Had an errand in Iowa last weekend -- delivering a piece of furniture to my daughter and son-in-law. Drove 2,580 miles in four days. Went via my brother's place in Fort Collins going up to a small village near Ames, then slashed southwest via Dodge City for the homeward leg. With its rolling hills and neat-as-a-pin small towns, Iowa is beautiful, especially in October, if not so much in February.
On the way home, I stopped early Monday morning in a town a dozen miles south of Interstate 80 -- Winterset, the county seat of Ford County. My purpose was to pay my respects at a tidy little whitewashed house on Second Street a few blocks from the courthouse. It was here on May 26, 1907, that a boy was born to Clyde and Molly Morrison. They named him Marion.
We know him as John Wayne.



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Bill, thanks for sharing that. I was impressed. He really was/is an American icon.

Wow, Bill! Thanks so much! I loved and still love John Wayne. A great American. Just watched McClintock last night for the umpteenth time!

Thanks. Something else added to my bucket list.

Do you know another thing that was unique about "The Duke"? He was an icon unto himself. I.E. back in the day when we talked about the last movie we had seen, before DVDs, etc. it was always about the name of the particular movie; but not with him; the comments always were "Did you see the new John Wayne movie?" The point is that it was always HIM. He played himself + did it quite well to the adulation of millions.