POPCULTURE · HISTORICAL MARKER

True Grit Landmark #11

Ouray, Colorado
· The Outlaw Restaurant
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Restaurant owner Addie Bonatti was mortified to discover that the caller she had brushed off while busy serving customers was John Wayne. When he later met her, he gave this saucy woman his hat and returned often to play pool and have a libation. The hat remains on display at the restaurant. The listed Ridgway sites are the Railroad Depot, Gallows, Livery Stable, Undertaker and Chen Lee's Place, Courthouse Facade, True Grit Cafe, and Saloon and Grocery, Jail Wagon. The listed Ouray sites are the Ouray County Courthouse and the Outlaw Restaurant. The sites appear in the movie in the order eight, one, two, four, six, ten, nine, five, three.
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