Doc Holliday

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In Wyoming's early days, boxing was the most popular spectator sport. The biggest boxing match to ever take place in the Cowboy State became famous, not because of the fight, but due to the legendary alliance it helped create. On July 4,1869, Wyatt Earp arrived at the Cheyenne Depot to take bets on a bout pitting travelling professional fighter Mike Donovan versus upstart John Shanssey... Read Mor

On July 4, 1869, a boxing match in Cheyenne would later lead to one of the most legendary alliances in American history.

Before John Henry "Doc" Holliday became one of the most legendary characters in old west history, the notorious gambler spent one wild winter in Wyoming. According to the Old West Daily Reader,  Holliday came to Cheyenne, by way of Denver, in February of 1876...