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Friday, June 27, 2025
Doc and Big-Nose Kate
By the time he landed in Tombstone, Arizona, Doc had become both feared and admired. Quick with a shot and quicker with his temper, he stood by Wyatt Earp through saloons, shootouts, and the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. But the one person he trusted above all? Big Nose Kate.
Born Mary Katharine Haroney, she wasn't just some saloon girl with a nickname. She was Hungarian by birth, fluent in several languages, educated, fierce, and independent. Their relationship burned hot—loud fights, long separations, but always a bond that pulled them back together. She once helped him escape from jail, setting fire to a building as a diversion. Not a storybook romance—but something far wilder.
They weren't heroes. Not by any tidy legend's standard. They were outlaws with a heart, survivors with sharp edges, holding onto each other while the West burned around them.
Doc died in a sanitarium in Colorado at 36. Kate lived decades longer, telling their story on her terms.
Together, they remain etched in legend—not for what they tamed, but for what they dared to live through.
#DocAndKate #WildWestLove
~Old Photo Club
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