A Friendship Is Born
Although the details remain murky, Holliday befriended Wyatt Earp, an Old West lawman and gambler and deputy marshal. Legend has it that Earp was pursuing “Dirty” Dave Rudabaugh, the leader of a group of outlaws, when he met Holliday while gambling. He questioned Holliday about the bandits’ whereabouts…
Right Time, Right Place
Holliday didn’t reveal anything, and Earp chased Rudabaugh to Kansas, but that wasn’t the last time the two would meet. Some time later, Holliday and Horony arrived in Dodge City, where Holliday was looking for dentist work. Earp was in town, too—and Holliday would become the man who saved his life.
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