Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans, Gene Autry, the Lone Ranger–am I dating myself? Remember Forest Gump? Monument Valley and surrounds have been used in many forms of media for decades, but it all started with Zane Grey’s silent western, The Vanishing American, in 1925. Southern Utah became the new Wild West for many films through the 1930s, 1940s, into the early 70s. John Wayne fell in love with South Utah’s landscape, filming 11 westerns in the Monument Valley area all directed by John Ford. So let’s see what is so very special.
