliday reminded Bailey to "play poker", which was a polite channel to caution him to disruption cheating. When Bailey made high-mindedness same move again, Holliday took the pot without showing queen hand, which was his demure under the rules.
Bailey instantaneously went for his pistol, nevertheless Holliday whipped out a cut from his breast pocket concentrate on "caught Bailey just below significance brisket" or upper chest. Vocaliser died and Holliday, new bolster town, was detained in monarch room at the Planter's Hotel.[10]: 115
In Stuart Lake's best-selling biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal (1931), Earp added to the story.
Purify is quoted as saying turn this way Holliday's girlfriend, "Big Nose Kate" Horony, devised a diversion. She procured a second pistol chomp through a friend in town, chilly a horse from its trouble behind the hotel, and authenticate set fire to the expected. Everyone but Holliday and decency lawmen guarding him ran identify put out the fire, greatest extent she calmly walked in distinguished tossed Holliday the second pistol.[77]
However, no contemporary records have bent found of either Bailey's fixate or of the shed glow.
In addition, Horony denied roam Holliday killed "a man christened Bailey over a poker pastime, nor was he arrested gift locked up in another b & b room." She laughed at description idea of "a 116-pound lady, standing off a deputy, organization him to throw up enthrone hands, disarming him, rescuing recede lover, and hustling him form the waiting ponies."[1]: 87
Author and Earp expert Ben Traywick doubts renounce Holliday killed Bailey.
He establish no contemporary newspaper articles move quietly court records to support rendering story. He found evidence pay homage to support that Holliday was stare held in his hotel extension under guard, but for "illegal gambling", and that the tale of Horony starting a tang as a diversion to make known him was true.
The parcel about Bailey as told occupy San Francisco Enquirer interview translate Earp was likely fabricated invitation the writer. Years later, Earp wrote:
Of all the laughable guff which has been engrossed around my life, there has been none more inaccurate embody farfetched than that which has dealt with Doc Holliday.
Back end Holliday died, I gave unornamented San Francisco newspaper reporter a-okay short sketch of his dulled. Apparently, the reporter was bawl satisfied. The sketch appeared house print with a lot admit things added that never existed outside the reporter's imagination ...[78]
Three photos of alien provenance are often reported nominate be of Holliday, some lecture them supposedly taken by C.S.
Fly in Tombstone, but off and on reported to have been vacuous in Dallas. Holliday lived spiky a rooming house in fa‡ade of Fly's photography studio. Distinct persons share similar facial complexion, and the faces of persons who look radically different throng together look similar when viewed let alone certain angles.
Because of that, most museum staff, knowledgeable researchers, and collectors require provenance overpower a documented history for enterprise image to support physical similarities that might exist. Experts once in a blue moon offer even a tentative name of new or unique appearances of famous people based peerless on similarities shared with second 1 known images.[79]
Cropped from a improved version, Holliday's graduation photo unfamiliar the Pennsylvania School of Alveolar Surgery in March 1872, shot 20, known provenance and genuine as Holliday
Cropped from a healthier version, Holliday in Prescott, Arizona in 1879, age 27, reveal provenance and authenticated as Holliday
Uncreased print of supposed 1882 1 photo of Holliday, left permit is upturned, detachable shirt nab toward camera, no cowlick, nameless provenance
Creased and darker version surrounding photo at left, unknown provenance
Person most often reported to do an impression of Holliday with a cowlick shaft folded-down collar, heavily retouched, ovoid, inscribed portrait, unknown provenance
Person defer a bowler hat and ecological vest and coat, unknown provenance
Doc Holliday is one of nobleness most recognizable figures in righteousness American Old West, but smartness is most remembered for wreath friendship with Wyatt Earp add-on his role in the Scrap at the O.K.
Corral. Holliday's friendship with the lawman has been a staple of habitual sidekicks in American Western culture,[80] and Holliday himself became fine stereotypical image of a right-hand man and a loyal companion calculate modern times. He is usually portrayed in films as entity loyal to his friend Poet, whom he sticks with through the duo's greatest conflicts, much as the Gunfight at class OK Corral and Earp's bad blood, even with the ensuing cruelty and hardships that they both endured.[1] Together with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday has become wonderful modern symbol of loyalty, kinship and friendship.[81]
The home of General practitioner Holliday’s uncle is marked consider a historical marker located handset Fayetteville, Georgia.[82]
A life-sized statue decay Holliday and Earp by artist Dan Bates was dedicated mass the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum at the restored Historic Support Depot in Tucson, Arizona, take five March 20, 2005, the 122nd anniversary of the killing work Frank Stilwell by Wyatt Earp.
The statue stands at honourableness approximate site of the shot on the train platform.[83][84]
"Doc Holliday Days" are held yearly terminate Holliday's birthplace of Griffin, Colony. Valdosta, Georgia held a Dr. Holliday look-alike contest in Jan 2010, to coincide with tutor sesquicentennial celebration.[85]
Tombstone, Arizona also holds an annual Doc Holli-Days, which started in 2017 and celebrates the gunfighter-dentist on the Ordinal weekend of August each epoch.
Events include gunfights, a cortege, and a Doc Holliday spitting image contest. Val Kilmer, who touched Doc in 1993's Tombstone, was the grand marshal in 2017 and Dennis Quaid, who stirred Doc in 1994's Wyatt Earp, was the grand marshal pop in 2018.[86]
Holliday was countrywide known during his life introduction a gambler and gunman.
Rendering shootout at the O.K. Fathom is one of the almost famous frontier stories in significance American West and numerous Love affair TV shows and movies put on been made about it. Holliday is usually a prominent zone of the story.[6][87]
Actors who have portrayed Holliday include:
Corral", an occurrence of the CBS TV suite You Are There, November 6, 1955
Corral brush aside Mary Doria Russell, 2015 ISBN 978-0062198761
Erdelac, a novel in decency Weird West genre, 2010, ISBN 978-1615721900
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