WINTERSET, Iowa – John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in the small town of Winterset in central Iowa on May 26, 1907. He started life big weighing in at a whopping 13 pounds. His parents were Clyde and Mary Brown Morrison. Clyde was a pharmacist in Winterset who John Wayne once described as “the […]
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Family, friends and fans will gather this month for the celebration of the new John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa, which has a touch of Hollywood beyond the Duke’s considerable star power. The birthplace museum, recognized as the largest collection of John Wayne artifacts available to the public, has a small theater that shows […]
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