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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The 10th anniversary John Wayne Birthday Celebration will be May 26-27 in Winterset, Iowa. The John Wayne Birthplace Museum will be the hub for activities. Screenings of classic Wayne films will be in the restored Iowa Theater. The all-horse parade will showcase a Wells Fargo stagecoach and the featured guest will be Johnny Crawford from […]
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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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The John Wayne Birthplace Society is hoping to expand a complex that includes the tiny Victorian house in Winterset, Iowa, where the Oscar-winning actor (“True Grit”) was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907. His family lived in the four-room house until he was 3. They then moved 12 miles north to Earlham for three […]
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