An Interview With Doc Holliday (Gunnison, Colorado)

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Doc Holliday sought refuge in Colorado. After being part of the "Earp Vendetta Ride", Holliday, along with Wyatt Earp and Warren Earp headed to Colorado for safety, as they were wanted for murder in Arizona. Holliday split up with the Earp's and in May 1882 was in Pueblo Colorado. Holliday had an eventful time in the weeks to follow: he was arrested by Perry Mallon, a con-man in search of reward money-Mallon pretended to be Deputy Sheriff but soon his lies unraveled. Bat Masterson then had to help Holliday by creating a fake charge of larceny so that the "Deadly Dentist" wouldn't be extradited to Arizona. After this excitement, when Holliday was once again a free man, a reporter from the Gunnison Daily News-Democrat was introduced to him on the street, an interview with John Henry "Doc" Holliday was published on June 18th in the paper. This is that interview, with an introduction to help fill in the gaps. Hear Doc speak in his own words.

[@txdrmr]

I find it amazing that, back then, am education was not a common thing to have..especially college level and yet, it seems everyone spoke so eloquently. In society today, college is the norm and some folks can't string a sentence together or use the proper tense, etc.

[@abajaj1510]

Actually they were very well read, as per Tocqueville

[@CK-ww7es]

thank the "education system" and the NEA. The pop culture of America.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

You can thank leftists for that

[@human_bot_]

Doc holiday was a very educated man. Even spoke latin

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@human_bot_ Especially for that time.

[@cheftornado1114]

No matter who recreates narration, on any video etc, I immediately imagine Val Kilmer. It’s amazing how accurate his portrayal of Doc is, and back when they made the movie, they didn’t have internet research like they do now! And I’m not talking about the Tombstone story, I’m talking the sheer acting talent of Kilmer

[@nassermj7671]

Actors study characters, tapes, even spend time with them if alive. Can you tell he probably heard this clip

[@davethorstry6700]

I'm your huckleberry!

[@cheftornado1114]

@@davethorstry6700 say when…

[@carlosreyes823]

You think doc said I'm you huckleberry for real

[@nassermj7671]

@@carlosreyes823 - more like adding value & sizzle to the icons we want to embellish.

[@theunknown4570]

Val Kilmer should have got an Academy Award for that performance

[@clintstryder1131]

I totally agree! Super underrated movie and the project was doomed until Kurt stepped up in the production

[@cwavt8849]

Absolutely! Don't know why he didn't. His was the most memorable performances in any Western, Ever, Anywhere in the world. I believe that, wherever there's Internet access, Val is being watched on KZbin as Doc Holliday. His Holliday is more famous, by far, than the actual outlaw.

[@deannaesquilin8160]

@@clintstryder1131 absolutely! Best version of doc on screen to date!

[@juliusreinke120]

Val Kilmer did steal the spotlight for the movie Tombstone and then the second one in line in my opinion was Michael Biehn who had played Jonny Ringo

[@jaykayguns]

My 105th time watching it tonight 😂 love him in that movie. Ready to crash at all times 🎯

[@jamesdixon6332]

I can't get enough of Doc's stories, especially ones like this that I've never heard or seen in movies.

[@skyryerson77]

Tombstone is a great place to visit if you want to hear stories about Doc Holiday. They tell many stories through plays they do every like 2-3 hours. The one at high noon that I went to was the famous fight from tbe tombstone movie and you can even visit the graveyard afterward to see the actually burial sight of the victims

[@johnreynolds6466]

@@skyryerson77 Funny thing about Tombstone. I read an article about Tombstone. The article stated that Tombstone had many more people than it does today because there are two silver mines in Tombstone and those mines made Tombstone a bustling city center, but when the United States went onto the gold standard to back up American currency everyone left Tombstone and Tombstone became just a little town like it is currently. Then, I see these TV commercials with investors encouraging people to buy gold and silver coins. I hear investors saying, "I love silver." I would like to tell these investors, "If you love silver so much why don't you go to Tombstone and re-activate the two silver mines there. I am sure the people of Tombstone would appreciate it."

[@QdMaster]

​@@johnreynolds6466the silver still there isn't worth going after or they would...

[@wadecornell2034]

This sounds like bullshit😂

[@thepixalking6589]

This is how you learn history. Well done guys.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@legacyofthewest]

So just wanted to share a couple of things-first, sorry about the Legacy of the West intro being so low in volume. Second, I didn't have "Doc" Holliday do any coughing in the video, as the newspaper man who conducted the interview gave no description of coughing, or any mention of Doc's illness. Second, there is a time in the interview when Doc refers to Virgil Earp as Bill, that's how it is in the newspaper account. A few things might explain this, the most likely is that the newspaper man conducting the interview heard wrong or wrote down the wrong name. Thanks for watching!

[@douglaspkeatingjr3232]

Bravo well done

[@StacieMMeier]

He likely did cough some, although consumption (TB) tends to linger for years before it kills you. It also comes and goes, some days it is bad others it is good. He likely had one of those days during the interview, so it is possible he didn't cough at all or it came out like he was coughing to clear his throat. By the time of the interview, people did know what was causing consumption. To get an idea of how bad it does someone near death, watch the death of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2. It causes your body to be "eaten" away and the person suffers badly. It wasn't a pleasant death. Today millions still get it, although we have treatments for it. At the time of Holiday's death, he likely was only skin and bones, weak, weighed almost nothing, bleeding out of nose and mouth. He likely didn't even know where he was during that time. It wasn't for the faint of heart to see.

[@johnwolfram2825]

In Glenn Boyer's book "Wyatt Earp's Tombstone Vendetta", it is mentioned that Doc did not cough while in Dodge City and Tombstone. It was when he went to Colorado that he started coughing and losing weight.

[@jerryoshea3116]

When I first moved to the US jnn1999,I managed to find a book on Wyatt Earp ,in a small book store in Cali..And even though it was mostly focused on Wyatt Earp's life,of course it mentions "Doc Holiday..And he certainly was a interesting character!

[@GGT950]

Yeh that was great man. Didn’t need any fake coughing. Good job 👏

[@Bunny-8889]

I am so happy to know of this interview and to hear how Doc expresses hisself. His speaks with great intelligence and thought that it validates the character that Val Kilmer protrays in the movie Tombstone.

[@SpicyTexan64]

*himself

[@Wolfgang-Schnaufer]

@@SpicyTexan64 Fail at not knowing the vernacular of the Old West.

[@hawkhawkins7562]

Great narrative on my favorite character from the old west. Doc Holiday was my USMC radio call sign in Nam 67-68.

[@legacyofthewest]

Oh that'd be a cool name to use

[@loslobos9461]

Thank you for your service.

[@crystalbelle2349]

Welcome home, Doc Holiday. Being only 7 years old, depending upon where you returned to, it is likely I did not get opportunity to honor you properly upon your return, although Dad made sure that I did many being a little sister of age 8 with a future ahead to thank you for. He had already educated me that, although he and Mom had only one son, you were all “big brothers” to me who had protected my future. Thank you very much as I’ll soon be 60, God willing. Most of my life has been spent fearlessly, all up until the past six years, so much gratitude to you big brother. I’m sure that you understand, and wish every American did. GBU

[@audioabyss7294]

thank you for your service, from a fellow Navajo

[@dr.froghopper6711]

Welcome home brother!

[@Jippa_33]

Doc seems like a well spoken gentleman

[@NothingMaster]

A quintessential Ol’ West legend, a sporting man, a playboy, a dentist, a lunger, a gunslinger, a man of culture, a friend of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, and always in vogue.

[@larsrons7937]

_"always in vogue",_ you mean in the Magazine "Vogue"? I believe the magazine existed already back in the 1800's.

[@NothingMaster]

@@larsrons7937 You’re so smart it’s scary!

[@larsrons7937]

@@NothingMaster I take that for a "yes", thanks. Interesting.

[@Scottrchrdsn]

Yes, he was a;; that. And also a psychopath.

[@captsorghum]

At the ripe old age of thirty one.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

Amazing. I'm English and my American relatives always say how lucky we are to have such a long and varied history but.. come on, US history is so fascinating!

[@robertlaube574]

Us history IS english history if you go back far enough

[@realMaverickBuckley]

@@robertlaube574 Yeah good point. A sort of Branch off too even after the 1770s.

[@TheGuitarReb]

Ever heard of Jamestown or the Bermuda Hundred?

[@realMaverickBuckley]

@@TheGuitarReb I know Jamestown, I look up the Bermuda Hundred 👍

[@richardpichan6916]

Thats a split topic....my mother is Scottish, a Keith. My Granddad was a member of the Black Watch in WWII....was at Dunkirk, Normandy, even Africa. The U.K. history is just so expansive to me.

[@Jeff-kp2ce]

Fascinating this shows a completely different side of Doc, most historians paint him as a quick tempered Bully ...here we see an affable even thoughtful man. great job you have earned my sub.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@Punk-Jw]

Ya and in fact he really wasn't. At least non of my research ever uncovered such personality. He was extremely educated, but very "street wise" which during this time was rather unusual. That's the sort of man that he was, very confident, and very to himself. He knew how to handle himself, but im sure there alcohol could make him be a prick at times like anyone but as a rule he wasn't a threat unless pushed, and hey, he was just super fast and very good in a fight.

[@TheGuitarReb]

@@Punk-Jw The truth is he was slowly dying of a horrible disease that was common to the upper class in those days. Yes Doc was an alcoholic and he just didn't give a shit so he is the one that started "the gunfight at the OK corral".

[@randalstilskin5266]

I have known people that in their youth were truly hot tempered and violent given to legendary feats of violence then they go grey, find Jesus and are the most subdued gentlemen you could meet.

[@johnferrette753]

@@randalstilskin5266 loop

[@ureasmith3049]

" I was a prominent member of a temperance organization until I deviated from the path of rectitude." LOL!

[@01sapphireGTS]

What a great insight to Doc's mannerisms, and thoughts. I'm sure he was a real character.

[@TheGuitarReb]

Rather a Southern gentleman true to his friends, Not a "real character".

[@OldManMontgomery]

I have always had a kind feeling for shootists. People who prefer kindness and friendship, but can do the ugly things needed. Thanks for the reading.

[@VideoSaySo]

"...till I deviated from the path of rectitude." OMG! My sides are hurting! 😂😂 Understatement?? 😂😂

[@Pedro.Montoya]

Made me want to visit my uncle Agustin in Denver again. Those roads from Arizona to Colorado passing through New Mexico what a beautiful scenery.

[@ronniebishop2496]

This is one of the best pieces of old west news I’ve heard, thank you. I might add I’ve studied western and Indian history all my life, being born and raised in Oklahoma, I lived in the place where a lot of it took place, I was astonished how many cowboys, Indians and just plain outlaws lived in Oklahoma over the years.

[@legacyofthewest]

A ton of interesting history in Oklahoma-eventually I hope to cover more of it on this channel

[@ronniebishop2496]

@@legacyofthewest I live there and just had no idea the criminals that lived all the way into the 30s with the Bloody Barker Gang, Pretty Boy Floyd. Machine Gun Kelly, etc. not to mention the earlier killers like The Dalton and Doolan Gang, Bell Star, even Jesse James love her. Indians like Quannah Parker and Geronimo.

[@Chrisdougable]

Also Woody Guthrie!

[@subhashnamey5562]

I've always been fascinated by his story for a long time. Interview was worth listening to. Thanks Sir for your valuable video.Indian from India .

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@RDC_Autosports]

i hear doc holliday i hear Val Kilmer’s “i’m your huckleberry….. that’s just my game” 😁 love that part!! “say when!”

[@garrettbunker3739]

As a Holiday descendant, I really appreciate this. Thank you

[@legacyofthewest]

Glad you liked it!

[@Last_Chance.]

What is your relation to doc?

[@bobbys4327]

@@Last_Chance. dreams

[@SealofPerfection]

@@Last_Chance. lol, I can't count how many folks just in the YT comments have claimed to be descendants of Doc. Doc never had any children. You can find some things on the web that claim he did have children, (I've seen up to 5, I believe) but I can't find anything remotely official. Both obituaries of Doc and Big Nose Kate don't mention anything about children, nor does any biography of Kate mention she had any kids, other than a previous husband and child that both died long before she met Doc.

[@tiamarie7443]

I lived in Gunnison for awhile and spent many summers there. I never knew Doc spent time there! Very cool.

[@Julie-vy3oz]

I lived there for over 20 years and didn’t know this either!

[@wanderingdeer1114]

I too lived in Gunnison. Beautiful place. Impossible to make a living there, sadly.

[@HarpsichordHymnsTimRemington]

Fascinating information! Thanks for presenting this interview and putting it in context of what was happening in Doc's life at the time.

[@legacyofthewest]

Glad you liked it!

[@killerjoe5628]

There was an episode of the old TV show Gunsmoke in which Marshall Dillon filed a bunch of bogus charges against an innocent cowboy in order to prevent his extradition to another town by a corrupt sheriff to stand trial for murder. I guess that episode was based on this true event. Those writers really did their research.

[@teller1290]

I was just thinking of that episode.

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

They had some terrific writers on that show when it was 1/2 hour black and white. Also the episodes which had Native American characters were way ahead of the standard Hollywood portrayal. I can only conclude they had a few Indian consultants because there were a number of very complicated plots that could not have been constructed from history books.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

it's vary clever.

[@marksmith4346]

Gunsmoke did some of that, just borrowed from history...both in story lines and characters. I remember Wild Bill Hickok being an old friend of Matt's and one story where a guy was hit on the head and his personality changed (a thing that happened to a railroad worker in real life). Supposedly, the character Matt Dillon was based on Wyatt Earp and that is why early in the show he talked about his "past" and why he was in Dodge City as a Marshal and not a Sheriff.

[@marksmith4346]

@@yossarianmnichols9641 Those early episodes were often based on radio show scripts....so character development and details about events were more important than it is for a normal screenplay.

[@MultiRabe]

Doc will always be remembered, side-by-side, with the Earp’s in “The Street Fight” in Tombstone (what Wyatt Earp called it)! Great video sir 👍🏼👏🏼

[@blueenglishstaffybreeder6956]

I love these old west stories, new sub here In Australia

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@bigwaynebigwayne1084]

Man this is so cool! So glad I found this!

[@jimmyhalperin7792]

I love what he quoted what his father taught him.

[@kaseycesena3430]

I'm grateful to Colorado I'm a disabled vet T.B.I(traumatic brain injury) my rehabilitation was there where I learned to walk and most things again in my 20s lol I'm grateful to be able but the pain was more than I thought I could bear lol thank God for pain medication

[@mrbigstufable]

Thank scientist for pain medication.

[@w.neuman]

@@mrbigstufable ( "Thank" ··· *{GOD} ·······················> °For : "Scientist" ) .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👀 🙏 👀 €¥£ ^

[@armandotorres4317]

Thank God you're even alive, life is short

[@paulthomas8989]

Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@sonny2593]

What a badass. Got shot in the hip, "slightly inconvenienced me for a few days" 😂

[@AhtoNajeebRashied]

Wonderful. Glad I found your magnificent channel. I listen to clip after clip at times and get taken away. The voice actors are fucking awesome. Thank you for the quality history lesson and entertainment. Peace

[@susanfarley1332]

one day when I was in high school they allowed us out to see Doc Holliday's house being transported down the street in front of our school. The land it had been on had been bought but the new owners did not want the house. Somebody bought it and moved it.

[@guybassett12]

You have to remember back in the 1800s or if you weren’t going to a bar or some other place in town and you’re staying at home most people read different books that was their main hobbys the more books you read it better your vocabulary gets

[@taktisk2158]

Wow. Life was so different back then. Some hard S.O.B’s back then.

[@davidluna8372]

Thank you for this bit of history of a fascinating and colorful western character . Good work !

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks!

[@derekstocker6661]

Thank you for this account from yet another legend of the West. The things these guys saw in their lives are only to be imagined but a more solid and reliable sidekick you could not envisage that an Earp or Doc Holliday. Wonderful video's, and thank you for bringing these people alive for us.

[@JimD410]

This was great! Makes me think what he may of really sounded like.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks! Yeah, if only audio recorders were invented sooner

[@carlray4809]

THIS WAS GREAT !!!!!!!! THANKS MUCH . ❤🙏

[@chrisb8046]

Amazing so many of these men were lawmen in one state, and outlaws in another.

[@magistrumartium]

This is a superior source of information.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks!

[@tonyoconnor6784]

Thank you kindly sir 🇨🇮💚🇨🇮💚

[@bobhightower9381]

Liked, suscribed, entertained and now better informed on this gentleman and his times! Sand, indeed!

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying the content!

[@alexandertroup5324]

Nice interpretation on the Life of Doc who will forever be among us.

[@garyfain7235]

Just want to thank you for bringing the west alive with your insightful portrayals of the old west. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to many more of your stories of the true old west

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@robertmorgan8104]

I never heard of this interview. Glad I came across it.

[@legacyofthewest]

Doc was interviewed twice in 1882, I have another video on my channel that's the other interview

[@mrsbluesky8415]

What a treasure to have this for posterity. Ty.

[@petergrandahl2386]

"Instead of putting up their paws they put up their revolvers and began firing." That turned out to be a mistake.

[@murf493]

Crazy that we think about these people as living legends people that were 15 ft tall and he was exactly my age when he gave this interview

[@jodylowe8476]

I love the Gunnison area. Great biking, backpacking all up in the mountains in the surrounding area.

[@Gutslinger]

Doc was at Pueblo? I been through there a few times when I was a teen, traveling to go on an elk hunting trip. Even ate at a Cracker Barrel there once (only time I ever been to one). Man, I wish I known the history and was able to visit the places he was at.

[@notsosilentmajority1]

I just found your channel and am looking forward to more of these type of videos. Well done. Thank you.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks!

[@notsosilentmajority1]

@@legacyofthewest 🙏👍

[@knightingalesaid]

I live in Georgia. They have or had a Doc Holliday museum that was real impressive. The owner of it was related to the Holliday family.

[@legacyofthewest]

Another museum I need to go to!

[@johnsegertsons2143]

Wayne Wilco did good as DOC , But I'd give money to hear a voice over by Val Kilmer

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

He literally has throat cancer

[@johnsegertsons2143]

@@ElimGarakSpoonHead who Val or wayne ??

[@haroldsprenkle4173]

Hey, I was born in Lamar missouri, Wyatt was his friend, was our first elected Marshall, so I will trust Wyatt's judgement. By the way, I knew Wyatt's in-laws, the Sutherlands

[@haroldsprenkle4173]

Dammit, I am trying to remember the name of the guy who hauled cows for my dad. He was related to Wyatt's wife. Old guy told me that his brother in laws ran Wyatt out of Lamar. That old guy is 90+ if he is still alive. I remember Earps hardware store on the corner of our county Square. Dammit I am becoming one of those old timers.

[@furbabydaddy5604]

@@johnsegertsons2143 Val

[@thegreenman7]

This is FANTASTIC!!! This is rapidly becoming my new favorite channel!!! Keep up the good work!!! Much love from Utah!!!

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you! That means a lot!

[@3PercentNeanderhal]

Did you have the Time Life Books Gunfighterrs of the Old West with hand tooled leather style binding when you were a kid too? Lol I do...so I'm right there with you. I've always been fascinated with that era of our history and to hear it in the words of those legends is gold for me.

[@legacyofthewest]

Yup, I had the book on the gunfighters-you remember that photo of the two dead soldiers in Hays? I'll eventually be doing a video about that gunfight.

[@3PercentNeanderhal]

@@legacyofthewest yes I do...and I also remember the picture of Clay Allison with his leg in a cast. I'm a subscriber now with the notifications on so I'll be waiting on that video. I really enjoyed the Doc Holiday vid I had no idea he was interviewed shortly after the OK Corral incident. 👍👍two thumbs up

[@cedricwillis6571]

Val Kilmer did a great job in tombstone they sound alike

[@cedricwillis6571]

Kilmer did a awesome job with his voice of the real doc

[@robertlaube574]

Pretty sure this is an old interview in the newspaper , read by modern people. This is not the actual docs voice.

[@justinbladedemonsoul]

Woo how do you know what doc sounded like!!! That's amazing

[@cedricwillis6571]

@@justinbladedemonsoul well from the movie val kilmer talked liked him acting voice and their was a documentary about the real doc hoilday and he sounded just alike

[@justinbladedemonsoul]

I'm pretty sure It was doc holiday that once said and I quote.... you feelin lucky punk... well are you

[@brianbreining8816]

That was badass. I love that stuff!

[@FantasyfootballRedd13]

Thank you for sharing this, it was gripping story telling at its finest. Top notch job!

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks!

[@ryan421sbc]

Thank you.i really enjoyed this

[@davidvilla9458]

This was an amazing video. Thank you

[@JHH1111]

Wow! I've followed Doc Holliday for years, and never knew he gave an interview. Just fyi, I went to Griffin, Ga., his birthplace, and there are markers scattered around town about him.

[@dutchman7216]

That was interesting. Thankyou for sharing.

[@alan30189]

Should’ve used Val Kilmer to do the voice of Doc Holiday. That would’ve been cool. This guy did a good job, though. He didn’t ask him if he shot Johnny Ringo. I wonder if the two cowboys he mentioned that were later, “laid out,“ was Ringo and someone else. Unlike the movie, Holiday was in Colorado when Johnny Ringo got shot. I would have loved to have bought Doc a drink!

[@JohnPennock-d3y]

So sad, the great men that settled the bad spots in USA! Thanks guys. John P.

[@JayCo-1978]

"He knew I was going to get out." Added Mr. Holliday, with a smile. Mallen knew he was f'd if he was around when Doc got released.

[@mainstay.]

" a man of sand " - what a great expression.

[@darrenthompson1058]

I've heard that the Windsor Hotel in Denver was knocked down sometime in the 1960's and now it's a parking lot.

[@timothybrown615]

Never once admitting to a damn thing! He was just a witness!

[@ericparrish1515]

Comments are not turned off on this one kid

[@charleshendrix232]

Doc must have anticipated the movie. He described the scene perfectly during the interview.

[@joeyhunter842]

That’s some clairvoyance considering motion pictures had not been invented.

[@oolooo]

Love how the reporter literally said "If you come back to shoot me over the article , I am suicide bombing and killing us both" .

[@danchaneyufosuapsaliencontact]

my mother says we are kin to him-her maiden name is Holliday-all the way back to great grandfathers.

[@tonyanthonyfowler]

Any relationship to the Baseball player

[@JohnL-pi2qn]

In watching this video, it brought back stories my Grandmother told me about my Grandfathers relationship with Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. My Father also told about a visit they had one afternoon from an old friend before my Grandfather passed in 1933 in L.A. My Father said they were visited by Wyatt Earp and they talked about old times. My Father said that he did not remember much about the visit or who Mr. Earp was at that time, only that he was tall. My cousin M.W. was in contact with the Holiday family and confirmed some of the stories each family had about the relationship. Wow! for a word, after all these years I see something from a total stranger about my Grandfather who was Charlie White.

[@TM-fy5ym]

Once you get to Pueblo from I 25 going south, you are in the Southwest!

[@terrylewis151]

I heard from Gianni Russo, that he met Doc Holliday on the path of rectitude!Can you believe it?😂😂😂😂

[@b.justiceforall9544]

"I'll be your huckleberry".

[@mr.j6304]

I just came across this I'm glad I did always been fascinated with ol west especially Billy the kid the OK corral situation Along with the civil war and indian wars/ battels

[@abefroman7393]

I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@usmcmustang2972]

..... And very shortly thereafter, Doc arrived in Glenwood Springs, CO. And admitted himself to the care of the staff at the Sanitarium there, and the healing properties of the hot springs alongside the river... He is now buried in the cemetery of Glenwood.

[@HN1963]

USMC Mustang: He did not admit himself to any sanatorium in Glenwood Springs. There was no sanatorium there in those days. Doc lived in the now gone Glenwood Hotel (burned down in the 1940s) and Doc died there alone after some weeks in a coma-like condition...

[@usmcmustang2972]

@@HN1963 .. That's correct. Since I grew up in that area in the 60's, we just always knew it as the asylum ... But we never really knew what building stood there. It was and still is a somewhat haunting side of town. Maybe just because of all the ghost stories and sightings. I remember hearing that he actually died alone in a hotel, and that when Wyatt Earp heard of his death, he settled his bill and paid for his marker. Is that true?

[@slavesforging5361]

@Marvin Hunt yeah, i was really surprised and impressed by how good pueblo looked in that photo. i just assumed it was a handful of single story buildings back then. apparently not. explains why i like pueblo so much. being a masshole living in colorado i'm used to places with much more character than most colorado cities.

[@shooterqqqq]

@@usmcmustang2972 There was no marker over Doc Holliday's grave. It was winter and the gravedigger had a bad time in burying. His location is unknown. Today, there is a marker placed inside the cemetery in a random location.

[@thegeorgiacreekwalker491]

@@slavesforging5361 I lived on burnt Mill rd in between pueblo and Colorado city when I was 15 on a ranch my brother in law grew up on, I was sent out there because I kept getting in trouble here in North Georgia, it was quite a change, I Went from a High school with 1400 hundred students to Rye High school with a 180 students, it was cool, just kind of a culture shock for me, down here if we had snow flurries they cancel school, up there there was 3 foot of snow on the ground and the teachers had snow plows on their vehicles, I never seen so much snow and the mountains were Freaking Beautiful, could see Pikes Peak from our house, I stayed about 4 months and I've never been back, that was almost 30 years ago, I'd like to go back and see if it still looks the same.

[@terrorwolf5598]

I can’t believe such a great gunfighter and Wild West hero is from my own state. And not only that but I’ve been to where he was from Valdosta

[@Gutslinger]

Dang.. He was the same age as me when he gave this interview. Yet he had already had gray hair, traveled and lived all across the country, and had infinitely more life experiences than I will ever experience, myself. 😕

[@agnsprinting]

Listen guts, you gotta get out there and live a little baby. But a horse and a gun, become a dentist, learn to play poker really good and just get out there baby it’s not too late. Just go live . Do it for me.. no no.. do it for doc

[@bootsy70]

A short synopsis of Doc. Holiday in his own words & the friendship to Wyatt Earp. Thank you.

[@henricvs]

I really enjoyed this! Thank you.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thank you!

[@edmccaffrey1]

Ole Doc is buried in Glenwood Springs Colorado. Because he had tuberculosis, he went to soak in the natural hot springs there believing it would improve his health!

[@arlenmargolin1650]

Yeah I went to see his toombatone in Glenwood I used to go to the hot springs pool at the hotel after a hard day of skiing way up in town in Aspen it was worth the trip to soak in that mineral water and even sit in the vapor caves where I'm sure spent time

[@hollywoodhustlng4071]

Oh ya!!! I was adopted from Glenwood Springs😁😎

[@bipolarspock6145]

They say the time he died at a time when the ground was so frozen it wasn’t possible to dig in it

[@dangeles95]

@@bipolarspock6145 true. His headstone is a memorial. It says that he is buried in the vicinity. Have visited it. Some say he is probably buried in someone unknowing persons yard 400 yards away from the cemetery

[@motelman5422]

Flood took his grave down the hill. Been there many times when I lived there

[@karenking5357]

I've been a dark holiday fan since the movie tombstone as well as Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp came out back in the early nineties I live in Fort Worth Texas I have never hurt the Doc Holliday was a dentist in Dallas that blows my mind AND I EVEN WORKED IN DENTISTRY for 33 years myself!!! THIS is like really cool to me, but I'm SHOCKED that I don't know it!!!!😱😜🤔 WHOEVER gave me this information, thank you VERY much!! I really appreciate this video❤️🤠🇨🇱✝️🛐❤️

[@legacyofthewest]

Glad you liked it!

[@MrTimothyhalliday]

My Surname is Halliday my Dads nick name was Doc always wondered if there is a family connection? Fascinating channel thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@markmaish7173]

Born and raised in Tucson, AZ. 50 yr. old now. This about the Earps more than Doc. Most Tombstonians say the Earps were more the "bad guys" than the Clanton gang. Earps rode into town one day and then proceeded to act like they now owned the place. Just telling you what the old timers told me they were told.

[@legacyofthewest]

Good to know-that actually makes sense because the Earp's and their faction left the area-and so the opposing faction-the "Clanton gang" were left behind and had more to do with the development of Arizona. A lot of articles were written with the Earp's and Holliday as the bad guys-that's one of the reasons why Wyatt Earp wrote a biography with John Henry Flood-because most of the press about him at the time was negative. Who were the bad guys really? A matter of opinion. I prefer the Earp's and Holliday as the good guys-but of course they weren't exactly knights in shining armor.

[@lumo7461]

Wyatt earp was full of 💩, he sensationalised most of his life. As for this account, never trust a reporter.

[@carlosmontes6097]

This is phenomenal! You've got yourself a new sub! 👍🏼

[@legacyofthewest]

Awesome!

[@powerwagon3731]

I love Colorado and it’s history!

[@roverman985]

Thanks for posting this.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks!

[@cynthiagonzales9131]

So fascinating. Just think what it would be like to talk with them now!!

[@jameswelsh20221]

Happy New Year ❤ I honestly love your posts and always enjoy reading them in my lonely spare time. I'm so sorry I invaded your privacy, but I'd love to be friends with someone who could share such sensitive post content, which means you're a woman of integrity. I wanted to add you but sending you a friend request without your consent is inappropriate because I'm a public figure and it wouldn't take much either, I'd appreciate it if you send me a friend request now so we can be friends and text better here on KZbin🧡🧡

[@timford8551]

I freaking love Colorado and New Mexico. Glad to be in Colorado Springs for life

[@petebradt]

OK Nazi

[@theshawdows]

@@petebradt why is he a Nazi because he loves his home state

[@digitalporch2062]

I'm just a few miles south of you.

[@timford8551]

I was in Santa Fe in April and got kicked out of places for drinking water pulling my mask down. Mask don't work, it's a submissive tool. Vax don't work, obviously, and anyone who wants to claim science is not looking at real science, so hey, guy who called me a Nazi.....what the fuck are you???

[@hoodoo2001]

Unlike the movies, the real deal people didn't have plot armor to protect them. The "good guys" did not always act with the mountain goat surfootedness of confidence like the movie heroes, drawing on the hint of an insult or injury, sometimes they just went with the flow in hopes things would work themselves out preferring not to risk the chance of being shot or shooting someone else even if they did not like them. Nor were the bad guys always quick to kill for no reason. Killing always had in it the chance of the unexpected consequences.

[@LonerJoe]

I love the old photographs

[@legacyofthewest]

And I love finding them! There are so many photos tucked away in different archives that are in public domain but unless somebody shares them you don't know they are there

[@jamesanderson6373]

Went to tombstone last year. It's everything I wanted it to be and more. Going back again this year.

[@JamesTrouten-t6z]

That's what we call true friends ❤

[@Jmjm-wl7pd]

I was waiting on doc to say im ya huckleberry...... say when

[@zaidholliday6033]

Probably one of the most famous quotes in wild west history, "I'm your huckleberry"

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

Hollywierd took a lot of "Creative license" with Kilmer in "Tombstone."

[@sheilagravely5621]

Yes, they did but What A Ride! I loved it.

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

@@sheilagravely5621 Yeh, we all DID. We'd like to think that's the way it was.

[@tnickknight]

Yes, but a lot was right

[@729888]

And so glad they did! I was entertained immensely while you were disappointed. You need to watch public television if you want accurate portrayals of historical figures.

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

@@729888 Oh I never said I wasn't "Entertained," in fact, it's BECAUSE of the fact I've read about Western History, that I said that.

[@grtexas4741]

Fort Griffin can still be visited. The little town is still there. Some original buildings and some have been recreated but there is also a museum. Fort Griffin Texas outside of Albany Texas.

[@charleshowell7855]

My cousin was his step mother. His fathers house was for sale in Valdosta, Georgia.

[@thomasneville9456]

Your cousin was his step mother? How old are you Charles?

[@charleshowell7855]

@@thomasneville9456 Rachel Martin Holliday is my 2nd cousin.

[@t.j.h2810]

@@charleshowell7855 Charlie, tell them why he had to leave Valdosta, to a South Georgian it makes perfect sense, others will disapprove of it though.....LOL