Before Tombstone Holliday in Texas

Doc Holliday rang in the New Year in Dallas on Jan. 1, 1875 by shooting a fellow gambler. With a powerful planter and war hero for a father, John Henry Holliday had a lot to live up to. Not only was Major Holliday top dog in the county, he also had commanded Fannin’s Avengers, a company of Georgia volunteers, in the Mexican War. But the boy’s world collapsed when his mother passed away in 1866,…