Because we are big John Wayne fans, we decided to do a walking tour, in Ridgway, that highlights the different buildings and areas, in town, used to film the movie True Grit. My favorite thing about the tour; our guide shared that during the first of six weeks of filming, the Duke had dinner with the local sheriff who was in charge of crowd control. When the sheriff’s teenage son got home that evening, he couldn’t believe who was sitting at the dinner table. John Wayne told the young man that on the days he filmed, he would have lunch with the boy and one of his friends, but it had to be a different friend each time. I’m sure it wasn’t always easy being the sheriffs son, but in the fall of 1968 I’d say he was one of the most popular kids in town!
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