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True Grit (1969)

Although True Grit is set on the border of Arkansas and Oklahoma, the 1969 western was mostly shot in and around Ouray, County. The famous shootout at the end of the movie was filmed in Deb's Meadow. True Grit allowed John Wayne to secure his only Academy Award.

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