The Truth Behind Legendary Old West Gambling Gunslinger Doc Holliday

Right Time, Right Place

Holliday didn’t reveal anything, and Earp chased Rudabaugh to Kansas, but that wasn’t the last time the two would meet. Some time later, Holliday and Horony arrived in Dodge City, where Holliday was looking for dentist work. Earp was in town, too—and Holliday would become the man who saved his life.

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