From Jesse Stone to Sherlock Holmes, audiences have long been captivated by detective tales. A good one features courage, sharp instincts, and a touch of madness.

In Hondo (1953), the Apache characters are depicted speaking a form of Apache, but in reality, the dialogue is of a different tribe.

Most saloon owners were men, but the frontier offered unusual opportunities for women who were entrepreneurial, tough, and willing to work outside traditional expectations.

People often ask if women were allowed to carry guns on the American frontier. Not only did they carry weapons, they were often expected to for these simple reasons.

Get the skinny on Slim Pickens, who went from the rodeo arena to Hollywood with John Wayne, Tom Selleck, Steve McQueen and Sam Elliott.

The famous line is best known from the 1993 Western film Tombstone, which was delivered by Val Kilmer, who played Doc Holliday.