An Interview With Doc Holliday (Gunnison, Colorado)

Val Kilmer should have got an Academy Award for that performance

I find it amazing that, back then, am education was not a common thing to have..especially college level and yet, it seems everyone spoke so eloquently. In society today, college is the norm and some folks can't string a sentence together or use the proper tense, etc.

No matter who recreates narration, on any video etc, I immediately imagine Val Kilmer. It’s amazing how accurate his portrayal of Doc is, and back when they made the movie, they didn’t have internet research like they do now! And I’m not talking about the Tombstone story, I’m talking the sheer acting talent of Kilmer

Great narrative on my favorite character from the old west. Doc Holiday was my USMC radio call sign in Nam 67-68.

This is how you learn history. Well done guys.

I can't get enough of Doc's stories, especially ones like this that I've never heard or seen in movies.

“I deviated from the path of rectitude.” The story of my life.

No one has mentioned the fact that after Doc's death his father had his body exhumed and brought back/returned to his hometown...Griffin, Ga. and re-interned in the city cemetery. It was all done at night and no one knows the exact location due to no marker being placed according to the funeral home which handled the hometown burial but it's thought he's close to his fathers grave which is marked. How do I know this ??, he was my Grandfathers 1st. cousin.

''I'm your Huckelberry'', best line, from the best movie ever👍🤠👍.

I am so happy to know of this interview and to hear how Doc expresses hisself. His speaks with great intelligence and thought that it validates the character that Val Kilmer protrays in the movie Tombstone.

A quintessential Ol’ West legend, a sporting man, a playboy, a dentist, a lunger, a gunslinger, a man of culture, a friend of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, and always in vogue.

My family built the power station in Golden Colorado in 1886 when Coors was building his brewery, crazy to think all these guys were in Colorado at that time. Didnt know my fam history in Colorado till I was moving there and my Grandfather told me the stories, he would ride the train from Kansas (my GGGF was Senator of Kansas) and buy sheep. spend time at his grannys on Grand Lake, then back with the sheep to Kansas. These people built this country, they didn't come here and demand free shite.

It always fascinates me, to learn history not contained in the history books used in school.

"...till I deviated from the path of rectitude." OMG! My sides are hurting! 😂😂 Understatement?? 😂😂

So just wanted to share a couple of things-first, sorry about the Legacy of the West intro being so low in volume. Second, I didn't have "Doc" Holliday do any coughing in the video, as the newspaper man who conducted the interview gave no description of coughing, or any mention of Doc's illness. Second, there is a time in the interview when Doc refers to Virgil Earp as Bill, that's how it is in the newspaper account. A few things might explain this, the most likely is that the newspaper man conducting the interview heard wrong or wrote down the wrong name. Thanks for watching!

What a great insight to Doc's mannerisms, and thoughts. I'm sure he was a real character.

Fascinating this shows a completely different side of Doc, most historians paint him as a quick tempered Bully ...here we see an affable even thoughtful man. great job you have earned my sub.

Doc Holliday was a cousin to Margaret Mitchell, author of the novel Gone With the Wind. Gone With the Wind was based on the experiences of Doc's family.

My favorite gunslinger of the old west. The Legendary Doc Holliday

Made me want to visit my uncle Agustin in Denver again. Those roads from Arizona to Colorado passing through New Mexico what a beautiful scenery.