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  Doc Holliday
Doc being a well educated man, stood out from the crowd in the west, he spoke Latin, French and played the piano, he was taught by his mother to play.
Doc, knowing that he was dying a slow death, was fearless, figuring he had nothing to lose, that's one of the reasons why he was so dangerous, he had a bad outlook on life because of the disease and wanted to die.
Doc always liked to be well dressed, was very intelligent with a quick wit and was known for a good sense of humor, at someone else's expense of course.
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 Doc Holliday's grave
Holliday by this time was as well known for his gunfighter reputation as he was for being a gambler, although the latter was his trade, and the former simply a reputation.
Doc Holliday, who was with Wyatt that night, and said that Stilwell and Ike Clanton were waiting in the trainyard to assassinate Virgil Earp, is a prime candidate for the second shooter.
In Doc's case, Colorado refused to extradite him (due to lack of evidence) when he was arrested for the Stilwell killing in Denver in May, 1882 (Doc spent the last two weeks of that month in jail while that issue was decided).
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 Doc Holliday: Film Characterizations
Doc might not have had quite the stylized quick-draw skill that Kilmer demonstrates in the film, but there are good indications that he was adept with a pistol.
On the other hand, Doc and Wyatt were in a somewhat vulnerable position in Tombstone after the OK Corral, to a greater or lesser degree at the mercy of outlaws and corrupt officials—going on the offensive was perhaps their best defense.
Doc’s 1880 and 1882 photos show him at the thin, but relatively normal, weight he carried when his TB was in partial remission (according to Kate, about 160 lbs).
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 AmericanWest - "DOC" HOLLIDAY
Doc felt he owed Kate a great deal for rescuing him from a hang tree in Fort Griffin and was determined to do anything in his power to make her happy.
Doc Holliday accounted for more than his share of the Cowboys, and when he and Wyatt Earp left Tombstone for good, they rode their horses to Silver City, New Mexico, sold them, rode a stage to Deming, and boarded a train for Colorado.
Doc's troubles, concerning extradition to Arizona, ended and the following article was in the Rocky Mountain News, May 30, 1882: "Doc Holliday's case was finally disposed of by Governor Pitkin yesterday, his Excellency deciding that he could not honor the requisition from Arizona.
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 Doc Holliday - Deadly Doctor of the American West
When John (Doc) was just fifteen, his mother died on September 16, 1866 of consumption (later called tuberculosis.) This was a terrible blow to the teenager, as his relationship with his mother was very close.
Doc consulted a number of physicians, was told he had an only a short time to live, and encouraged to move to a dryer climate to extend his life.
Doc found a job dealing Faro, now carrying a gun in a shoulder holster, and another on his hip, along with the knife.
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 John Henry "Doc" Holliday
When it came to Doc Holliday, she claimed to be the only woman he remained close to for the rest of his life.
Doc Holliday’s life contradicts the myth of the man. He was not a sorrowful man, nor was his life a sad one.
In truth, Doc was buried in a temporary grave at the foot of the hill.
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 Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait
Shedding light on Holliday's early years, in a prominent Georgia family during the Civil War and the Reconstruction, she examines the elements that shaped his destiny: his birth defect, the death of his mother and estrangement from his father, and the diagnosis of tuberculosis, which led to his journey west.
This first authoritative biography of Doc Holliday will appeal both to historians of the old West and to general readers who are interested in his poignant story.
Karen Holliday Tanner, who is a cousin of Doc Holliday, interviewed family members and drew on the family's extensive photograph collection and memorabilia for this book.
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 Doc Holliday
Doc Holliday admonished him once or twice to ‘play poker’---which is your seasoned gambler’s method of cautioning a friend to stop cheating---but the misguided Bailey persisted in his furtive attentions to the deadwood.
Doc had shot another man in a gambling disagreement, and while on his way out of town, he met Wyatt and James Earp bound for Tombstone, Arizona where Wyatt’s brother Virgil had said there was a mining strike at Goose Flats.
Doc Holliday and Wyatt and Warren Earp headed to Silverton, Colorado, where Doc took leave of his friends and continued on to Denver.
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 DOC HOLLIDAY
Doc felt he owed Kate a great deal for rescuing him from a hanging in Fort Griffin and was determined to do anything in his power to make her happy.
Then she told Doc that she was going back to the bright lights and excitement of the dance halls and gambling dens.
Doc was the best of the Western gamblers and he lost his biggest bet when he died of tuberculosis.
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 Doc Holliday Tribute Revolver
At the age of 21, young John Henry Holliday was a graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, with a bright future ahead.
Although it sometimes seemed Doc Holliday was concerned only with himself, there was one man he'd follow to the ends of the Earth.
Doc Holliday once told his nephew that he used a Colt Single Action Army in all his adventures in the West, and it was known to be a favorite with his friends the Earps as well.
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 Doc Holliday - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Doc Holliday manufactured his own poker chips, also redeemable for one abortion.
Zebulon "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 - May 25, 1887) was a card shark, gunfighter, and abortion doctor renowned for his campaigning to find a cure for consumption.
Doc Holliday pictured in an early “Shoot for the Cure” postcard.
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 Amazon.com: Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend: Gary L. Roberts: Books
Doc Holliday, one of the most famous western gunfighters, died of tuberculosis at the ripe old age of 36.
There are a few facts: Holliday was a dentist, he became a gambler and a gunslinger, and he was involved in the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral.
The real John Henry Holliday, according to Roberts, was "a man seen almost entirely through the eyes of others." Roberts' role here is a bit like that of a judge, examining the testimonies and deciding which witnesses to believe and which to discard.
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 John (Doc) Holliday
Holliday was soon in trouble and Sheriff John Behan arrested him on suspicion of killing a stage driver during an attempted hold-up outside of town.
Doc Holliday died of tuberculosis on 8th November, 1887.
A Tombstone, Arizona, dispatch of Dec. 29, to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says when the Clanton and McClary gang were shot by the Earps and Doc Holliday, about six weeks ago, the friends of the cowboys vowed they would have revenge for what they called the cold-blooded murder of their friends.
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 Tombstone Times - Facts Any Good Doc Holliday Aficionado Should Know ~ by Susan Ballard
Doc's cousin, Martha Anne "Mattie" Holliday, who in later life joined the Order of the Sisters of Mercy to become Sister Mary Melanie, was said to be the model for the saintly Miss Melanie in "Gone With the Wind." This is certainly not as far-fetched as it sounds.
Doc must have found her to be as pleasant a surprise in the often crude surroundings he was forced to endure as she did him.
Doc Holliday, A Family Portrait by Karen Holliday Tanner is an in depth look at John Henry Holliday as seen through the eyes of his family, past and present.
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 John Henry Doc Holliday, D.D.S. | Old West gunfighter, dentist, gambler | Arrives in Dodge City, heads for Tombstone | ...
It was in these places that Doc became acquainted with the sheriff and marshals of the areas -- including the Masterson brothers, Ed, Bat, and Jim.
Doc easily helped them to empty those pockets while, at the same time, he developed a lasting relationship with many of the local peace officers.
In the fall of 1878, Doc's health problems were causing him increasingly greater concern, so he and Kate left Dodge City bound for Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, on the Santa Fe Trail, well known as a haven for people with tuberculosis.
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 DocHolliday
At Doc Holliday Molds, Inc. in Lexington, Kentucky, a staff of professionals handles every aspect of mold production, from design concept to shipping.
hrough such innovations as the Doc Holliday "Technique Sheets", international "Open Houses," and the exciting new collection of Doc Holliday colors, Doc Holliday has established itself as a quality leader in the ceramics industry throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and South America.
Doc Holliday Molds looks forward to continued expansion and growth in 1998 and beyond.
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 Leadville Colorado history : Doc Holliday
As for Holliday himself, he left Arizona Territory and like hundreds of miners, gamblers and gunfighters came to Colorado, first to Denver, still swearing vengeance on Ringo, Clanton, Spencer and Swilling if he could ever find them, (not knowing that they were hiding out in Mexico, near Fronteras, Sonora).
It was on July 14, 1882 when Doc Holliday was allegedly still in Colorado that John Yoast, a teamster in Arizona Territory, discovered a body intertwined among the branches of an oak tree east of the Dragoon Mountains.
But Ringo's death didn't mean an end to the killing, and even though Holliday arrived in Leadville, Colorado and started to lead a quiet and uneventful life, sure enough on the afternoon of August 19, 1884 he ran into some of his old enemies, Johnny Tyler and Billy Allen.
www.leadville.com /history/holliday.htm   (487 words)

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