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True Grit Filming Landmarks
 
By Cosmos Mariner, July 18, 2025
True Grit Landmark #1 Marker
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1 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ridgway — 1 — True Grit Landmark #1 — Railroad Depot (house across street) —
Mattie arrives at the Fort Smith train station to claim her father's body. The movie's depot was a freight storage structure modified from the original Rio Grande Southern depot, which had been moved south 100 yards. The train was a Rio Grande . . . — — Map (db m282795) HM
2 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ridgway — 2 — True Grit Landmark #2 — Gallows —
After finding the mortuary closed with the undertaker gone to the triple hanging, Mattie joins the enthusiastic crowd to watch. The gallows was erected just west of this sign. Although he was not listed in the credits, Jay Silverheels, who played . . . — — Map (db m282796) HM
3 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ridgway — 3 — True Grit Landmark #3 — Livery Stable —
Colonel Stonehill's livery stable and corral were constructed by local carpenters where the post office now stands. Here Mattie Ross haggles with Colonel Stonehill over the value of her father's horses and threatens to call in Lawyer Daggett. The . . . — — Map (db m282797) HM
4 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ridgway — 4 & 5 — True Grit Landmark #4 & #5 — Undertaker & Chen Lee's Place —
This was the mortuary, labeled R. Ryan Embalmer on the window, where Mattie identified her father's body. The stone building west of the Sherbino at 620 Clinton St. was Chen Lee's general store/living quarters, where Cogburn boarded. There Mattie . . . — — Map (db m282798) HM
5 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ridgway — 6 — True Grit Landmark #6 — Courthouse Facade —
The impressive Fort Smith courthouse was a building front and entryway created for the movie. It was located where this building now stands. Interior scenes were filmed 10 miles south of Ridgway at the Ouray County Courthouse. John Wayne won his . . . — — Map (db m282799) HM
6 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ridgway — 7 — True Grit Landmark #7 — True Grit Cafe —
The True Grit Cafe was built in 1986 as a tribute to John Wayne and True Grit. Incorporated in the cafe's construction, the grocery store facade from next door is now the cafe south wall. Also featured are photos of Ridgway resident and . . . — — Map (db m282800) HM
7 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ridgway — True Grit Jail Wagon —
Filmed in and around Ridgway, CO September 1968. Released 1969. This paddy wagon was built specifically for the True Grit movie by Joe English, Owen Vaughn, and Paul Gibbs. An extensive photo collection of the pre-test shots taken by Paramount of . . . — — Map (db m282801) HM
8 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ouray — 10 — True Grit Landmark #10 — Ouray County Courthouse —
Interior courthouse scenes from the movie True Grit were shot here. Dissatisfied with the sheriff's efforts to track down her father's killer, Mattie takes matters into her own hands. Following Cogburn's testimony, she runs after him down the . . . — — Map (db m282786) HM
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9 ► Colorado, Ouray County, Ouray — 11 — True Grit Landmark #11 — The Outlaw Restaurant —
Restaurant owner Addie Bonatti was mortified to discover it was John Wayne calling after telling him she was too busy serving customers to put a crew member on the phone. Later when he met this saucy woman, Wayne gave her his hat, and returned . . . — — Map (db m282657) HM
 
 
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