Mary Katherine Horony ("Big Nose Kate") was born in Budapest in 1850, and later became the long-time companion of gunfighter Doc Holliday. She comforted Doc in Tombstone, AZ after the famous shootout at the O.K. Corral. http://scr.9TimeZones.com/
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- Arizona Pioneers' Home Cemetery
- Location:
- Prescott, AZ
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Big Nose Kate
Big Nose Kate
During last month's trip to Prescott, we discovered that the Pioneers' Home had installed a plaque next to Kate's grave marker:
Mary Katherine Horony Cummings
AKA "Big Nose Kate" or
"Rowdy Kate"
Born in Budapest, Hungary, November 7, 1850
Die at the Arizona Pioneers Home,
Prescott, Arizona
November 2, 1940
Big Nose Kate Kate figures prominently in two chapters (46+47) of my second book, which just came out last week! -Alan
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Big Nose Kate "The O.K. Corral Fight at Tombstone: A Footnote by Kate Elder," edited by A. W. Bork & Glenn G. Boyer, "Arizona and the West" (ISSN 0004-1408), v19, #1, Spring 1977, pp. 65-84
Big Nose Kate
Anikó at 576 N. Broad St., Globe, AZ 85501
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Kate owned this miner's rooming house circa 1880.
» On 4/22/2009 12:05:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, Alan C. Baird wrote: This past weekend, Anikó and I drove 124 miles to Prescott, Arizona. I...
» On 4/18/2009 08:10:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, Alan C. Baird wrote: In October of 2007, Anikó and I took her adult children (who were visiting from Budapest) to see the sights of Arizona. One of our stops was Tombstone, which is now a touristy little re-creation of the original town. ...
Big Nose Kate New short screenplay about October 26, 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona (the day of the O.K. Corral gunfight) centering on Kate and Doc Holliday: http://scr.9TimeZones.com/#d
Big Nose Kate In Hollywood history, Kate has been portrayed by Isabella Rossellini, Faye Dunaway, Joanna Pacula, Jo Van Fleet and Jane Darwell.
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