Join us to both watch the film and hear from the writer and actor of this biographical western film based on the life of Mary Kate Cummings—widely known as “Big Nose Kate”—the famous partner of Doc Holliday. Set in 1899, the story follows an elderly Kate reflecting on her turbulent frontier life, her relationship with Holliday, and her eyewitness account of events like the Gunfight at O.K. Corral.

Chris will provide an introduction and engage with the audience following the screening, as well as do a book signing. Several of her books will be for sale at the Western Spirit Museum Store including According to Kate: The Legendary Life of Big Nose Kate, Love of Doc Holiday, which is the original source for this film.

 Chris Enss is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing about women of the Old West for more than thirty years.  She has penned more than fifty published books on the subject. Her work has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, an Oklahoma Center for the Book Award, three Foreword Review Magazine Book Awards, two-time winner of the Downing Journalism Award, and a Willa Cather Award from Women Writing the West for scholarly nonfiction

Program Info:

Wednesday, October 21, 2026
3:00 p.m.
FREE for Museum Members (Members, log-in first to reserve tickets)
FREE with Museum Admission
$10 for just the program