"He was the most skillful gambler, and the nerviest, fastest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever saw." This was the tribute paid to Doc Holliday by Wyatt Earp, who was something of a tough character himself.

No other era of American history can claim as many larger-than-life icons as the American West. Striding across the expansive time period were men, good and bad, whose shadows haunt the American consciousness. Their names, to this day, still echo with a roll of thunder. Books, films, and monuments are a testament to the indelible fingerprint each has left behind. They are looked at as the ultimate examples of villainy and righteousness - depending on the perspective, t5hey frequently represented both.