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Jun 1, 2022 · Doc met her while he was dealing cards in John Shanssey’s saloon. While Holliday was in jail and the mob was outside engaged in lynch talk, Big Nose Kate supposedly set fire to a barn. The burning building distracted the mob. Then Kate slipped into the jail, brandishing two six-shooters at the terrified jailer.
Doc Holliday. John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. He was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp. Holliday is best known for his role in the events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Doc Holliday. John Henry "Doc" Holliday ( Griffin, Georgia, 14 de agosto de 1851 - Glenwood Springs, 8 de novembro de 1887) foi um dos maiores mitos do velho oeste, apesar de ser dentista, profissão da qual se orgulhava, seu sustento era derivado da sua habilidade à mesa de pôquer, a qual era significativa. Por conta de sua doença ...
Doc Holliday was a gambler, vagabond, gentleman, and gunfighter. A friend to Wyatt Earp, he was deputized in Tombstone, Arizona, before the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Doc Holliday’s father, Henry B. Holliday, was a trained pharmacist. He served in several wars, including the Cherokee Indian War, the Mexican-American War, and was a ...
Doc Holliday was born on August 14, 1852, at Griffin, Georgia, the only son of Jane and Henry B. Holliday, a planter, lawyer, and politician. After attending dentistry school, Holliday opened a practice in Atlanta in 1872. Diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1873, he sought a healthier climate farther west. He settled in Dallas, Texas, and became a ...
Aug 28, 2009 · John Henry “Doc” Holliday was born on August 14, 1851, in Griffin, in Pike County (now part of Spalding County), to Alice Jane McKey and Henry Burroughs Holliday. His father served in the Civil War (1861-65) as a major in the Twenty-seventh Georgia Infantry, and the well-known physician Crawford Long was a cousin of Holliday’s.
Sep 23, 2023 · The Unyielding Horizon: Doc Holliday’s Journey with the Earps to Tombstone. As the pages of 1878 slowly rustled towards its close, Doc Holliday, along with his steadfast companion, Kate Horony, ambled into the quaint township of Las Vegas, New Mexico, shortly before the cheer of Christmas filled the cold winter air.
