He hoped the miraculous mineral hot springs and vapor caves could provide a cure, or at least offer some relief. Holliday checked himself into the Hotel Glenwood Springs, which burned to the ground in Currently, it is the location of Bullocks, a western goods store, as well as the home of the Doc Holliday Collection. Operated by the Glenwood Historical Society and Frontier Museum, it houses an array of artifacts, including an engraved pistol purportedly given to him by his girlfriend Big Nose Kate.
Holliday spent the last 57 days of his life in Glenwood Springs. On November 8, , he was said to have asked for a glass of whiskey, which he thoroughly enjoyed. There are no bathrooms. And take water. Wear tennis shoe or hiking boots. No flip flops or sandals. What you will find is a wonderful pioneer cemetery with a wonderful view of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Note the trial is not maintained if there is snow.
Doc is on the northwest edge of the cemetery. He looks over the valley below. And has a black fence around the grave. And this is a replacement headstone. While you are there also visit Kid Curry. He rode with Butch Cassidy. Great little hike We enjoyed our visit to the graveyard Our visit was late October so the Our visit was late October so the leaves changing added to the beauty.
Doc Holiday Tombstone is our favorite movie so had to go see Doc Holidays grave. Traveling from town to town, he quickly gained a reputation as a man unafraid to defend himself with guns and knives. After the legendary gunfight at the O. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz.
In May Holliday arrived in Glenwood Springs, most likely to soothe his hacking cough in the vapor of the hot springs. Perhaps Holliday found it amusing that, after years of cheating death in gun and knife fights, he died peacefully in bed. The Hotel Glenwood burned down in , and no records have been found stating exactly where bodies were buried in nearby Linwood Cemetery. Another version is that she was told that his body had already been removed and taken back to Georgia.
Another fact concerning the death of John Henry Holliday is that upon his passing a notice was sent to his first cousin, Mattie Holliday, then known as Sister Mary Melanie, a Sister of Mercy in Georgia. They had corresponded for the fifteen years he had been away from home.
Also note that his belongings were sent to her. So after November 8, Mattie knew the town and state in which he was buried. I am sure as befitting; she then contacted various family members to relay this sad news.
I feel sure she knew John Henry's heart and desires better than anyone alive and would have prevailed upon the family to ensure that his body was brought home where he belonged and where he wanted. Also, being from the South myself I know Southern families and most Southern families take death and their dead seriously. I would think that would be true with any family.
But I know here in the south, family feuds have been started in regards to where a family member is laid to rest. It has been argued that Major Henry Holliday, John Henry's father, was still at odds with his only son and would not have been inclined to have his body brought home. This I cannot believe possible.
Regardless of any ill will, if any still existed on the Major's part in , John Henry was Major Holliday's only son. I contend that he would not have wanted the body of his only son to stay out west.
He would have wanted him home. The Major had the means and the money to make such a wish reality. He had considerable influence in Georgia, even becoming the Mayor of Valdosta.
According to information obtained, Major Henry Holliday was acquainted and perhaps friends with the Thomas family. The Thomas family owns the burial plots that are believed to be the resting place of John Henry and his father. Some have brought up the fact that there is no headstone. I feel sure the family didn't want anyone seeking out the grave to disturb it and went to great means to hide it.
The argument that the family was concerned over his notoriety and therefore sought to protect him from curiosity seekers is very believable. Everyone desires peace. Is it so difficult to imagine that the family desired peace for themselves as well as their famous family member? The family was always a close knit one and regardless of the infamy John Henry had brought upon the Holliday name, he was still viewed as family.
Some could argue that he never wished to return to Georgia. But when John Henry left Georgia to travel to Dallas, Texas, he did not do so thinking he would never return. According to Karen Holliday Tanner, In Search of the Holliday's, even the family believed he would soon recover and return home.
In fact he left most of his belongings in Georgia in the home of his uncle, Dr. John Stiles Holliday. So why would he leave part of his belongings in Georgia if he had already decided never to return? You must remember that had John Henry never contacted Tuberculosis, he probably never would have left Georgia.
He had already made plans to begin a partnership with his cousin, Robert Holliday as soon as Robert graduated.
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