Doc Holliday Before Tombstone: New Evidence Tracks the Trail of the Deadly Dentist

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29 күн бұрын

New evidence of his life in Prescott reveals the gambler was on the move back and forth to New Mexico before joining the Earps in Cochise County.
Bob Boze Bell is known as America's Western Storyteller. He is an artist, author, writer and serves as executive editor of True West magazine. Bell is a popular, sought-after figure in television documentaries about the Old West, appearing as an expert in dozens of Wild West history shows. Bell won an Emmy Award as Executive Producer of the PBS special, Outrageous Arizona, a zany look at the state's centennial, that he also wrote and helped direct. As an author, Bell has brought to life Billy the Kid, Geronimo, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok in his best-selling Illustrated Life and Times series. His books Classic Gunfights I, II and III are must-reads about the most important Old West gunfights. Bell’s Bad Men is now in its fourth printing, while his illustrated autobiography, The 66 Kid: Raised on the Mother Road, gives personal insight into the passions that have driven him on his lifelong quest to interpret the history of the American West for audiences around the world.
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@40packard1 6 күн бұрын

Bob, you are the most fascinating conversationalist person I have ever listened to on any subject! Thank you so much!

@jimmymacias6335 26 күн бұрын

Mr. Bell, it's great to see you put out this video. I miss seeing more from you, I really appreciate the time you gave me at the Tucson book fest. And the amazing picture you took with me, hope to meet you again sometime your work and artistry are fantastic God Bless 🎉

@wirecutter59 27 күн бұрын

Very well done, Bob. Thank you.

@michaelweiser6887 22 күн бұрын

Good stuff, Bob. Some years ago I wrote a screenplay about Doc which required a lot of research (including a trip to Tombstone), but I wasn’t aware of most of what you shared here.

@dks13827 27 күн бұрын

I love hearing the routes taken by the old Arizona travelers !!!!!

@Jspree12 16 күн бұрын

Amazing video as always! You’re such a great storyteller with your details and the little nuances - really takes the audience there vicariously. I wish you posted videos all the time…I always learn so much more about topics that I’m already fascinated with. Thank you for your education and dedication.

@barbarazimet7313 27 күн бұрын

This was fantastic BBB!!! I always love watching you speak, and you always educate me!!!!🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠

@douggoss4855 11 күн бұрын

Awesome update Bob. Keep them coming!

@alanquintus2069 27 күн бұрын

Always good when there's content from BBB and True West Magazine!

@gus473 27 күн бұрын

Dang good story, Bob! Gotta track down that issue of True West! Prescott was always a favorite place to visit.

@colinasquith 26 күн бұрын

Very interesting, as always. The modes of transportation are endlessly fascinating. And good on Brad Courtney.

@bradcourtney6615 26 күн бұрын

Thank you so much BBB!

@JoyCelebrating Күн бұрын

Thanks Bob, I love tuning in and listening to you. I’m a new listener, but I’m definitely here to stay thanks buddy.🤠👍

@dr.froghopper6711 27 күн бұрын

Very cool! Thanks!

@scottmcfarland2149 26 күн бұрын

OUTSTANDING

@johnpogz9523 27 күн бұрын

Your videos make my day Mr. Bob. Thank you

@oletimer5853 26 күн бұрын

Wow … great to see another video from you !! Without even pushing play yet, I know it’s going to be a great video. Thank you, sir. Great respect !!

@Rob-gy1dd 27 күн бұрын

Hey bud. I’ve missed you. Few and far between. Thank you for this.

@richardyoder3646 26 күн бұрын

Another great one Bob

@Desolate1 26 күн бұрын

Yay, Bob’s back! I enjoyed this one. Love The Palace, you could do an episode on that place alone. It’s not just the most beautiful saloon in all of Arizona, it also has GREAT food! The original bar was saved during the Whiskey Row fires because patrons took it across the street and continued to drink while everything burned. Doc was a regular, he allegedly killed someone there during a knife fight. Be cool to know more about that story.

@bradcourtney6615 26 күн бұрын

Hi Desolate. That story about Doc killing someone in the Palace is false history. Someone put that on Wikipedia believing that the scene in Tombstone was real history. The scene itself is actually historical fiction based on historical fiction. According to Kate, it never happened anywhere; like she said, it makes for great reading, and I wish it was true because I would be all over it writing about it. BTW, the Wikipedia page on the Palace is almost all incorrect, full of false history. Hopefully it will be taken down someday as it has misled many many people. There are no buildings standing in Prescott today that were around when Doc was here. The only Earp that could have been in the Palace is Virgil, as he returned in the 1890s and stayed around until 1903.

@SuperHorseshoer 26 күн бұрын

just read article and the one on bill Tilghman both great!! tks

@tonywoodward486 14 күн бұрын

Great stuff Bob. Keep up the good work,

@robertwildes7550 24 күн бұрын

Great to see you back Bob.

@Charles-qq7vf 25 күн бұрын

Very cool!!! I hiked back to Gillette, about 30 years ago, to find not too much of Gillette there. I'd be willing to bet there is less these days. When you first mentioned Big Nose Kate leaving Gillette for Globe, I giggled a bit, then right on cue, you hit it! You would REALLY wanted to have taken that trip back then! For those not from the area, in modern terms, my wife and I can jump in our car in the middle of downtown Phoenix, and in an hour and a half, be in Globe these days. Rock Springs, which is as close as the modern world gets to Gillette, would add 45 minutes to the trip.... The trip today, uses the same basic route they would have traveled then.

@maverickweldiing8621 23 күн бұрын

It always amazes me the amount of traveling those people did

@Bossladyone2 26 күн бұрын

Love your stories. Lived near Williamson Rd in Prescott. Watched a young couple get chased by wild pigs in downtown Prescott, hung out at the yogurt shop. loved the history time line on library sidewalk. Had a creepy feeling that I was being watched out of the corner of Bucky O Neill's statue's eye. Now we do a Costco run every now and then. I wonder what Doc and the Earp's would think about places like that?

@bradcourtney6615 26 күн бұрын

There's money in it. They would love it lol

@jonkeathley3772 26 күн бұрын

Love these videos. Big fan and subscriber to true west mag. And would like to say thank you for keeping these stories alive and even more the continuos search for truth.

@alabamabandofbrotherscampb8777 26 күн бұрын

Outstanding!!

@skyedog24 26 күн бұрын

Thank you Bob who would have thought there was more information that we hadn't already gleaned from every movie that we've seen 🤣🤣great stuff🤠

@RavenGent 26 күн бұрын

Niiiice! I will get the magazine. My man Doc really knew how wabder before coming to tombstone to join wyatt and his party. 🎩

@ginnywalker184 8 күн бұрын

So interesting. Thanks for sharing!

@r0de0 21 күн бұрын

Great story, thank you for sharing!

@kevinclipner1217 26 күн бұрын

Sounds like we need a Doc Holliday Western

@cochisecounty_travels 22 күн бұрын

Thank you BBB for the story. It was fun for me to interview Brad and hear about Docs Travels. But even you added additional info that we did not discuss.

@ArizonaGhostriders 26 күн бұрын

Nice work.

@mercedithcompala8148 18 күн бұрын

Love your wonderful stories 👋🪶

@tmcking5252 27 күн бұрын

What a great piece....

@Mikey420isTaken 27 күн бұрын

Thanks Bob, I love your content

@TheCosmicRealm3 23 күн бұрын

I seriously love this guy and this channel. I love the old west era.

@terryschiller2625 24 күн бұрын

Awesome video! Thank you Bob. I love Western history so much.

@FlyingDutchmanCoins 27 күн бұрын

Great video!

@biglog5112 24 күн бұрын

I absolutely love your story telling and this one is no exception! Please do more and more often! 13:35

@hoosierdaddy2308 24 күн бұрын

Great stuff. ❤❤❤

@norencenelson8111 27 күн бұрын

Stage coaches weren't know for their great ride or comfort. Sheesh, that buckboard sounds like riding a bicycle with a chapped ass. Interesting info, Bob. Thanks

@Wingman115 26 күн бұрын

Bob quite entertaining and great information. Thanks always for sharing.

@evankro 27 күн бұрын

Bob, have you mentioned what hat you wear? Would love to know! Thanks for these videos, they're always a welcomed watch.

@bobbell7213 26 күн бұрын

That, my friend is a custom Beaver Brank 20X hat, but i have many more from Arizona Hatters to Greeley Hat Works and Optimo in Bisbee.

@evankro 26 күн бұрын

@bobbell7213 thank you, sir! I'll have to check out those establishments next time I'm out west!

@asamcbrez4930 27 күн бұрын

History has no fathers and only Authors, whomever fathers the quote apparently owns the History. The truth owns the history, thank you Bob for seeking the truth.

@alanhope1190 27 күн бұрын

First rate! Thanks.

@PaulShaw-ex7ri 26 күн бұрын

Hey Bob , my dad told me about a filling station that used to cut peoples fan belts. That might have been your Dads outfit 👍

@tempo529 27 күн бұрын

1:59 cue the lizard lower left!

@bobbell7213 18 күн бұрын

Man, you have a good eye! You are correct. that is a lizard. How in the hell did you catch that? I tried to get a photo of it, but it's too blurry.

@davidfolts5893 26 күн бұрын

Thank you very kindly. It will be interesting to see how AI can reveal more history in the coming years, almost like time traveling back.

@Cactusflattmedia 27 күн бұрын

BBB!! So great man!!

@thellreed3593 26 күн бұрын

Kevin Jarre with Jeff Morey's recommend advise hired me for "Tombstone"

@Tactical_Toaster 10 күн бұрын

Amazing

@toddbowles8201 26 күн бұрын

Globe is also a nice place to visit.

@Gamer_1745 14 күн бұрын

I live in Prescott, nice local history.

@Sirharryflash82 25 күн бұрын

No doubt, Doc lived an interesting life.

@rexfrew5392 27 күн бұрын

Makes me want to buy a lever operated rifle! 😂 Cool stuff! Thanks!!!

@iceblue6971 26 күн бұрын

Great story. Cheers

@sixgunmiller6198 26 күн бұрын

BOB YOU REALLY SHOULD VISIT GRIFFIN GEORGIA. I HAD A 38 PAGE PAPER I DONE FOR RESEARCH THERE. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T NO WHERE IT IS,.BUT IF I CAN FIND IT I'LL SEND IT TO YOU

@roberthagedorn290 27 күн бұрын

I can only try to imagine the joy experienced by someone of those times when traveling by train for the first time after suffering through years of bouncing along in a crowded stagecoach. Long stagecoach trips must have been nightmares, especially when someone needed to relieve himself or herself.

@philheath9854 23 күн бұрын

Did the Acting Govenour (?) mention in any Memoir about rooming with Holiday ?

@bradcourtney6615 23 күн бұрын

That would have been cool. When the Tombstone drama was going on in 1881-82, I could not find any mention anywhere from anyone about the two of them being former housemates.

@AA-gj3kt 26 күн бұрын

👍👍!!!

@rickykeim2005 27 күн бұрын

I always like to know the More Human sides of these People who have become Mythical Figures it's very interesting trying to find the real Person within the Stories.

@jsfbr 27 күн бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@JoyCelebrating Күн бұрын

Bob, do you know if that train route ran from Arizona all the way to South Dakota?

@davemoore6690 22 күн бұрын

Bob, What is your pet lizard's name? You can see him in this video stopping by the stove at about minute 2 of the video...

@gsr4535 25 күн бұрын

👍

@Bumper776 25 күн бұрын

Was that your pet lizard that scampered along the left side of the screen around the 2-minute mark?

@bobbell7213 18 күн бұрын

Dang, not sure how you spotted this, but there is a lizard prancing across the flagstone where my Big Bug Creek Pot Bellied Stove sits. Good eye!

@Bumper776 18 күн бұрын

@@bobbell7213 I was a lawman for 27 years, the last four was as an elected county sheriff. I always looked for details.

@johnbeechy 26 күн бұрын

sounds like Doc paid his debt, using the earnings from his gambling ventures. hmm i do not recall Doc owing debts. at least not one unpaid. makes sense Doc would pay his bills, even if the coach was open air and Long duck trip going east. thanks for the drop.

@bradcourtney6615 26 күн бұрын

He owed a carpenter named Ward in Las Vegas, NM, for work done on the saloon he co-owned for a short period. Paid it off on April 24, 1880, before heading back to Prescott. He also faced fines for illegal gambling and gun-toting, The charges were dropped, but to Doc's credit he showed up in court, and traveled a long way to do so.

@johnbeechy 25 күн бұрын

@@bradcourtney6615 thank you for the details. i have watched, listened to many audio as well, many a video on Doc. there never seemed to be any rep for Doc not paying his bills. This video here shows more evidence of Doc paying off his bills, regardless of the cost of travel, or the threat to his health. makes Doc seem a honorable man with intent to back up his word with acts. thanks for reaffirming the memory of a Man that did back up his friends. God Bless and if u ever have to have a dentist attend to u, u share the same stories of Doc's honor. i have tried to stay away from dentists, especially any dentist that does not carry a gun or does not play cards.

@dwightcurrie8316 27 күн бұрын

Doc was Nobody's "Puppy Dog", and Denver, not Prescott is "The Mile High City"....Just saying

@gus473 27 күн бұрын

Nah, Prescott is the real deal. Denver is high, however. ಠಿ⁠_⁠ಠ

@bradcourtney6615 26 күн бұрын

@@gus473 5380 feet elevation. We often also call our town The Mile High City. :)

@PaulShaw-ex7ri 26 күн бұрын

5,280 feet is the requirement

@bradcourtney6615 26 күн бұрын

@@PaulShaw-ex7ri Like Denver, I am sure at some point in the town the requirement is met lol. But we can be the One Mile Plus 100 feet town if Denver is not willing to share :)

@bradcourtney6615 26 күн бұрын

@@PaulShaw-ex7ri I misspoke. Officially we are at 5319 feet. So close! I wonder where they measure from :)

@clints7834 12 күн бұрын

You're starting your story half way through his life. He's killed about 5 men before your story even begins. Why start in Vegas when his beginning is in Georgia, Dallas, Trinidad back to Dallas and on up through the Wyoming territory before all that OK Coral business.

@johnbeechy 26 күн бұрын

i prefer boarding rooms over renting a hotel room. the Boarding Houses usually come with a nice old lady that can cook and takes pride in her cooking. hotels being owned usually by men, with men telling the cooks what to do, not knowing in the WEST, the Cook knows Best. trail cooks are like small g gods, if they can make good biscuits.

@bradcourtney6615 26 күн бұрын

Well said :)