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<p>A telephone bidder in New Mexico made the winning bid for the Colt .45 revolver Thursday night.</p> <p>The auction of numerous items related to Earp and his family in Scottsdale, Ariz., brought in more than $445,000, officials with J. Levine Auction & Appraisal officials said.</p>

Stephen Keith, left, plays Doc Holliday, in a production he wrote, directed and produced at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, with, from left, Aaron Gain (Frank McLaury), Craig Oldfather (Wyatt Earp) and Jim Morris (Morgan Earp). “We have founded our entire economy on a 30-second triple homicide,” Keith says. “Without the gunfight, this town would be rubble in the desert with a pretty name.”

  The Doc Holliday Principle David C. Stolinsky June 27, 2011       http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/tombstone01.jpg Boot Hill Cemetery, Tombstone, Arizona In the film “Tombstone,” lawman Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and his friend Doc Holliday confront a violent outlaw gang. But Doc has tuberculosis − of which he will die at age 36 − and should be resting. A member of the posse asks Holliday why he is exerting himself. Doc replies, “Wyatt’s my friend.” The man says, “Hell, I’ve got lots of friends.” Doc replies, “I don’t.” Here we have the first part of the Doc Holliday Principle: When...

Dupnik's Former Deputy Calls UsJanuary 21, 2011 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT We're gonna start in Sarasota, Florida, with Bob. You're first. It's great to have you here, sir. Hello. CALLER: Yes. Mega dittos from a three-decade listener. RUSH: Thank you. CALLER: How you doing? RUSH: Very well, sir. Thanks very much. CALLER: Yeah, I'm a retired Pima County sheriff's deputy. I retired back in '95, and I just wanted to share with you -- RUSH: Wait just a second. When was Sheriff Dupnik elected? CALLER: He was elected back in -- actually he assumed the position back in 1980s. RUSH: No, no,...

On This Day In History November 8, 1887 Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis On this day, Doc Holliday--gunslinger, gambler, and occasional dentist--dies from tuberculosis. Though he was perhaps most famous for his participation in the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, John Henry "Doc" Holliday earned his bad reputation well before that famous feud. Born in Georgia, Holliday was raised in the tradition of the southern gentleman. He earned his nickname when he graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1872. However, shortly after embarking on a respectable career as a dentist in Atlanta, he developed...

October 26, 1881 The Earps shoot it out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona After years of feuding and mounting tensions, on this day in 1881, the “law and order” Earps and the “cowboy” Clanton-McLaurys engage in their world-famous shoot-out near the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, leaving three men dead and three more wounded. Both sides in the conflict were ostensibly looking for revenge for what they perceived as malicious attacks and insults, but on a larger level the conflict revolved around which side would control the fate of Tombstone and Cochise County. That hot Arizona day, the...

On This Day In History July 19, 1879: Doc Holliday kills for the first time Doc Holliday commits his first murder, killing a man for shooting up his New Mexico saloon. Despite his formidable reputation as a deadly gunslinger, Doc Holliday only engaged in eight shootouts during his life, and it has only been verified that he killed two men. Still, the smartly dressed ex-dentist from Atlanta had a remarkably fearless attitude toward death and danger, perhaps because he was slowly dying from tuberculosis. In 1879, Holliday settled in Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he opened a saloon with a...

When you hear the word, "tombstone," what comes to your mind? Do you think of a granite slab in a cemetery? You're obviously old. Besides, there aren't many tombstones any more. There are horizontal plaques buried in the ground. That's because of motorized lawn mowers. A motorized lawn mower with wide blades can't cut grass immediately around a tombstone. They can drive over plaques. Tombstones are high-maintenance memorials. The economics of lawn maintenance has cut down tombstones. Then there are those full-page ads in the Wall Sreet Journal. We don't see them as much any more. Back when there were...