Though he was a native son of the old South, John Henry Holliday earned lasting fame in the old West in the 1880s. He was born August 14, 1851, in Georgia’s Spalding County in the small town of Griffin. In 1864, with the advancing threat of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s forces moving through Georgia during […]
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The Georgia native was involved in numerous affrays in the Old West over the years, and didn’t hesitate to defend himself – usually to great advantage. Nevertheless, many shootings attributed to Doc Holliday either never happened at all, or were simply done by other individuals. John Henry Holliday was born and raised in the Georgia
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He was well-educated, and, early in his life, seemed destined for a long productive career as a dentist. Fate, however, dealt him a different hand, sending him upon a circuitous route through the Old West where he faced many challenges before tuberculosis finally took him.
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Though much of his life has been documented for posterity, a number of gaps still exist in the collective record of his life and times. One would just naturally anticipate that a person as “celebrated” as is John Henry Holliday would have little unknown information in the story of his life – even with a
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As of this writing (2022), John Henry “Doc” Holliday has been dead for almost 135 years, but his legend today is more profoundly and widely-known than ever before. He was born in Griffin, Georgia, and spent a fair amount of time in the Atlanta area, visiting with his uncle’s family and later practicing dentistry. Many
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They were prominent in the construction industry in Bartow County as early as the 1850s – almost 175 years ago as of 2024. The Jackson brothers left a standing legacy which is visible in many of the wonderful antebellum and post-bellum homes which still grace the landscape of the county even today. A solitary entry
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As of the year 2024, the inexplicable gold mine had secretly existed beneath the basement of the famous Smith House Restaurant in Dahlonega for almost 125 years. It is unknown today why the original owner – Capt. Frank W. Hall – did not mine all the gold in the vein, or why he chose to
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Exactly two days before Christmas of 1926, a lot of the passengers upon the northbound Ponce de Leon passenger train in northwest Georgia had happy plans for the upcoming holiday season. Little did they know, they not only would never enjoy those plans, they would never see Christmas on this earth again. “I heard the
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Today, many of Holliday’s former haunts on the frontier of the Old West in the 1880s surprisingly still exist, much as they did when he yet breathed the fresh Arizona and Colorado air. Looking for a great vacation opportunity with lots of Old West history? Knowing that many of the historic sites from the 1880s
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Moonshine, Murder & Mayhem in Georgia
Georgia Backroads Traveler
Tales of the Rails in Georgia
Lakemont, GA: The Early Years
Mystery & History in Georgia, Vol. 1
Mystery & History in Georgia, Vol. 2
Genealogy Keys to Georgia Family Trees
Memories of Army Life & MPs of the 529th
John Henry ‘Doc’ Holliday
Gunmen, Lawmen, & Wild Men of Early GA
After All That We’ve Been Through
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