Famed gambler and gunfighter Doc Holliday will soon be getting his own museum in Glenwood Springs, which is set to open in August.
Bullock's, the downtown apparel and furniture store in Glenwood Springs, sits on the former site of the Glenwood Springs Hotel. The hotel is where Doc Holliday, a notorious gambler and gunfighter, died 130 years ago -- signs are placed on all of the doors at Bullock's that read: "Doc Holliday died here November 8, 1887." And for a while, those signs were the only things marking the site of Holliday's death. All of that is going to change with a Doc Holliday Museum. [caption id="attachment_18145" align="aligncenter" width="1857"]
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Shop owner Bill Bullock told The Denver Post,
I think we're so overdue to try and grasp Doc Holliday. We've got a famous character, and the town's never really taken advantage of it."The museum will be the first satellite museum created by the Glenwood Springs Historical Society and is set to open on August 12, 2017. The Historical Society hopes that more partnerships will result in more satellite museums throughout downtown Glenwood Springs. The Historical Society recently purchased the derringer ($84,000), which was given to Holliday by his common-law wife, Mary Katherine "Big Nose Kate" Horony-Cummings. The gun is believed to have been with Holliday when he died. It will be the museum's centerpiece, with other information about Holliday and artifacts from the time period on display as well. What do you know about Doc Holliday and the Old West? Any fun facts about the famed gunslinger? Share them with us in the comments below.
