After a gunfight or Indian attack, what happened to the weapons of the fallen? Edward Presken - Mobile, Alabama To the victor go the spoils. If...
Passing of a Legend
Doc Holliday: 1851-1887. A prematurely aged, retired dentist, 36 years old, dies alone in a Glenwood Springs, CO, hotel room on November 8, 1887....
A Lonely End
Doc Holliday’s last days were sad and solitary. November 8, 1887. Doc Holliday succumbs to the ravages of tuberculosis and pneumonia (and hard...
The Spicer Hearing
The Earps and Holliday face murder charges. October 31, 1881. Judge Wells Spicer (photo) gaveled to order a preliminary hearing into murder charges...
Outlawry and Justice
I recently received this question: Who is my favorite or most interesting Old West character? I’ve found the more I read about somebody the more...
Tombstone: A Reckoning
Thirty years after the popular film’s release, it might be the most influential Western of all time. In 1993, Walt Disney’s Hollywood...
Doc Hits Bottom (but not much else)
Doc Holliday vs Billy Allen “Doc Holliday is ten feet tall and weighs a ton.” —The Arizona Daily Star August 19, 1884 Broke, sick and usually...
Trailing Dave Rudabaugh
Wyatt Earp hits the trail to track the outlaw. In October 1876, Dave Rudabaugh robbed a Santa Fe Railroad construction camp and fled south. Wyatt...
Fake News on Doc Holliday
Papers said he died in a Texas gunfight. It’s a lesser-known gunfight in the life of Doc Holliday. He was gambling in the West Texas town of...
Doc and Kate
Katherine Horoney would like for us to believe that she and Doc patch up their differences and spent time together after Tombstone but we only have...
Where is Doc?
There are competing claims about Holliday’s last resting place Doc Holliday died on November 8, 1887 and was buried the same day in the Linwood...
The Sporting Life
The word “sport” had a slightly different meaning in the Old West. Back in the days of the Old West, professional gamblers were often called...