John Henry "Doc" Holliday was born in Griffin, GA, August 14,185 l. His brief and tumultuous existence led him to Glenwood Springs, CO, in May of 1887, where he died November 8, of that same year.
.During his short lifetime, Doc Holliday, as he was called, graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery at Philadelphia, PA, and practiced dentistry in several states. He also gambled, dealt faro, and was involved in several disputes, some resulting in the death of another individual, in many of these same states. His wanderings around the Southwest took Doc to Texas, Wyoming, New Mexico, Kansas, and of course, Tombstone, Arizona. In the most infamous dispute of Doc Holliday's career, Doc, the Earps and the cattle rustling Clantons, "shot it out" at the OK Corral in Tombstone, October 26,1881. After several more years of wandering, fighting, and gambling, Doc Holliday, a tubercular, came to Glenwood Springs, hoping that the restorative waters would be beneficial to his health. Unfortunately, it was too late for Doc.