Big Nose Kate, more than Doc Holliday's woman
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Mary Katherine Horony, also known as 'Big Nose Kate,' was more than just a beautiful woman who was associated with some of the most dangerous men in the Wild West, including Doc Holliday. Her history deserves to be remembered.
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I had a great aunt that lived to the ripe old age of 104. She was about seven years old when she and her family crossed the prairie in a covered wagon on their way out west. By the time she was 100 she had lived through the inventions of cars, telephones, electricity, and man landing on the moon. She was fortunate enough to have still maintained a very sharp mind and vivid memories of events throughout her life time until the very day she passed. She would sit us down and tell stories about crossing the prairie with her family and could remember vividly the details of the job need and would retell them so we'll it was mesmerizing to listen to. You could almost have been there with her the way she would describe the events. Wonderful woman. What an amazing span of life to have lived through and to have the mind to remember and appreciate all that she witnessed and experienced in the span of her lifetime!!
What a lovely lady.i would have loved to have meet her.its a shame that when our old people go thay take liveing through history with them.
How exciting..! To live such a long and amazing life..And, to have seen so many things come into fruition.. I wish i could say that I've lived some exciting times.. But, im afraid i wont have a whole lot of anything worth telling.. Oh, whoa is me..🤔
Both my grandparents lived to be 99 and 100 ..
Amazing story. Your great aunt’s life journey would be a wonderful book/movie. We have lost touch with the stories of everyday people who have seen so much in their lifetime
How interesting. My grandmother b1884 walked from Iowa as well. Her whole family came across the Oregon Trail in 1889. She told stories of learning how to weave baskets with the daughters of Chief Sealth on the Duwamish river south of Seattle.
That is absolutely the best story of Kate, Doc, and the Earps I have ever heard. Well done. I love their style. Having lived a long time, 52 years since Vietnam, your tale rings true. Life is funny, a tragedy, and a story of heros and those less than heroic. After all, nobody gets out of life alive!
Dr. K
Robbie, thank you for your service. God bless
Yep, thats what i always say.. None of us are getting out of here alive..😉..
Tombstone is my favorite western movie of all time and it has to be my hubby's, because we not only watched the DVD a million times but even when it's on TV we watch it. Doc is my favorite.
I live in Prescott and just wanted to add that if you go to the Pioneer Cemetery she is buried under the name Mary Kate Cummings. It is a very simple grave with a flat tombstone.
And overlooks Walmart :)
Fascinating that you cover these lesser-known people! As always, great video!
Kind of fills in the details, if not complete's some things we are all familiar with.
My great-uncle, Jack Ganzhorn, had few kind words for Doc nor for some of the Earp brothers either-as reported in his memorable book- “I’ve Killed. Men”. Uncle Jack claimed to have killed 40 or 42 men (he had lost count)., was there at the OK Corall on that epic day, and recounts numerous events-some involving lawmen being very lawless.well worth the read- if you can locate a copy.
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By the way ! Kate was a very well known woman in her days. And very well known in History . Just that People who
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Any thing to do with Civil War
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Great Great Great....my retired history teacher mom and I have watched about 7 or 8 of your videos just tonight and We Loved them ALL!...Thank you Sir!
Wow. That must be amazing having a history teacher for a mother. I mean that sincerely, too; not sarcastically. That would be awesome!
"There's no normal life, there's only life" Doc Holliday...Gonna have to remember and use that quote.
Gonna have to take it to heart and not feel like such an oddball.
That quote is very fitting for these times of uncertainty.
That’s 90% of the social unrest, no matter what side you ars on.
Not to bust your bubble, it's a great philosophy. However, there is no evidence that Holliday ever said that. Value Kilmer, an actor *portraying* him said it, from a script.
@@bcaye @Barbara Danley let me understand this. That wasn't the actual Doc Holliday in the movie? He was only being only being PORTRAYED by an actor? And one named Value Kilmer? Thank you so much for the necessary clarification.
One of my favorite love stories. A final possession found with Doc at the time of his death was a derringer, inscribed to Doc from Kate. 😢
The women of history are gaining much more recognition for their independent stories. This makes me happy.
🦉 Hoo cares? 🦉
Always brightens my day when I see a new episode. History does indeed deserve to be remembered...
Will serve thank you so very much. Never knew that much about big nose Kate didn't even know she was buried in Arizona I wonder if we're allowed to go out and visit the graves? Well next time I give it to Prescott I will see if I can find it Butz flowers at a grave she is part of History, Arizona history.
This is THE MOST amazing channel on this platform!
I now live in Prescott, AZ and just recently found out that Kate is buried in the Arizona Pioneers’ Home Cemetery in Prescott just off Iron Springs Road across from the Chevron station which I have been using for three years. When you enter the front gates keep to the left and about two hundred feet in you’ll see a sign pointing to her grave which is over by the north west side of the cemetery and across Gail Gardner Road from the Denny’s in the Walmart parking lot. There’s and old marble head stone marked Mary K. Cummings 1850-1940 as well as a broken plaque letting visitors know that this is the grave of Big Nose Kate or as she was also known Rowdy Kate.
My wife is buried about 100 yards from Kate. Oh, and I use that gas station too lol
@@bradcourtney6615 I didn’t find out that Kate was buried here until earlier this year when I was listening to the afternoon show on KYCA.
Even though we only moved to Prescott full time after I retired from the BNSF Railway in Los Angeles in April of 2021 we’ve been coming to Prescott since December of 1989 when my parents bought a retirement home here earlier that year and we never knew about Kate’s grave site all those years.
I also heard a discussion on KYCA about bare back champion J C Trujillo where he told an interviewer that after his Dad moved to Prescott in 1919 as a boy he and his friends would amuse themselves selves by walking the streets of downtown looking into the shop windows and how his Dad said that often times when they’d look through the windows of the Palace they’d see Kate playing cards with other bar patrons.
Wow I didn't realize Kate lived until 1940 and she never stop loving Doc
Thats a good woman
@@travisneighbors3691 not like today's ladies
@@michaelcapporta8222 cant even rent that kinda loyalty by the hour today...
@@travisneighbors3691 lol your right 😂
@David G. No way
I also love history. I recently discovered your channel, your short clips are wonderful. You are 100% correct, these stories "deserve to be remembered". Thank you for helping to pass them along!
Doc holiday will always be Val Kilmer in my head!.
Yep.....and he played him well...
Liked his performance but he was about as far away from reality as it could be. Holiday was just an angry drunk with a deathwish who never was in the shape Val Kilmer was at the time. I find Dennis Quaid's performance much more accurate although less cool.
Ah’m your huckleberry.
@@mikeyoung9810 I liked them both, perhaps Killer a shade more. Regardless, I'd have to conclude, these two actors were more spot on than previous incarnations i.e., Kirk Douglas, Victor Mature...
Kilmer
I'm enjoying your stories of history! I too love history, but was a lousy student in school. Now (better late than never) I will enjoy your tales!!!! Thank you!
Busted her man out of jail, what a gal.
@ Asmin Siza - Kate saved Doc's life more than once.
Viking - I’m neither, but if that’s your viewpoint about men, you’re one sorry sack of shit. Asshole!
Hahahahaha
@@arlandoamb6754 how many career choices do you think women had back then? Nanny, school teacher, saloon girl...
And there's the fact that a woman that was raped would be considered an outcast, often blamed for not being a virgin anymore.
At least Kate lived life without a man ruling her.
@Soleigh why is he nasty? She never apologized or denied being what she was. I wonder if all the hard working people, actually invested in that town, who's businesses she burned to "get her man" thought it was romantic as they picked through the ruins of their life as she rode away.
Thanks!
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I'm to fortunate to have been enlighting to history of deapth and importance well worth remembering, thankful for his matter of fact delivery.
Another wonderfully presented snipit of history. The History Guy is the best thing on utube.
Thank you so much for covering Katie and Doc!
I'm amazed you pronounced 'Prescott' correctly! She's buried about two miles from me. The Arizona Pioneers Home is still operating and overlooks the town. Still looks like your photo.
Yep, it overlooks Walmart lol
I'm a first timer. Totally enjoyed your channel.
Thank you.
Imagine the world of change she witnessed in her life. Went from a Europe to Arizona, saw a world without common use of electricity, become a world of air travel. Lived through the civil war, almost both world wars, lived in the same world with doc holiday, and Albert Einstein during separate eras and generations. Really incredible to think of what she must have witnessed. I wonder if any generation of humanity will ever witness a world of such incredible and drastic change with such massive leaps in technology like that again. Going from a phone to a smart phone isn't the same as going from horse and buggy to airplanes in the same lifetime.
What a great piece of history. Thank you History Guy for bringing it back to life!!!
Excellent! Thanks so much for filling in so many gaps!
Very informative. I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you, History Guy.
So this is my new favorite channel now. Thanks! I live in Bisbee and love AZ history.
She is buried in my home town of Prescott Arizona and was a resident at the Arizona pioneers home!
This was very interesting. My great grandfather live at the Pioneers home in Prescott. Thank you.
I have been going to a bar called "Big Nose Kate's" for almost 20 years....I had no idea the story behind the name.
~Me, too!!!~Its my favorite bar in the world!!!~(even tho i quit alcohol)~☆~
@@kathyingram3061 one day at a time!
Where is it
One of your best videos you've done. That era totally fascinates me.
"Sporting woman", what a great phrase!
Bordellos were frequently know as "Sporting Houses".
My favorite is horizontal experts :)
These days its called squirting women. 😂
Hookahs!
Great Info ! Thanks for the great pics too !
I've been a longtime history buff. I am especially interested in the West and the frontier era. This is the best info on BNK that I have seen! Also the photos of her and Doc Holiday were a real treat! . Thank You
I loved the quotes toward the end of the video by them both. Thanks for another great video.
I really enjoy reading,watching historical happenings ,
Thank you! I’ve read a lot about Kate. I have enjoyed your videos very much.
You're my favorite channel now on RUclips. Love the Wild West and great hearing about a character we all know and yet know little about. Another "Wild West" video would be great one day. But all of your videos are great. Thank you for your work.
Big Nose Kate is buried in a simple grave at the Prescott Arizona Pioneers’ Home Cemetery. Not far from her are the Granite Mountain Hotshots. I do try to visit both when I can.
My wife is buried next to the Hot Shots.
How can you NOT enjoy this guys History Lessons?
Thanks again. Enjoyed it as usual.
The information about "The Sons Of Katie Elder" was something I had never heard. Thanks!
Johnny Gray ,
Have you never seen the movie with John Wayne ? Sons of Katie Elder ! It's on aloft on the Grit T.V. Chanel! Goto see it ! Great movie Great acting! Tells how she died! Not natural way
She was Murdered for the family Land ! A Widower she became
! Her husband also murdered ! Same people killers! Got to see it ! I have watched it every time it has been on! Have to see it or rent it !
I’ve seen that movie many times but did not know it was referring to big nose Kate.
@@vernonpennington8896 I have seen the movie many times Vernon. I just never knew it was her being portrayed in this movie.
Same here. Gives you a different take on the movie.
Vernon I've watched Sons of Kate Elder about 20 times, along with all of Dukes movies. I miss him.
Without a doubt your best episode yet. Thank you and keep ‘em coming.
The History Guy..thank you so very much for this great presentation. As always your fact filled stories are very enlightening and interesting as well! Happy New Year to you and yours...
Love the informative video. Doc Holiday has always been an interesting character to me. Thanks for the history. Please keep them coming.
Thank you again for another great story in history!🤗
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Great story. Thanks, HG.
Thank you History Guy, you are a great story teller. I appreciate the fact that you treat your subjects with as much respect as good sense will allow.
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Bill Barry Agreed
@@homefront3162 the dude never editorializes or tries to push his Politics on you. That used to be the standard now it's the exception unfortunately.
@Bill Barry Your so right mate! The History guy just presents (Albeit in a masterful fashion!) his segments and leaves you, the viewer, to form your own opinions on the subject in question....and as you said, such a shame that what was once the standard has slipped down to being the exception....a sad sign of the sad times.
Yes, I agree wholeheartedly.
I agree! And The History Guy will definitely deserve to be remembered!!!
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Well done! So often we hear of the men that settled the west, and the women are forgotten. It’s nice to hear her story being told.
Thanks again, THG! Another great video.
I can't believe that I have never came across this guy! I am very into history and obscure historical figures so this is my new favorite thing on RUclips.
I loved the movie Sons of Katie Elder. I was just a young boy at the time I seen the movie. I cried at the end.
WOW!! I've never gave her a second thought when I saw the movie "Tombstone." But, upon watching this video about her, opened up my eyes about her. A fiesty woman who was LIGHT YEARS ahead of her time!!!
From the Wild West, through the Berlin Conference and the Great War, to domestic electric lights and the radio.
That’s one heck of a lifetime.
These are the best! Thank you.
It’s amazing she didn’t pick up tuberculosis herself, from Doc Holliday.
Must have just gotten lucky & had diamond genetics. Life can be random, like that.
More amazing that she never contracted Syphilis, considering the huge numbers she gave rides to, but then, there's no evidence she was disease free.
I was raised in Prescott Az. 1960's 70's. Class of 78 Prescott High school. Still living in the area. I never knew about this tidbit on the Pioneer home. Thank you History guy, for the education !!!
Great video and shared and remembered history much so deserved for us to know.
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Great historic video. Thank you for sharing.
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The knowledge you have is outstanding and way more than mine about the old west. My knowledge is amongst one of the best anywhere as well but you know details that I never learned so I do appreciate the videos you post. I will say I know 85% of everything you state so to me, this proves one can always learn more . Thank you kindly!
I’m glad I found your channel. I enjoyed this and look fwd to watching more. Thank you
Glad I found this, I love history.
Very educational...you're a great teacher.
Absolutely brilliant,thankyou from the UK.
You tell these stories wonderfully
Thank you, I just found you tonight 😎 I love this
I truly enjoy your channel. I wish you would get a show on the History Channel. 😊
Exceptionally interesting. Thank you, I always found her one of the wests most interesting women.
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Coincidentally, I happen to be in Dodge City, Kansas right now.😉
I used to live on Manor Dr. There.
I enjoyed this video! A plethora of information in a short documentary.
Great job!
Love stories of tombstone's residents ,thank you
I love any historical topic, especially how they are presented by The History Guy!
I especially love the Old West stories!
But its difficult to pick any favorites as all are presented so masterfully!
The film, “The sons of Katie elder” had nothing to do with Big nose Kate. The film was based on the Marlow family of Oklahoma.
Good stuff. Love these snippets of our colorful past.
Thanks for the good history lesson.
Great story. Your stories should air every week here in Arizona on television and radio.
I enjoyed it. I think Tombstone with Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday is one of my favorite movies. And Lonesome Dove is my all time favorite. Thanks
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Oh, Lonesome Dove is so amazing. I have watched it many times.
I really enjoyed this. Thank you!!!
History is such a very interesting subject
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FANTASTIC EPISODE!!!!’
FASCINATING!!!!!!!!!!
Bisbee, AZ is very fun to walk around. Miner cities are so different from regular ones.
I was vaguely familiar with the "History" of Big Nose Kate.....of course I didn't realize just how vague I was until I saw this! I love the way you take a subject I think I know a little about and ever so calmly proceed to show me just how little I did know about it! What a fascinating life this woman led....particularly in her later years......and what a very appropriate quote on her life... "Part funny...part sad...such is life anyway you take it"....and indeed Mr History Guy.....One does wonder just what nic name would Kate have given Wyatt Earp?!
History majors seem to have access to information that just isnt available to the general public. That's why their books are usually so much better than that of an English major.
excellent history lesson. we close to Prescott & this is now on my visit list. THX
"There is no NORMAL LIFE, only LIFE..." Doc Holliday. Thanks for helping to settle this country Doc.
It was already settled
@@thisislaflaretv5250
No. It wasn't.
Now zip it.
@@TheBatugan77 yes it was. Native Americans were already here.
You have a real talent for how convey the unvarnished truth, and you do it without judgment by today's standards.
I can also sense a note of compassion for these historical figures as real people by your choice to use some of their quotes which gives us some insight into what kind of human beings they actually were...
Very well done as usual.
Amazing how much they moved around when moving around wasn't as easy as it is today.
Trivia from a documentary I saw: that grave marker that is shown isn't actually where Doc Holliday is buried. When he died they couldn't get the hearse up the hill (it was winter) so they buried him somewhere in town with the intent to dig him back up and move him in the spring... but that never happened. So for all we know he could be in someone's back yard.
As I recall the documentary also said that she moved to Colorado with Doc Holliday and didn't move back to AZ until after his death.
JM S I was just at his grave yesterday. A sign says he is probably buried in potters field next to the cemetery. But I have also heard that since he died in Nov, the trip up (it was only 7/8 of a mile) was too difficult to get up to so he is probably buried in a someone’s yard.
Very informative! Thank you for sharing! I’m delighted with your channel.
I love history!!!! 🙌🏽😍
As an older man now, I am beginning to realize that American History was not properly taught to us, back in High School...the more personal lives of many well-known "heroes" was conveniently ignored!
curbozer couldn’t have said that any better. History class got me into lots of trouble from Jr./High School. I always spoke/wrote the real truth of history from facts. There is lots to be shared & rewritten.....
Amazing as usual. We saw a blink of her life in movies that embellish people's lives. Now, because of you we have learned another slice of her life.
Thank you. I look forward to your next video.
Thank You .Great Story.
Thank you for greatly expanding my knowledge of one of the old West's more colorful characters.There is really very little of this that is normally shared with the public. Your channel is one of my all-time favorites.