7/10
First John Ford Western Filmed in Color at Monument Valley
23 May 2023
When John Ford filmed in Monument Valley, which came to be called "Ford Country", the crew nearly always stayed at Goulding's Lodge, a few miles west of Monument Valley. I finally made it to Monument Valley in 2016, and we stayed at Goulding's. The Lodge is now a popular roadside attraction for travelers, and the trading post was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. A museum includes exhibits from the times when Ford filmed there. Captain Brittle's rustic quarters have been preserved as as an exhibit, simply called "John Wayne's cabin". As we were walking up to the cabin, another couple was leaving. I heard the woman indignantly say to the man, "I don't know why John Wayne would have stayed there!"
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