Photos courtesy of Western Heritage Foundation
Prescott Western Heritage Foundation presents “Doc Holliday Night” on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, AZ.
Whiskey Row Historian Bradley G. Courtney and researcher D. Sue Kissell recently learned the exact location of the house where John Henry “Doc” Holliday lived during his time in Prescott. It was located off Montezuma Street in what is now the parking lot between Bashford Courts and Yavapai Title. A fundraising effort was launched to create a bronze plaque commemorating the location. The City of Prescott will place the plaque in their easement prior to the unveiling event on Wednesday, August 14th. Why August 14th? It is Doc Holliday’s birthday!
The plaque unveiling and dedication will take place at the location at 4:00 PM, followed by a celebration that will be held at the Marina Room at the Hassayampa Inn at 5:00 PM. Tickets are $25, available through the Prescott Western Heritage Center at 156 S. Montezuma on Prescott’s Whiskey Row. To purchase tickets, visit or call 928.910.2307. Each ticket will include one raffle ticket for a signed print, “Notorious”, by local artist Kuki Hargrave. Additional raffle tickets may be purchased at the event.
The celebration will include an 1880s fashion contest. Wear your finest period outfit to participate! Prizes will be awarded for Best in Show, and Most Historically Accurate, in both men’s and women’s categories.
Do you think you look like John Henry Holliday? A Doc Holliday lookalike contest will be judged by “Doc” impersonator Cory Allen from Tombstone.
Old West entertainment will be provided by Jeff “Soapy” Smith, a great grandson of the original con man, and by Western character actor Pico Pistolero. Music will be provided by up-and-coming country artist Tyller Gummersall. Refreshments and a no host bar are included in the celebration. Meet dozens of re-enactors from local and statewide groups including the Prescott Regulators and Their Shady Ladies, the Whiskey Row Renegades, the Whiskey Row Social Club and Historical Society, and others.
A commemorative booklet, “Doc Holliday in Prescott”, written by Bradley Courtney, will be available at the event.
“The intention is for this to become an annual event celebrating local and Old West history,” said Dennis Gallagher, founder of the Prescott Western Heritage Foundation.
