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Doc Hits Bottom (but not much else)

by | Aug 18, 2023 | Classic Gunfights, Features & Gunfights

Doc Holliday vs Billy Allen “Doc Holliday is ten feet tall and weighs a ton.” —The Arizona Daily Star   August 19, 1884 Broke, sick and usually drunk, Doc Holliday hits rock bottom in Leadville, Colorado. Today, a fellow gambler, Billy Allen, is demanding Doc


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