Another highpoint in my trip through Iowa, was
Winterset, which is also in Madison County, where we saw the covered bridges!
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What the heck could I possibly have found in Winterset? Well, The Duke,
John Wayne, was born here!
John Wayne was an
Academy Award-winning American film actor,
director and
producer in the late 20's until the mid 70's!
Sadly, the Duke passed away in 1979 from cancer. In 2009 he was ranked in the top 3 all time favorite movie actor; is the only deceased star on the list and the only one who has appeared on the poll every year since it first began in 1994.
In 1999, the
American Film Institute named Wayne 13th among the
Greatest Male Stars of All Time. He also has an
airport named after him, in Orange County CA.
If you are taking a road trip through this part of Iowa, you shouldn't pass up this few minutes to stop and visit the memorial. Winterset is very pretty, and there is a gas station to fuel up right across the street even! You will pass the Bridges of Madison county just a mile or two before you get here too!!
Didn't he become president, or something?
ReplyDeleteThat would have been Ronald Regan! He was the 40th President of the United States of America!
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