# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Prescott's Doc HolliDaze Weekend
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Prescott’s Doc HolliDaze Weekend, August 14-16, 2026Join the gathering in downtown Prescott, Arizona, for Prescott’s Doc HolliDaze weekend, August 14-16, 2026! The celebration is designed to promote the history of Prescott with entertaining and engaging education and to provide a fun weekend of events for both locals and out of town attendees. A discounted All Weekend Pass includes entrance to all events for $165, and tickets for individual events are available as well at www.PrescottTombstoneConnection.org.       Begin the weekend with a Victorian Garden Party at Sharlot Hall Museum on Friday, August 14th, beginning at 5:00 PM, followed by a downtown Saloon Crawl. Our "Welcome to the Weekend Reception"! Meet your fellow history enthusiasts and enjoy some light bites and music by Chip Hanna while you stroll the 4 acres of gardens and historic buildings of this iconic museum. The Prescott Regulators and their Shady Ladies will entertain with a “Doc” skit! Then take a tour of several local watering holes. Each guest will receive a drink ticket in the form of a wooden nickel good for one special "Doc Drink" offered by one of the participating bars. Western or 1880's period attire is encouraged! Tickets for the Victorian Garden Party and Saloon Crawl only are $40.On Saturday, August 15th, from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM, learn some fascinating history at the Wild West History Forum at the fabulous Elks Theatre! Scheduled speakers for the History Forum include Roy Young, Mark Boardman, Peter Brand, Michael Paul Mihaljeich and Anastasia Sitnina. Seating for the History Forum is General Admission, and the concession stand will be open. Tickets for the History Forum only are $25.There will be a lunch break from 12:00 to 1:30. A catered lunch will be available at the Hassayampa Inn’s Marina Room, with sandwiches and salads of your choice. Meet the History Forum speakers and relax before returning to the Elks Theatre for the afternoon sessions. Tickets for the Luncheon only are $40.After the History Forum on Saturday, there will be a grave marker dedication for JD Kinnear’s grave at the Pioneer’s Home Cemetery at 4:00 PM. There is no charge to attend the dedication. The grave marker has been arranged and funded by the Wild West History Association.Doc’s Birthday Party and Whiskey/Cigar Tasting will take place on Saturday, August 15th, from 6:00-9:00 PM at the Marina Room at the Hassayampa Inn, with a buffet dinner and some delicious birthday cake! Enjoy dancing under the stars to the music of Sky Daddy Conwell. Meet Doc Holliday (impersonator Cory Allen from Tombstone) and wish him a happy birthday! Yes, he shares a birthday with the original. A selection of whiskeys will be provided for sampling, and if you find one you like, full size drinks will be available at the no-host bar. Visit with our History Forum speakers and enjoy a talk by Bradley G. Courtney on Doc’s paramour, “Big Nose” Kate. Learn to play faro and try one of the selection of cigars presented for sale by Ol’ Havana Cigar Bar. 1880's period or Western attire is encouraged! Tickets for Doc's Birthday Party and Whiskey/Cigar Tasting only are $75.On Sunday, August 16th, beginning at 1:00 PM, Walking History Tours will be provided by local historians Christopher Gillis, Drew Desmond, Brenda Cusick and Brad Courtney. Walking History Tour tickets only are $15.The weekend is a celebration of John Henry “Doc” Holliday’s time in Prescott prior to his fateful move to Tombstone. In 2024, Whiskey Row Historian Bradley G. Courtney and researcher D. Sue Kissell 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, and the plaque was placed by the City of Prescott in their easement. A wildly successful unveiling event followed, and the committee elected to continue to celebrate Doc Holliday’s Prescott tenure with an annual event on the weekend closest to Doc’s birthday of August 14th.A commemorative booklet, “Doc Holliday in Prescott”, written by Bradley Courtney, will be available at the event, as will books and artwork by the History Forum presenters. Stuart Rosebrook, executive director of Sharlot Hall Museum, will emcee the History Forum as well as Doc’s Birthday Party and Whiskey/Cigar Tasting.The Hassayampa Inn, 928-778-9434, and Hotel St. Michael, 928-776-1999, are the host hotels for the event. Ask for their Prescott’s Doc HolliDaze rates when making your reservations.Tickets are limited and are available online only at www.PrescottTombstoneConnection.org. Proceeds benefit Sharlot Hall Museum and the Wild West History Association. For more information, call 928-713-5136 or email prescott.tombstone@gmail.com. Prescott’s Doc HolliDaze PresentsWild West History Forum at the Elks TheatreSaturday, August 15, 20269:00 AM to 3:30 PMLunch Break between 12:00 and 1:30 PMTickets for the History Forum are $25, available only throughwww.PrescottTombstoneConnection.orgSpeakers Anastasia Sitnina DOC HOLLIDAY: EARLY LIFE, FAMILY AND EDUCATIONBefore he was ‘Doc’, he was John Henry Holliday. This talk turns to his early years, looking at his family – his father, uncles, and cousins – as well as his education at Valdosta Academy and the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. By examining the people he grew up with and the world he moved in during his childhood and adolescence, the presentation offers a closer look at Holliday’s underexplored background and Holliday’s world before he set his own course. Anastasia Sitnina is a British researcher, writer, and filmmaker with a longstanding interest in the history of the American West. She has been studying Doc Holliday and related subjects for over fifteen years, with work published in the Wild West History Association Journal. She is currently completing a Master’s by Research degree at the University of Kent, where her work examines the mythology, economics, and politics of the “O.K. Corral.” She is also the founder of a popular Facebook community dedicated to the historical discussion of Doc Holliday.   Peter Brand with Brad CourtneyJOSEPHINE "SADIE" EARP IN PRESCOTT: THE SORDID TRUTH VERSUS ROMANTIC FICTION Many in Prescott know that she spent some time in their hometown, but most do not know the true story about Josephine “Sadie” Earp in Prescott. After several years of extensive and intensive research, Peter Brand discovered her true profession and told the story in his award-winning book, Josephine “Sadie” Earp: The Sordid Truth, 1870-1883. But he learned much more in the process. There was also an innocent victim of Sadie’s activities in Prescott, and her story has been ignored over the decades while the public was being fed a fictitious, over-the-top romanticized fairy-tale concocted by Sadie to hide the truth. Until now. In an interview style Q & A discussion with historian Bradley G. Courtney, Brand will reveal the truth about Sadie’s activities, and the resulting fall-out, during Prescott’s Doc HolliDaze Wild West History Forum on August 15 at the beautiful and historical Elk’s Theater. Peter Brand is a multi-award-winning researcher and author who has been writing about Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and their friends and enemies since 1999. He has written several articles for True West Magazine, The Tombstone Epitaph newspaper, and the Wild West History Association Journal. Peter has published ground-breaking biographies of Josephine “Sadie” Earp, “Texas Jack” Vermillion and “Doc” Holliday’s Nemeses – Johnny Tyler & Perry Mallon. Brand’s new work, a book on Victoria Behan is due for release in July 2026. He continues to conduct research on the members of Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Posse and is currently working on a book detailing the full story of Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Ride and the lives of the Vendetta Posse members. Roy B. YoungNEWTON EARP IN PRESCOTTNewton Earp, eldest brother of the famous Earp lawman siblings, was the longest serving lawman of any Earp brother. While he did some traveling across country with his parents and siblings, Newton was not a “rambling man.” After years in Kansas, he and his family went with the Earp party to Arizona where he and Virgil had determined to settle. Soon, though, his wife became unhappy and pleaded with Newton to return to Kansas. This they did and lived in the Garden City area for many years, where Newton served in both town and county law enforcement roles. Newton didn’t have a Doc Holliday or a Gunfight at the OK Corral to bolster his status as a lawman and his services drew little national notice. His story is one that might match that of many unknown lawmen who gave their lives in service to their fellow man. In this presentation, we will look at Newton Jasper Earp: Mystery Brother of the Fighting Earps. Roy B. Young is a native Oklahoman, residing in the little village of Apache. He has authored numerous books, many of which deal with the outlaw-lawman history of the American West. His areas of specialty are Wyatt Earp and his brothers, Billy the Kid, the Texas Rangers and frontier scouts. Roy served three years as president of the Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association as well as ten years on their board of directors. He also served three years as president of Oklahombres. In 2008, he became editor of the Journal of the Wild West History Association and is now “Editor Emeritus” while serving his 16th year of the WWHA board of directors. He is married to Charlotte, his wife of 59 years, and has three sons and eight grandchildren who are the joy of his life.  Michael Paul MihaljevichDOC HOLLIDAY’S TOMBSTONE ESCAPADESIn just 36 years of life, Doc Holliday created an alluring legend that has kept generations captivated for nearly 140 years after his death. Among the layers of lore, his time in Tombstone, Arizona is a major source of his present-day fame, and much of what we like about Doc’s legend was on display in the events that unfolded there. But what can we learn about the real man by deep diving into the untapped records and resources from when he walked the streets of Tombstone? Using a combination of discovered and newly discovered primary records from Doc’s tumultuous 19 months in Tombstone, the man himself is brought to life revealing a more authentic and compelling John Henry Holliday than we’ve known before.Michael Paul Mihaljevich is an author, historical researcher and art photographer. He has worked with the collections department of the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson and the Tombstone City Archives. His writings have appeared in several academic western history publications and his recently published book The Bird Cage Theater: The Curtain Rises on Tombstone, Arizona's National Treasure from the University of North Texas Press. As a photographer his internationally awarded work has been featured in documentaries of Ken Burns and notable publications such as Western Life Today and Big Sky Journal.     Mark BoardmanTHE HISTORY OF THE TOMBSTONE EPITAPHMany people know the story of John Clum and his work with The Tombstone Epitaph. But fewer know about some of his successors: William Hattich, Columbus Giragi, the Kellys, and so many more. In his presentation, Epitaph Editor Mark Boardman talks about these men, the newspaper, and their impact on Tombstone, southeast Arizona, and Old West history.Mark Boardman's love of the Old West was sparked by the great Westerns--TV and movie--of the '50s and '60s. His professional career took him down other paths, especially a long tenure in broadcasting. But in mid-life, Mark returned to that early love. He began collecting books, documents, photographs and ephemera. He got involved in the Wild West History Association’s predecessor organization. All of this reached new levels on his 50th birthday, when he became the features editor for True West Magazine. A successful 20-year stint followed. Then, about nine years ago, Mark was selected to follow in the footsteps and ink-stains of John Clum, becoming the managing editor of The Tombstone Epitaph. He is also the pastor of a small, United Methodist church in central Indiana. He and wife Patty live in the Hoosier state but love traveling to the fascinating places of the Old West.
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- **city**: Prescott
- **state**: AZ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Various locations in downtown Prescott
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- **full address**: Various locations in downtown Prescott, 122 E. Gurley, Prescott, United States

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- **Q**: When and where is Prescott's Doc HolliDaze Weekend being held?
  - **A:** Prescott's Doc HolliDaze Weekend takes place on Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm at Various locations in downtown Prescott, 122 E. Gurley, Prescott, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Prescott's Doc HolliDaze Weekend?
  - **A:** Prescott's Doc HolliDaze Weekend is organized by Whiskey Row Books.

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