Imagine sitting at the dentist, getting a routine check up, when suddenly the doctor coughs in your face—and again, several times during the procedure. You later hear that he has tuberculosis. After many patients had heard this, John Henry “Doc” Holliday lost nearly all of his business.
Doc moved to Dallas, Texas in search of a drier climate and a fresh start in dentistry. He found what he was looking for as far as dentistry was concerned; but Dallas, located in the heart of North Cen

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows