Before John Wayne ever rode through Monument Valley, Prescott had already staked its claim as Arizona’s original movie town.

For a taste of the iconic Wild West, head to any of these American destinations, where you'll find cowboy history and heritage is alive and well.

Certain actors spend their careers associated with a certain kind of movie, and it wouldn’t be an earth-shattering revelation ...

In the 1945 Western film “Dakota,” John Wayne plays John Devlin, a professional gambler who marries the daughter of a railroad magnate and heads west looking for fortune in the Dakotas. While aboard a ...