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.

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  • @theunknown4570
    @theunknown4570 Před rokem +138

    Val Kilmer should have got an Academy Award for that performance

    • @clintstryder1131
      @clintstryder1131 Před 3 měsíci +3

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

  • @txdrmr
    @txdrmr Před 2 lety +1456

    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
      @abajaj1510 Před 2 lety +48

      Actually they were very well read, as per Tocqueville

    • @CK-ww7es
      @CK-ww7es Před 2 lety +103

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

    • @hoosierdaddy2308
      @hoosierdaddy2308 Před 2 lety +174

      You can thank leftists for that

    • @human_bot_
      @human_bot_ Před 2 lety +80

      Doc holiday was a very educated man. Even spoke latin

    • @hoosierdaddy2308
      @hoosierdaddy2308 Před 2 lety +19

      @@human_bot_ Especially for that time.

  • @cheftornado1114
    @cheftornado1114 Před 2 lety +536

    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
      @nassermj7671 Před 2 lety +10

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

    • @davethorstry6700
      @davethorstry6700 Před rokem +17

      I'm your huckleberry!

    • @cheftornado1114
      @cheftornado1114 Před rokem +12

      @@davethorstry6700 say when…

    • @carlosreyes823
      @carlosreyes823 Před rokem +9

      You think doc said I'm you huckleberry for real

    • @nassermj7671
      @nassermj7671 Před rokem +6

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

  • @hawkhawkins7562
    @hawkhawkins7562 Před 3 lety +228

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

    • @legacyofthewest
      @legacyofthewest  Před 3 lety +10

      Oh that'd be a cool name to use

    • @loslobos9461
      @loslobos9461 Před 3 lety +19

      Thank you for your service.

    • @crystalbelle2349
      @crystalbelle2349 Před 3 lety +14

      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
      @audioabyss7294 Před 3 lety +12

      thank you for your service, from a fellow Navajo

    • @dr.froghopper6711
      @dr.froghopper6711 Před 3 lety +4

      Welcome home brother!

  • @thepixalking6589
    @thepixalking6589 Před 2 lety +59

    This is how you learn history. Well done guys.

  • @jamesdixon6332
    @jamesdixon6332 Před 2 lety +187

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

    • @skyryerson77
      @skyryerson77 Před rokem +7

      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
      @johnreynolds6466 Před rokem +2

      @@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
      @QdMaster Před rokem +1

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

  • @HeWentThattaway
    @HeWentThattaway Před 3 lety +209

    “I deviated from the path of rectitude.” The story of my life.

    • @MJ-ix7wm
      @MJ-ix7wm Před 3 lety +13

      Had to look it up, but yea...
      me too. It's not too late.

    • @guarddog318
      @guarddog318 Před 2 lety +2

      Funny how that word means one thing to some people, and something else entirely to others.
      Speaking only for myself, I've always wanted to know what the truth of a thing really was... not what somebody else told me it was.
      ...and that fact has caused many a person to claim I was on the "wrong path". * shakes head * People...what're ya gonna do with 'em?

    • @antoniog9814
      @antoniog9814 Před 2 lety +5

      People years past had a broader vocabulary than people of today.

    • @HeWentThattaway
      @HeWentThattaway Před 2 lety +7

      @@antoniog9814 An indubitably taciturn assessment.

    • @mikebar42
      @mikebar42 Před 2 lety +1

      Which way did he go George which way did he go

  • @t.j.h2810
    @t.j.h2810 Před rokem +38

    No one has mentioned the fact that after Doc's death his father had his body exhumed and brought back/returned to his hometown...Griffin, Ga. and re-interned in the city cemetery. It was all done at night and no one knows the exact location due to no marker being placed according to the funeral home which handled the hometown burial but it's thought he's close to his fathers grave which is marked. How do I know this ??, he was my Grandfathers 1st. cousin.

    • @sophiegiddings9272
      @sophiegiddings9272 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I've been told my whole life, that he was a second cousin of mine. I went to college with a girl who had the Hollidays last name. She was related to him as well. We don't know each other, but we're probably related! :)

    • @bkniker
      @bkniker Před 2 měsíci

      I don't think so

    • @hallsrelief2791
      @hallsrelief2791 Před měsícem

      ​@@bkniker You know Holliday had a big family right? It's not unlikely that a lot of people are related to him in some way

  • @TimRHillard
    @TimRHillard Před 2 lety +11

    ''I'm your Huckelberry'', best line, from the best movie ever👍🤠👍.

    • @legacyofthewest
      @legacyofthewest  Před 2 lety +2

      Also "You're a daisy if you do" is one of my favorites, but there's a bunch

    • @TimRHillard
      @TimRHillard Před 2 lety +2

      @@legacyofthewest Right on! How about “Tell em the law’s coming. You tell em I’m coming, and hell’s coming with me!” or even “I have two guns, one for each of you.” or ''This place has a sign hangin' over the urinal that says, "Don't eat the big white mint".'' Sorry, that last one is Sam Elliott from Roadhouse, also a great western, but set in the 1980's.

    • @legacyofthewest
      @legacyofthewest  Před 2 lety +1

      @@TimRHillard Sam Elliott is the man!

    • @zachhughes4394
      @zachhughes4394 Před 14 dny

      He was actually saying "I'll be your huckle bearer"... Meaning he would carry his casket after killing Ringo... Even the movies subtitles get this wrong

  • @Bunny-8889
    @Bunny-8889 Před 2 lety +97

    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.

  • @NothingMaster
    @NothingMaster Před rokem +80

    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
      @larsrons7937 Před rokem +1

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

    • @NothingMaster
      @NothingMaster Před rokem +1

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

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 Před rokem

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

    • @Scottrchrdsn
      @Scottrchrdsn Před rokem

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

    • @captsorghum
      @captsorghum Před rokem

      At the ripe old age of thirty one.

  • @steveanacorteswa3979
    @steveanacorteswa3979 Před 7 měsíci +19

    My family built the power station in Golden Colorado in 1886 when Coors was building his brewery, crazy to think all these guys were in Colorado at that time. Didnt know my fam history in Colorado till I was moving there and my Grandfather told me the stories, he would ride the train from Kansas (my GGGF was Senator of Kansas) and buy sheep. spend time at his grannys on Grand Lake, then back with the sheep to Kansas. These people built this country, they didn't come here and demand free shite.

  • @jeffreyhutchins6527
    @jeffreyhutchins6527 Před 3 lety +112

    It always fascinates me, to learn history not contained in the history books used in school.

    • @secretagentviper8382
      @secretagentviper8382 Před 3 lety +7

      If you ever get a chance to go out west and visit the desert and see these places first hand, do it, one of my best life memories and I've met many famous ppl, but the mystique is magic

    • @charitydunn3842
      @charitydunn3842 Před 3 lety +5

      School history isn't always correct. I talked to several Vietnam Vets who told me the real genuine history of that war which is totally different than what the classroom of schools teach us. Talk to people who were really there to get a real history lesson. I think that Schools just want to make things sound better than reality because they don't want to teach the bad too in the history. I love history that is true not falsely depicted just to make something more glorious.

    • @secretagentviper8382
      @secretagentviper8382 Před 3 lety +1

      @@charitydunn3842 that's why Vietnam is safe to travel today, even for Americans, it's such a different place when your not killing and running for you life

    • @RoscoeDaMule
      @RoscoeDaMule Před 2 lety +2

      getting high and going on the internet and learning things is dope dawg i love it

    • @jonahserrato7520
      @jonahserrato7520 Před 2 lety

      Also 10 times more interesting.

  • @VideoSaySo
    @VideoSaySo Před rokem +5

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

  • @legacyofthewest
    @legacyofthewest  Před 3 lety +98

    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
      @douglaspkeatingjr3232 Před 3 lety +2

      Bravo well done

    • @StacieMMeier
      @StacieMMeier Před 3 lety +5

      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
      @johnwolfram2825 Před 3 lety +2

      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
      @jerryoshea3116 Před 3 lety +5

      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
      @GGT950 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @01sapphireGTS
    @01sapphireGTS Před 3 lety +86

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

    • @TheGuitarReb
      @TheGuitarReb Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @Jeff-kp2ce
    @Jeff-kp2ce Před 3 lety +221

    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
      @legacyofthewest  Před 3 lety +6

      Thank you!

    • @Punk-Jw
      @Punk-Jw Před 3 lety +15

      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
      @TheGuitarReb Před 3 lety +4

      @@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
      @randalstilskin5266 Před 2 lety +8

      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
      @johnferrette753 Před 2 lety

      @@randalstilskin5266 loop

  • @martinrobbins1207
    @martinrobbins1207 Před rokem +6

    Doc Holliday was a cousin to Margaret Mitchell, author of the novel Gone With the Wind. Gone With the Wind was based on the experiences of Doc's family.

  • @Pedro.Montoya
    @Pedro.Montoya Před 2 lety +18

    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.

  • @RETROTV1394
    @RETROTV1394 Před rokem +11

    My favorite gunslinger of the old west. The Legendary Doc Holliday

    • @mysterymotor
      @mysterymotor Před rokem

      The word gunslingers is a Hollywood invention. The correct terminology is gunfighter.

    • @Reaperdrone67
      @Reaperdrone67 Před 2 měsíci

      Hell yea.

  • @fokkerd3red618
    @fokkerd3red618 Před 3 lety +71

    Thanks for the narration of that interview. It's wonderful that this reporter was able to interview him. Doc seems like a pretty nice guy. Information like this is more reliable than hearsay, in my opinion.

    • @legacyofthewest
      @legacyofthewest  Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks!

    • @tomwigal8856
      @tomwigal8856 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm a fan of doc but nice guy maybe but he was definitely a racist his comments about a Jewish friend of Wyatt caused them to not speak for a long time and would only meet 1 more time and say goodbye and according to Wyatt girlfriend and someone who witnessed doc they said goodbye and cried

    • @airgunfun4248
      @airgunfun4248 Před rokem +1

      @@tomwigal8856 boo hoo

    • @tomwigal8856
      @tomwigal8856 Před rokem

      @@airgunfun4248 ahhhhh shtup

  • @ureasmith3049
    @ureasmith3049 Před 2 lety +27

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

  • @tonyoconnor6784
    @tonyoconnor6784 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Thank you kindly sir 🇨🇮💚🇨🇮💚

  • @tattyshoesshigure5731
    @tattyshoesshigure5731 Před 2 lety +43

    Fascinating interview with Doc, very well narrated, thanks for the posting! Of all the ‘Wild West’ characters, I’ve long thought Doc to be most interesting. On a road trip vacation a few years back I visited what is reputed to be his grave in Glenwood Springs, and what a beautiful, peaceful spot he rests in!

  • @realMaverickBuckley
    @realMaverickBuckley Před 3 lety +315

    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
      @robertlaube574 Před 3 lety +17

      Us history IS english history if you go back far enough

    • @realMaverickBuckley
      @realMaverickBuckley Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @TheGuitarReb
      @TheGuitarReb Před 3 lety

      Ever heard of Jamestown or the Bermuda Hundred?

    • @realMaverickBuckley
      @realMaverickBuckley Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @richardpichan6916
      @richardpichan6916 Před 3 lety +2

      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.

  • @24KGoldbackGorilla
    @24KGoldbackGorilla Před 3 lety +37

    I guess the 'pen' has always been called the 'pen'. I live in Denver, it's pretty awesome when you think about the fact that Doc was walking on the same ground at one point.

  • @RDC_Autosports
    @RDC_Autosports Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @OldManMontgomery
    @OldManMontgomery Před 2 lety +17

    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.

  • @pennyholliday7981
    @pennyholliday7981 Před 2 lety +24

    My husband's last name is Holliday. His friends still call him Doc. I love history, especially the old west

    • @lonewolfrcs1331
      @lonewolfrcs1331 Před rokem +3

      my sister is actually married to one os wyatt earp's great great grandsons and he has some great stories passed down and actual pictures from wyat and doc together and the other Earp brothers

  • @robertnolan5896
    @robertnolan5896 Před rokem +4

    I should be in bed (work graveyard)..but this is so satisfying to know/learn about Doc, in his own words,is.just fantastic!! Thank You Folks!

  • @Jippa_33
    @Jippa_33 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Doc seems like a well spoken gentleman

  • @broznkyra4853
    @broznkyra4853 Před 3 lety +51

    Love the description...a man of sand..you don't hear that term, sand, anymore...

    • @dorothylewis1207
      @dorothylewis1207 Před 2 lety +4

      Now they are called Macho, and they are really hard to find.

  • @ronniebishop2496
    @ronniebishop2496 Před 2 lety +19

    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
      @legacyofthewest  Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @ronniebishop2496
      @ronniebishop2496 Před 2 lety +1

      @@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
      @Chrisdougable Před 3 měsíci

      Also Woody Guthrie!

  • @subhashnamey5562
    @subhashnamey5562 Před 3 lety +59

    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 .

  • @chrisb8046
    @chrisb8046 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @tiamarie7443
    @tiamarie7443 Před 2 lety +17

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

    • @Julie-vy3oz
      @Julie-vy3oz Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @wanderingdeer1114
      @wanderingdeer1114 Před rokem +1

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

  • @MultiRabe
    @MultiRabe Před 3 lety +44

    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

  • @AhtoNajeebRashied
    @AhtoNajeebRashied Před rokem +4

    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

  • @killerjoe5628
    @killerjoe5628 Před 3 lety +54

    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
      @teller1290 Před 2 lety +3

      I was just thinking of that episode.

    • @yossarianmnichols9641
      @yossarianmnichols9641 Před rokem +4

      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
      @DANTHETUBEMAN Před rokem

      it's vary clever.

    • @marksmith4346
      @marksmith4346 Před rokem

      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
      @marksmith4346 Před rokem

      @@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.

  • @murf493
    @murf493 Před 11 měsíci +3

    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

  • @bigwaynebigwayne1084
    @bigwaynebigwayne1084 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @franceswilson9721
    @franceswilson9721 Před rokem +14

    Loving this, was introduced to the Doc through the film tombstone and thought Val Kilmers portrayal of him was superb. Thank you for the video, excellent content.

  • @jimmyhalperin7792
    @jimmyhalperin7792 Před rokem +4

    I love what he quoted what his father taught him.

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 Před rokem +5

    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.

  • @kaseycesena3430
    @kaseycesena3430 Před 3 lety +19

    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
      @mrbigstufable Před 3 lety +2

      Thank scientist for pain medication.

    • @w.neuman
      @w.neuman Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @armandotorres4317
      @armandotorres4317 Před 2 lety +2

      Thank God you're even alive, life is short

  • @susanfarley1332
    @susanfarley1332 Před rokem +5

    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.

  • @justmeeagainn
    @justmeeagainn Před 3 lety +70

    Has anyone else ever wondered what a dental visit with him would have been like?

    • @TheGuitarReb
      @TheGuitarReb Před 3 lety +8

      Doc went to some prestigious up Nawth schools. He may have been a pretty good dentist but I would suggest to check your weapons with his nurse and share a few shots of whiskey so both of you don't smell alcohol on the breath.. TB I don't know about? Might be contagious.

    • @deplorablecovfefe9489
      @deplorablecovfefe9489 Před 3 lety +3

      You would get TB.

    • @wizardofahhhs759
      @wizardofahhhs759 Před 2 lety

      No, just you.

    • @Russellsagecline
      @Russellsagecline Před 2 lety +24

      He once put a crown on a very young girl's tooth, while in dental school, that lasted for almost 70 years.....when she died of old age!

    • @dorothylewis1207
      @dorothylewis1207 Před 2 lety +4

      PAIN, pure pain, they didn't have all the modern equipment of today.

  • @paulthomas8989
    @paulthomas8989 Před 2 lety +7

    Thank you for sharing this with us.

  • @taktisk2158
    @taktisk2158 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @dutchman7216
    @dutchman7216 Před rokem +2

    That was interesting. Thankyou for sharing.

  • @df5295
    @df5295 Před 3 lety +64

    I'm not sure if Doc was the fastest but I could see where he probably didn't fear getting killed because he was slowly dying from TB. Maybe this gave him an advantage in a gunfight where the other person might hesitate. He also had a reputation (deserved or not) which also helped him.

    • @nookie077
      @nookie077 Před 3 lety +11

      There was no such thing as the "fastest", it's a Hollywood creation.
      Feared gunfighters were men that where cool in life or death situations, didn't fear consequences in the moment, and could remain calm under fire. But I doubt any of these legends actually used the term "fast" or "fastest" because that would indicate the need of a skill where two men faced off with holstered weapons on the pretext of some sort of "say when" signal, which I pointed out, was unlikely.
      Someone like Wyatt Erp would do everything possible to make sure he had the drop on an enemy before getting into a confrontation.... he'd have a shot gun pointed at the guy's chest already, lol, so need to be fast - just cool, smart, and prepared.

    • @TheGuitarReb
      @TheGuitarReb Před 3 lety +3

      @@nookie077 Well John Wesley Harden shot a guy thru the wall for snoring too loud, does that count.

    • @victorcarrillo1570
      @victorcarrillo1570 Před 3 lety

      @@TheGuitarReb Yes, count as murder.

    • @alanfike
      @alanfike Před 3 lety +2

      I imagine an ability to accurately read and predict a dangerous situation might have helped as well.

    • @rodneykawecki1770
      @rodneykawecki1770 Před 3 lety +4

      I once told a c.o.p.d. doctor as I well do have a smokers mild like cough but is not TB. " I told him in his office that day " as to 'yes'.."" I don't have the "advantage" of working as I am today retired but as to some folks do have that advantage of not smoking while they are on working hours .the doctor rose from his seat and made it a point to write this "advantage" consequence into enabling his future patience's whom he could communicate to them that they should stop smoking as it was inhaling their health ...who could therefore use this type of advantage to do so and help them professionally. To myself these types of advantages are necessary to help stop the grim of a smoker that does lead them to a shortening of the breath. Signed "Doc".

  • @melissarmt7330
    @melissarmt7330 Před rokem +11

    I'm sorry it was so short! This was so well done and I think I speak for others when I say, if you make another, longer video, you'll get high views.

  • @bluedan1873
    @bluedan1873 Před rokem +3

    This is so cool. Watched Tombstone the other night for the first time in about 20 years. Thanks for posting this, it's fascinating.

  • @mateowey
    @mateowey Před rokem +3

    I was born and raised in Pueblo Colorado, I Never knew this information!! WILD!!! I grew as a huge fan of the movie Tombstone!!

  • @jodylowe8476
    @jodylowe8476 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @davidluna8372
    @davidluna8372 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @garrettbunker3739
    @garrettbunker3739 Před 7 měsíci +3

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

  • @robertmorgan8104
    @robertmorgan8104 Před rokem +4

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

    • @legacyofthewest
      @legacyofthewest  Před rokem +1

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

  • @russcorbett3923
    @russcorbett3923 Před 3 lety +9

    This is awesome !!!
    Thank you so much for sharing !!!!!

  • @carlray4809
    @carlray4809 Před rokem +3

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

  • @JimD410
    @JimD410 Před 3 lety +19

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

    • @legacyofthewest
      @legacyofthewest  Před 3 lety +4

      Thanks! Yeah, if only audio recorders were invented sooner

  • @bobhightower9381
    @bobhightower9381 Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @legacyofthewest
      @legacyofthewest  Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @petergrandahl2386
    @petergrandahl2386 Před 3 lety +15

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

  • @daddystabz
    @daddystabz Před 2 lety +7

    Doc was a man's man. RIP.

  • @thecowboy9698
    @thecowboy9698 Před 2 lety +13

    "I avoid trouble. My father taught me when I was young to: "Attend to my own business, and let others do the same.' " - Doc Holliday.
    That is timeless advice. And such that every man/woman should follow.

    • @dorothylewis1207
      @dorothylewis1207 Před 2 lety +3

      That's what is wrong, Everybody running around minding everybody's business but their own.

    • @keithmaxwell2169
      @keithmaxwell2169 Před 2 lety

      It's a Shame that PEOPLE Can't Do That Now🤠

    • @lesliedavis1520
      @lesliedavis1520 Před 2 lety +1

      Mind mine staying out of yours.

    • @thecowboy9698
      @thecowboy9698 Před 9 měsíci

      @@lesliedavis1520 - You're excused. Lol!

  • @mrsbluesky8415
    @mrsbluesky8415 Před rokem +1

    What a treasure to have this for posterity. Ty.

  • @sonny2593
    @sonny2593 Před rokem +5

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

  • @mainstay.
    @mainstay. Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @FantasyfootballRedd13
    @FantasyfootballRedd13 Před rokem +1

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

  • @magistrumartium
    @magistrumartium Před 3 lety +21

    This is a superior source of information.

  • @Gutslinger
    @Gutslinger Před rokem +3

    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.

  • @cedricwillis6571
    @cedricwillis6571 Před 3 lety +54

    Val Kilmer did a great job in tombstone they sound alike

    • @cedricwillis6571
      @cedricwillis6571 Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @robertlaube574
      @robertlaube574 Před 3 lety +17

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

    • @justinbladedemonsoul
      @justinbladedemonsoul Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @cedricwillis6571
      @cedricwillis6571 Před 3 lety +1

      @@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
      @justinbladedemonsoul Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @alexandertroup5324
    @alexandertroup5324 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @Patriot-oi7mj
    @Patriot-oi7mj Před 2 lety +4

    I really enjoyed this, thank you!

  • @brianbreining8816
    @brianbreining8816 Před 2 lety +4

    That was badass. I love that stuff!

  • @davidvilla9458
    @davidvilla9458 Před 2 lety +3

    This was an amazing video. Thank you

  • @Projects8235
    @Projects8235 Před rokem +2

    So fascinating.. western movies tonight! Tombstone

  • @johnsegertsons2143
    @johnsegertsons2143 Před 3 lety +55

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

    • @ElimGarakSpoonHead
      @ElimGarakSpoonHead Před 3 lety +2

      He literally has throat cancer

    • @johnsegertsons2143
      @johnsegertsons2143 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ElimGarakSpoonHead who Val or wayne ??

    • @haroldsprenkle4173
      @haroldsprenkle4173 Před 3 lety

      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
      @haroldsprenkle4173 Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @furbabydaddy5604 Před 3 lety +3

      @@johnsegertsons2143 Val

  • @MinisterJokes
    @MinisterJokes Před 2 lety +3

    Love how this all took place in my home state!
    Colorado...

  • @garyfain7235
    @garyfain7235 Před 3 lety +20

    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

  • @walterhayes3104
    @walterhayes3104 Před 2 lety +2

    It's these little points of History between the PAGES!

  • @notsosilentmajority1
    @notsosilentmajority1 Před rokem +3

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

  • @djmorry8748
    @djmorry8748 Před 2 lety +3

    Very well done, it certainly held my attention!

  • @robertwilson3914
    @robertwilson3914 Před 3 lety +32

    Southern gentlemen are few and far between these days....glad to here of one with sand....smile.

    • @LIONTAMER3D
      @LIONTAMER3D Před 3 lety

      He was a "gentleman"?

    • @TheGuitarReb
      @TheGuitarReb Před 3 lety +1

      @@LIONTAMER3D He was just one example of the many people that were dispersed as War refugees following that horrible useless war. Remember, he was a best friend of that damn Yankee Wyatt Earp so yes he had to have been a GENTLEMAN!

    • @TheGuitarReb
      @TheGuitarReb Před 3 lety +3

      @Greg Nuckinfutz Southern "Dudes" Only worship Jesus Christ! Trump was an upstate New York Yankee that shared only some of our cultural views. Not all!

    • @unclejimbo1301
      @unclejimbo1301 Před 3 lety +3

      @Greg Nuckinfutz The real insurrection was the BLM and antifa terrorists looting and burning cities all summer and the democrats riding it off as a conspiracy theory! Not to mention the double standard for the woman murdered at the capital by police

    • @unclejimbo1301
      @unclejimbo1301 Před 3 lety +4

      @Greg Nuckinfutz George Floyd died from the lethal amount of fentanyl and meth in his system he flipped out and his heart couldn't handle it he was saying "I cant breath" before a knee was even on his neck keep living ur Marxist lies democrates are the ones who try to divide us by race

  • @dereksmith4177
    @dereksmith4177 Před rokem +3

    I always liked the charactor of doc even when I was a kid He seemed educated and tried to mind his own business but was fast with a gun if he had to be A man who didn't take crap from anybody

  • @guybassett12
    @guybassett12 Před 9 měsíci +2

    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

  • @ViperSRTnACR
    @ViperSRTnACR Před 2 lety +8

    Really cool piece of history. I live in Tucson not far from Tombstone and they still do gun fight reenactments there which are really fun to watch.
    Tombstone is certainly a time capsule if you get the chance to visit.

  • @henricvs
    @henricvs Před 3 lety +4

    I really enjoyed this! Thank you.

  • @ryan421sbc
    @ryan421sbc Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you.i really enjoyed this

  • @Ticonderous1
    @Ticonderous1 Před 2 lety +2

    This was so good ..... really thank you ..very interesting ....

  • @MeesterSickguy
    @MeesterSickguy Před rokem +9

    As a Denver native, and with family roots going back to Spanish settlers in NM an CO - it’s always fascinating to think my ancestors could have met some of these old west figures, especially Billy The Kid

  • @knightingalesaid
    @knightingalesaid Před rokem +5

    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.

  • @roverman985
    @roverman985 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for posting this.

  • @thegreenman7
    @thegreenman7 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @legacyofthewest
      @legacyofthewest  Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you! That means a lot!

    • @3PercentNeanderhal
      @3PercentNeanderhal Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @legacyofthewest  Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @3PercentNeanderhal Před 3 lety +1

      @@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

  • @broznkyra4853
    @broznkyra4853 Před 3 lety +31

    Ya gotta read Tom Clavin's book "Tombstone"...eccellent history...

  • @3YearsApart1613
    @3YearsApart1613 Před 2 lety +2

    Fascinating, thanks for sharing.

  • @abefroman7393
    @abefroman7393 Před 2 lety +2

    I thoroughly enjoyed this.

  • @timothybrown615
    @timothybrown615 Před 3 lety +29

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

  • @as48507
    @as48507 Před 3 lety +3

    One of my favorite legends..