# DOC HOLLIDAY: The Deadliest Legend Of The Old West
Few figures in the history of the American frontier inspire as much fascination as Doc Holliday, the sharp-tongued dentist turned gambler who became one of the most feared gunfighters of the Old West. Known for his deadly skill with a pistol and his loyal friendship with Wyatt Earp, Holliday walked the thin line between legend and reality in a time when law and chaos often collided in dusty frontier towns.
Despite suffering from tuberculosis for much of his life, he earned a reputation for courage, intelligence, and a willingness to face danger without hesitation. Stories of his role in the events leading up to the famous gunfight at the O. K.
Corral only deepened the myth that surrounds his name today.
But was Doc Holliday truly the deadliest legend of the Old West? Or has history exaggerated the man behind the myth? The answer lies somewhere between the romantic tales told around campfires and the sparse, often contradictory records left behind by those who knew him.
Wyatt Earp himself offered one of the most memorable descriptions of his friend. Earp described him as a loyal friend and good company, noting that he was a dentist whom necessity had made a gambler, a gentleman whom disease had made a vagabond, and a philosopher whom life had made a caustic wit. Earp went on to describe Holliday as a long, lean, blonde fellow nearly dead with consumption, yet somehow still the most skillful gambler and the nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun he ever knew.
John Henry Holliday, better known to history as Doc Holliday, was an American dentist who later became widely known as a gambler and frontier figure closely associated with lawman Wyatt Earp. Yet beyond the public persona lay a complicated individual whose path through the Old West was shaped by illness, necessity, chance encounters, and an unbreakable bond of friendship.
Holliday gained lasting fame for his involvement in the tense events surrounding the famous confrontation near the O. K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.
Over time, the stories told about his life grew much larger than the reality, with some legends claiming he had taken the lives of many men. However, modern historical research suggests that the number was likely far smaller, probably between one and three, showing how frontier myths often expanded far beyond the documented historical record.
Holliday’s life and personality have fascinated historians and storytellers for generations. As a result, his story has appeared in numerous books and has been dramatized many times on screen. His sharp wit, loyalty to friends, and reputation as a fearless gambler helped transform him into one of the most recognizable characters of the American Old West.
## Early Life and Education
Born in Georgia, Holliday followed a professional path very different from the one that later made him famous. At just twenty years old, he earned a degree in dentistry from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery and opened a dental practice in Griffin, Georgia. Not long afterward, however, he was diagnosed with consumption, the same illness that had claimed the life of his mother when he was fifteen and had also affected his family earlier.
Because dry climates were believed to help ease the disease’s symptoms, Holliday moved west, eventually settling in the American Southwest. In frontier towns throughout the Arizona Territory, gambling was considered a respectable way to earn a living, and Holliday soon adopted it as his primary occupation. During the following years, he reportedly experienced several tense confrontations typical of frontier life.
One well-known story describes Holliday assisting Wyatt Earp during a heated saloon dispute in Texas, an event that helped cement the friendship between the two men. The exact facts of this event have been debated, but the bond it created would influence both lives for years to come.
By 1879, Holliday joined Earp in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and later traveled with him to Prescott, Arizona Territory before eventually arriving in the booming mining town of Tombstone. There, tensions frequently arose between local lawmen and a loosely organized group known as the Cochise County Cowboys. Rumors circulated widely during this period, including claims that Holliday had been involved in a stagecoach robbery, allegations that historians continue to debate to this day.
On October 26th, 1881, Tombstone City Marshal Virgil Earp temporarily appointed Holliday as a deputy. That same day, law officers attempted to disarm several cowboys near the O. K.
Corral on the west side of town, resulting in one of the most famous confrontations in frontier history. The incident lasted only moments, yet it became one of the defining episodes of the entire frontier era.
The Hanging Ride continued long after that fateful October day. In the months that followed, tensions in Tombstone remained extremely high. Virgil Earp later suffered serious injuries from attackers and Morgan Earp lost his life.
Frustrated by the lack of legal resolution, Wyatt Earp formed a federal posse after being appointed Deputy United States Marshal, and Holliday joined that group in pursuit of the individuals they believed responsible.
During this period, Wyatt Earp encountered Frank Stilwell near a railroad station as Virgil was preparing for California, and afterward, Arizona authorities issued warrants for several members of the posse, including Holliday. Over the following weeks in early 1882, the group continued its pursuit of suspected cowboys before eventually leaving the Arizona Territory for New Mexico.
Holliday’s later years were spent largely in Colorado, where he hoped that the mountain climate might ease the effects of tuberculosis. Wyatt Earp eventually learned that Arizona officials still sought eagerly for the return of his friend, but the Colorado governor declined to comply. Holliday spent his remaining time in towns such as Leadville and Glenwood Springs, where he continued gambling and socializing despite his quickly deteriorating health.
In 1887, at the age of just thirty-six, Doc Holliday passed away from tuberculosis while staying at the Hotel Glenwood in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Today, historians continue to examine the facts behind the legend, revealing a complex man whose real story is often just as compelling as the myths that surround him.
## Family and Roots
Doc Holliday was born during a time of national turmoil. John Henry Holliday came into the world in Griffin, Georgia, the son of Henry Burroughs Holliday and Alice Jane McKey Holliday. His family heritage traced back to English and Scottish roots, a background common among many southern families of the mid-nineteenth century.
Holliday grew up during a turbulent period in American history as the country moved toward civil war. His father served as a major in the 27th Georgia Infantry during the American Civil War and had previously participated in the Mexican-American War. These military and civic connections placed the Holliday family squarely within the currents of their era.
In 1852, young John Henry was baptized at the First Presbyterian Church of Griffin, reflecting the strong religious traditions of the community in which he was raised. The family valued education and morality, both through the schools and the church.
In 1864, the Holliday family relocated to Valdosta, Georgia, where Henry Holliday later became involved in local civic life and was eventually elected mayor. The family experienced significant personal hardship during those years. On September 16th, 1866, Holliday’s mother died of tuberculosis, a disease that was widespread in the nineteenth century and difficult to treat at the time.
The illness also claimed the life of Holliday’s adopted brother Francisco, whom Henry Holliday had brought home following the war. Just three months after his wife’s passing, Henry remarried Rachel Martin, and the family continued their life in Valdosta.
Holliday received his education at the Valdosta Institute, where he studied a classical curriculum typical of well-regarded southern schools of that era. His studies included rhetoric, literature, history, and languages. Like many educated young men of the time, he learned Latin and also gained some knowledge of French and ancient Greek, subjects intended to prepare students for a professional career or further academic study.
In 1870, at the age of nineteen, Holliday left Georgia and traveled north to Philadelphia, one of the country’s major centers for higher education and medical training. There he enrolled at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, an institution that would later become part of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
On March 1st, 1872, Holliday completed his studies and earned his doctor of dental surgery degree at just twenty years of age. Because the legal age required to practice dentistry was twenty-one, the school held Holliday’s diploma until he reached that age later in the year. His graduation five months before his twenty-first birthday demonstrated both his academic ability and his desire to begin building a professional future.
## A Dentist’s Rise and Fall
After completing his dental education, Doc Holliday first traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked as an assistant to his former classmate A. Jameson Forbes Jr.
The arrangement lasted only a few months. By the end of July, Holliday had relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, where he joined a dental practice and began trying to establish himself professionally.
In Atlanta, Holliday’s professional opportunities slowly began to grow. He was living with relatives and slowly began to gain recognition as a professional. Just a few weeks before his twenty-first birthday, a few dental groups began taking notice of his abilities and announced that Holliday would temporarily take over his responsibilities for the dental meetings.
Some later stories claim that Holliday may have been involved in a controversial incident along the Thrashingwhat River in Georgia around 1873. The earliest written account appeared decades later in 1907 when Bat Masterson published a profile of Holliday. According to Masterson’s version of events, Holliday and several companions encountered a group of African American US Army soldiers swimming in a location that Holliday and his friends considered their own swimming area.
A later recollection from a relative suggested that Holliday had shot above the soldiers’ heads to frighten them away. However, historians caution that these accounts are difficult to verify and may indicate the increasing emphasis on storytelling that surrounded many frontier figures.
Modern researchers have found little reliable evidence supporting Masterson’s dramatic version of the event. Historians of frontier history who spent months examining records found no documentation confirming the incident. Likewise, other authors known for his research on well-known figures concluded that Masterson’s story lacked credible supporting evidence.
As a result, many historians regard the tale as part of the growing folklore that developed around Holliday long after his death.
## The Medical Diagnosis That Changed Everything
Not long after establishing his dental practice in 1873, Holliday received devastating news about his new profession. Doctors diagnosed him with tuberculosis, the same illness that had previously claimed the life of his mother. At the time, medical knowledge about the disease was limited, and treatment options were few.
Physicians reportedly told Holliday that he might have only a short time to live, though they suggested that better conditions in a warmer, drier climate might slow the progression of the illness. Following this advice, Holliday decided to move westward and plan for the move. When the doctor returned to his practice in September, Holliday decided to leave Georgia and travel to Dallas, Texas, which was then one of the last major cities before the sparsely settled regions of the western frontier.
This decision marked the beginning of a dramatic chapter of his life that later made the one of the most famous figures of the American Old West.
## Dallas and the Turn to Gambling
When Doc Holliday arrived in Dallas, Texas, he formed a dental partnership with Dr. John A. Seagger, a longtime family acquaintance.
The two dentists went to work building a practice together.
They supported their office on Elm Street between Market and Austin Streets, placing them in a busy part of Dallas’s growing commercial district. At the annual fair held during the Dallas County Fair, their dental work earned three prizes: best set of teeth in gold, best set in vulcanized rubber, and best set of artificial teeth and dental ware. Such recognition seemed to promise a successful future in the dental profession.
Despite this, the practice did not last long, as the partnership dissolved in March 1874. Holliday soon opened a dental office of his own, but his ability to maintain a steady dental career was increasingly challenged by the symptoms of tuberculosis, which caused violent coughing fits that could make working with patients difficult.
As his dental work declined, Holliday began turning more seriously to gambling, a common profession in frontier communities where card games were widely accepted forms of entertainment. By this time, gambling was becoming his primary source of income. Dentist idling sometimes turned to a stable future as his main source of income.
In May 1874, court records show that Holliday and a dozen other men in Dallas were formally charged with entertainment gambling activities, reflecting the sometimes uncertain legal environment surrounding gaming during that era. In January 1875, Holliday was involved in a dispute with a saloon owner when shots were reportedly exchanged but no one was injured. There was no guilty verdict.
Around this period, he moved his dental office north to Dallas, Texas. But after receiving a fine in connection with gambling in Dallas, he decided to leave the state entirely and continue traveling west.
Holliday’s journey took him along stage routes across the frontier where he supported himself through gambling in town and at military outposts. During the summer of 1875, he arrived in Denver, Colorado, using the name Tom McKey, where he worked as a farro dealer, a popular card game of the era.
While in Denver, Holliday reportedly had a serious dispute with a well-known gambler. The conflict escalated into a knife fight that left Ryan badly injured, prompting Holliday to leave the area soon afterward.
News of gold discoveries in Wyoming soon drew Holliday farther north. In early 1876, he arrived in Cheyenne, where he worked as a card dealer at a local saloon. Later that year, the saloon moved to the booming mining town of Deadwood, South Dakota, and Holliday accompanied the owner there.
By 1877, he had returned to Cheyenne, then traveled to Denver and eventually made his way to Kansas, visiting relatives before heading to Texas.
## The Wichita Shooting and Recovery
In July 1877, John Holliday became involved in a heated argument with gambler O’Khan. The dispute expanded into a physical confrontation and both men were arrested and then the police had to be called in to separate them. The conflict did not end there.
Later the same day, Khan confronted Holliday again and fired a shot that left him badly, dangerously injured. Early newspaper reports mistakenly claimed that Holliday had died from the incident. In reality, he survived, and his cousin had to travel considerable distance, out to help care for him while he slowly recovered.
After regaining his health, Holliday moved to Fort Griffin, Texas, a frontier outpost known for its saloons and gambling houses. While working as a card dealer, he met Mary Katherine Horony, commonly known as Big Nose Kate, a dance hall performer who occasionally worked as a prostitute. Kate was known for being independent and outspoken.
Historical records suggest that she was the only woman with whom Doc maintained a long-term romantic relationship. She would remain associated with his life and legend for years to come.
## Meeting Wyatt Earp
In October 1877, a group of outlaws led by a notorious figure carried out a robbery at a railroad construction camp in Kansas headed toward Texas. During this period, Wyatt Earp received an appointment as the deputy marshal, giving him authority to pursue the suspect across territorial boundaries.
Determined to locate him, Earp traveled more than four hundred miles from Dodge City to Fort Griffin, Texas. While in Fort Griffin, Earp visited the Beehive Saloon, one of the largest establishments in town. Later, he was told by the owner that the fugitive had indeed passed through Fort Griffin earlier in the week and, and suggested that Earp might speak with a gambler named Doc Holliday.
Earp spoke with Holliday in the saloon, and the gambler shared his belief that the outlaw may have been heading back toward the north. Acting on Holliday’s information, Earp sent a telegram to a county official in Kansas warning that the fugitive was likely returning in that direction.
After spending roughly a month, Earp returned to Dodge City and accepted the position of becoming city marshal.
During the summer of 1878, Doc Holliday and Mary Catherine HONY arrived in Dodge City. The pair stayed at a boarding house, registered under the names Doctor and Mrs. John H.
Holliday. Hoping to return to his original profession, Holliday tried to resume dental work, and placed an advertisement in the local newspaper offering his services, promising refunds if patients were not satisfied.
One widely repeated story from that period describes an incident involving Holliday. The story was told many years later, but newspaper reports from the time have not been found to verify the details. Yet even if the story grew in the telling, Holliday’s aid marked the beginning of a close friendship between the two men that would grow into a legendary companions.
## New Mexico—A New Chapter
By the late 1870s, Doc Holliday had developed a reputation not only for skill at the card table, but also for skill with firearms. A few days before Christmas in 1878, Holliday and Kate traveled to the frontier town of Las Vegas, New Mexico, known for its natural springs that were believed to provide therapeutic support.
While in Las Vegas, Holliday attempted to reopen a dental practice while continuing to earn money through gambling. However, the winter proved unusually cold and economic activity in the town slowed considerably. At the same time, the territorial legislature passed a new law prohibiting gambling throughout the territory.
In March 1879, Holliday was charged with operating a gambling device and paid a $25 fine, reflecting the increasing legal pressure on gambling establishments in the region. Facing both harsh weather and new gaming restrictions, Holliday returned to Dodge City, Kansas.
Meanwhile, major changes were taking place. In September 1879, Wyatt Earp resigned his position as assistant marshal in Dodge City and prepared to move west. Accompanied by his companion Mattie Blaylock, his brother Jim, and Jim’s wife, the group headed toward Arizona Territory.
Holliday and Kate soon traveled back to Las Vegas, where they met the Earps again before the group continued westward together.
In November 1879, they arrived in Prescott, Arizona, which served as the territorial capital. Before leaving Dodge City permanently, Holliday had been briefly involved with a party organized by a federal law official to prevent conflict between two rival railroad companies fighting for control of a narrow passage known as the Royal Gorge.
The gorge was strategically important because it would determine which railroad gained access to the rapidly growing mining town of Leadville, Colorado. Tensions between the two companies escalated into a series of legal and personal confrontations, sometimes called the Royal Gorge Railroad War.
Holliday remained in the region for about two and a half months while federal authorities worked to prevent conflict. Eventually, a negotiated settlement ended the dispute. During this period, Holliday reportedly received a portion of a $10,000 payment as part of the settlement arrangement.
## A Shooting and a Saloon
Around the end of summer, another confrontation found its way into the growing legend of the frontier dentist. A man who had been arguing with a woman he knew was followed by Holliday afterward. Gordon fired a shot and was wounded, and died the following day.
Despite the incident, Holliday went immediately back to work. The next day, he purchased wood and organized the construction of a saloon that he opened in the community. During his stay, he was eventually summoned to court several times to answer for gambling and for carrying a weapon, steering a conflict between leading figures and the West.
## Arizona Territory and Tombstone
For a time, Doc Holliday and Kate seemed to be settling into life in New Mexico. That changed when news arrived about the rapidly growing silver boom in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.
The opportunity drew many fortune seekers westward. Holliday and Kate decided to join the Earps on the road to the new boomtown. The group left, heading toward Prescott.
After several weeks, they arrived, and Holliday and Kate stayed at a local hotel while the brothers continued on to Tombstone.
Holliday chose to remain temporarily in Prescott because he believed the town offered better gaming prospects. Like many frontier towns, Prescott had an active social scene where gambling was a source of income.
During the spring of 1880, Holliday and Kate separated briefly, and she moved to Globe, Arizona. Job returned briefly to New Mexico to settle legal and business matters. He was again by June and remained in Prescott for a time.
One of the two known photographs of Doc Holliday was taken in that era. In September 1880, Holliday finally joined the Earp family in Tombstone, a booming mining town fueled by the discovery of silver.
Some accounts suggest that the Earp may have invited Holliday to help them navigate growing tensions between local law enforcement and the loosely organized cowboys. As tensions increased, Holliday soon became caught up in the disputes that eventually culminated in the famous confrontation.
## An Accusation of Robbery
During this period, Holliday’s relationship with Kate was turbulent. The two argued constantly, and after a particularly heated moment, he forced her to leave. According to local Cook, they reportedly took advantage of the situation.
Under the influence of alcohol, Kate signed a statement accusing Holliday, the deaths of passengers during a stage manager attack on March 15th, 1881. The coach had been carrying a shipment of $26,000 at the time, a huge sum for the era.
In the incident, the stage was attacked during a ride near Tombstone. When the driver was ill, a passenger had taken the driver’s seat. When several armed men attempted to stop the stage, the driver returned fire defending the coach.
In the exchange that followed, a passenger and an attacker was hit.
The fight yielded complications. Based on Kate’s affidavit, Judge Wells Spicer issued a warrant for Holliday, and rumors spread throughout the town that he had been involved in the crime.
That night, Holliday became involved in a new difficulty that drowned in the saloon. In the incident, he then fired the weapon, and charged later.
Meanwhile, the Earp brothers worked. By the time they were found later, she realized she was innocent. He had been encouraged, pressured, and that the statement would be used against him.
With due process, the judge dismissed the charges.
After all of that, Holliday arranged for Kate to leave town by stage.
## The Gunfight That Shook the Frontier
On October 26th, 1881, Virgil Earp held two important positions in the Arizona boomtown. He was both a marshal and the town’s chief of police. That morning, he received reports that several members of the notorious group were carrying firearms within the city limits.
Tombstone had an ordinance requiring all visitors and newcomers to leave their firearms with a stable owner or a “Karun,” a short-barreled shotgun, from a local business. The city code was strict: no firearms, with the exception of law enforcement officers, could be carried within Tom, the in the town.
Because tensions between the cowboys and the Earp had been building for several months, the reports raised immediate concerns. In response, Virgil temporarily appointed Doc Holliday as a deputy and asked his brothers Wyatt and Morton to help.
The men set out to find the cowboys to disarm them. On their way, they met the town sheriff, who told them he had already disarmed the cowboys.
Despite what the sheriff said, the group relocated to a place where they found the armed men facing them near a narrow street between the Harwood House and a building that was a narrow lot that was only 15 feet wide. Holiday had been staying at a boarding house and some historians suggested the tension between him and the group had been caused by previous conflicts.
In the center, Virgil gave Holliday a coach gun. Whatever was said in the next seconds became the subject of legal and stories for a century. What remained was the violent exchange would last only a few moments, but catapult the gunfight to the top of American lore.
Witnesses varied wildly. Some said Holliday first drew a nickel-plated revolver. Others claimed he called the shotgun he had been holding.
During the brief exchange, two of the cowboys were killed and one was injured. Holliday himself was grazed by a bullet. The gun that was historically famous lasted only a few moments.
Two of the cowboys god, and one was wounded, and men passed.
Following the incident, a 30-day preliminary hearing was held. After reviewing testimony from many witnesses, Judge Spicer concluded that the officers had been acting within their authority as law enforcement officers, trying to press an town weapon ordinance.
Although the legal rule cleared the men,state of division, town remained dangerous. One of the cowboys, who constantly remained alive, continued to create a lot of trouble.
## The Earp Vendetta Ride
In the months following the gunfight, violence continued to rock the Tombstone community. Law enforcement was a job that had to be done.
On December 27th, 1881, Virgil Earp was brutally ambushed while walking through the night. The shot tore apart his left arm, and the doctors tried to save he was armed; but because of the deadly wounds it ended his as a chief lawman.
The launch severely injured the arm; he survived, but was telegram – permanently disabled.
Only a few months later, the situation became much more deadly. On March 19th, 1882, Morgan Earp was killed shot while playing billiards in a Tombstone saloon. A bullet had broken through a window and struck him in the back, and it was quickly identified several cowboys as the most possible suspects in both attacks.
Following Morgan’s death, Wyatt Earp was appointed a federal deputy marshal with a federal posse. Among those he was appointed were Doc Holliday, Warren Earp, and other men.
Their immediate goal was to protect the remaining and pursue those responsible. Shortly after, Wyatt and his deputies escorted the injured Virgil and Alvey toward the railroad station and bound for California.
While at the Tucson station on March 20th, the group claimed they saw two known men in the dark. They said the men were lurking near the dark railcars, armed and waiting to ambush the crippled brother.
The next morning, the body of one of the men was discovered near the line near the railroad tracks. Wyatt Earp later stated he had killed, but still begin to believe in the encounters.
Because of the events of the killing, legal warrants were issued for the arrest warrant, and the Earps would write.
Despite the warrant, the group returned to Tombstone for one more time. On March 21st, they met with friends, and a partner came along. Along the way, they stopped at a wood camp, told the group that a man working at the area, and then they were seen leaving.
Two days after the saw, they entered, the posse traveled to the mountains where they expected to meet a man who was bringing supplies, but instead they found a group of cowboys. It was not, the fight that would later be remembered as the devastating battle of the old west, but as in that in the prairie day, something happened.
## The Iron Springs Shootout
According to Wyatt and what was, they had been asked, they encountered a group of later several writer cowboy. In sudden rage, they recognized Wyatt and reached for the shotgun.
Gunfire opened.
During the battle, a horse went down. Equal. With the help of the ground, and the system.
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## Moving to Colorado
When the posse reached town, they had a court arrest. They decided to get out of Arizona.
They rode to New Mexico. At 1 point, the long friendship between JOhn Holliday and Wyatt Earp came under strain. The two argued breaking.
Details share. Records indicate that in a restaurant, John said something that was personal about the Earps, and that was causes the marriages. The dispute was at the time temporary.
It began the first separation of the two.
Leaving the town separate, Holiday continued north with solo tips, and eventually they arrived in Pueblo, Colorado, which became the final chapter.
## Colorado and Legal Troubles
In mid-May 1882, Doc Holliday was arrested in Denver, Colorado. The warrant was from the death of the fallen.
When Wyatt Earp learned, he grew worried that the afternoon. The violent betrayal of the Kansas would be returned to Arizona.
Believing his friend would become a scapegoat, Earp reached out to his old friend and lawman, who was the police in Trinidad. They tried to get into legal troubles in Colorado.
Holliday’s extradition hearing, assuming was to be scheduled and at the last minute, they tried to see the governor with plans. Letter from the governor’s office to request a delay.
The legal hearings documented last year: the extradition warrant did not match the proper legally required by law. The second, a legal Colorado charge was was pending, so had legal authority to keep his home.
The governor declined to honor the warrant, and Holliday was free from extradition.
About two weeks after the arrest, Holiday was released on bail. In June 1882, Earp and Holliday met again and renewed their friendship as briefly.
They met once more several years later. In the winter of 1886, the two reportedly ran into each other in Denver. By the time, Doc was in terrible health.
The cough was constant and he was 36: an old man.
Yet the action was far from over. He had a reputation. Due to, many were afraid.
## Death of Johnny Ringo
On July 14th, 1882, Johnny Ringo, a deputy very associated with the group, was found dead in the West Turkey Creek Valley. A coroner’s jury concluded the death was likely suicide.
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## The Last Recorded Shooting
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## The Final Winter
In 1887, Doc’s health was dying. His hair had grown white, and the tuberculosis was advanced bitter. In the last years, he traveled to the hot springs, a town famed in the mountains for its mineral springs.
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