John Wayne's heavy smoking habit ensured he wouldn't join the ranks of Hollywood centenarians such George Burns and Bob Hope, but today would've been the Duke's 100th birthday had he lived.
The ultimate movie cowboy was born somewhat east of the 100th meridian in Winterset, Iowa, which can be reached from the De Soto exit off of Interstate 80 in the central part of the state.
And the Hawkeyes are whooping it up in Winterset, with a full weekend of festivities there.
One of Wayne's sons, Ethan, is there to celebrate. Interesting first name. I wonder if the choice of it had anything to do with The Duke's character, Ethan Edwards, in perhaps his greatest film, John Ford's The Searchers.
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