Monument Valley - Navajo Tribal Park

This blog entry is dedicated to all those in my life who are long time western lovers; many of the old John Wayne movies and westerns for TV were shot in this valley. Use your imagination as you look at these photographs. You can almost see the cowboys just behind the hill...

Yep, the cattle and sheep graze freely here.

This is the known as the "North Window" and was the opening or closing scene to many movies.

Harry and Mike had an idea to bring prosperity to the area in the '30's and the movie industry in Monument Valley was started.

This is the view from the front of the Gouldings Lodge.

These are some of the recent productions filmed at Monument Valley.

Howdy pardner... or whatever The Duke would say.