#John Ford Point

[rabbitcruiser]

Monument Valley, AZ (No. 8)

Good question. Maps aren’t exactly ALL CAPS-ing its name. And part of the charm of Monument Valley National Park is its remoteness, about 60 miles west of the zero-dimensional Utah–New Mexico border on U.S. Highway 163. (You should probably go ahead and check Four Corners off your bucket list while you’re in the neighborhood.)

A 14-mile graded dirt road will show you around most of the major monuments — The Mittens, Three Sisters, John Ford’s Point, Totem Pole, Yei Bi Chai and Ear of the Wind. Navajo guides can lead you deeper, into Mystery Valley, Hunts Mesa and more. A handful of outfits will show you through the area on horseback, just the way people have been exploring it for hundreds of years. 

There are plenty of things to see in Monument Valley, including natural bridges and a wealth of Anasazi ruins. Find them on one of a dozen hikes nearby (mostly easy with a few that get tricky).

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Arizona Rocks

My home state of Arizona is a very good place to see rocks, as well as those places that use to be filled with rocks, and since rocks in their natural habitat don’t move very fast I don’t often get blurred pictures. What follows is another sampling of recently scanned transparencies from earlier in my career, photos that have now been saved for posterity (yeah, sure, as if digitalization ever…

[lovz2hike]

Monument Valley Road Trip - Part 1

May 2023 – Valley of the Gods, Goosenecks Park, Forest Gump Highway & Monument Valley Our weekend adventure this time took us to the south east corner of Utah and the north east corner of Arizona. Our road trip was a total of 1460 miles give or take. We started around noon on Friday as we drove through traffic of Southern California Highway 15 to the 40. Once on the 40 we went straight through…

[mushroom-through-the-stargate]

Aiden : how are we going to know what to look for?

John : I've been thinking about that

Atlantis, in the jumper : here you go handsome man!!! a nice Heads Up Display for all your wraith chasing needs!!!!

Aiden : nice. how will we be able to find them once we're inside though?

John : I've been thinking of that too

Atlantis : how about a life signs detector!!! it fits in your strong hands!!!!

John : huh. now I'm thinking of a nice turkey sandwich

Atlantis, who doesn't know how to give him that sandwich :

[leavemetoexist]

I do believe fictional characters can fix me with their own mental decline.

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The girls are fightingggg

[liliavalley]

someone on twitter had the idea of a malevolent / gravity falls crossover where Arthur and John end up in Oregon instead of 13th century England and now I can’t get it out of my head…

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Angel S04E01 "Deep Down" (2002) & Stargate Atlantis S05E01 "Search and Rescue" (2008)

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Y’all I think I’m tripping but Is this David Ford? It looks basically exactly like him but I also doubt it’s him. Idek.

HELP

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The Breaking Point (1950) Michael Curtiz

January 15th 2023

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[rabbitcruiser]

Monument Valley, AZ (No. 9)

​​The earliest people to mark the area were the Anasazi, or Ancestral Puebloans, who settled in around 1200 BCE. Their art and building structures remain, hinting at an ancient resourcefulness that found promise in a foreboding desert.

The Navajo culture took root centuries before Spaniards entered the area in 1581, and 250,000 of their descendants still live on the 16-million-acre Navajo Nation. Monument Valley is a window into their culture. Explore their history, their way of life, their cuisine and their art. You can even take a little home in the form of handmade jewelry or a dyed wool rug.

Monument Valley isn't a national park. It's not even a national monument. But it's as American as it gets.

Movie Magic

Monument Valley captured a larger audience’s attention via director John Ford’s Westerns. Beginning with 1939’s “Stagecoach,” starring John Wayne, Ford’s many happy returns to Monument Valley shaped how much of the outside world pictures the American West. 

It has since been featured as a backdrop in countless movies, including 1994’s “Forrest Gump.” Put on your smiley face T-shirt and a trucker hat to pose at the finish line — you know, where the title character said he was tired. Groupies not required. 

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[theknitpotato]

Desert Road in Monument Valley, Arizona, is one of the most iconic and picturesque stretches of road in the American Southwest. Officially known as U.S. Route 163, this road winds through the dramatic red sandstone buttes and mesas that characterize the region, offering breathtaking views that have been immortalized in numerous films, advertisements, and photographs. The landscape is marked by towering monoliths that rise from the desert floor, creating a surreal and timeless vista. This area, located within the Navajo Nation Reservation, holds significant cultural and spiritual importance to the Navajo people, adding a layer of historical and cultural richness to the stunning natural scenery.

Monument Valley itself is not just a natural wonder but also a cultural landmark. The road offers access to various viewpoints and trails where visitors can experience the grandeur of the landscape up close. One of the most famous viewpoints is the stretch of road leading up to Forrest Gump Point, where the character famously ended his cross-country run in the movie "Forrest Gump." Traveling along Desert Road, visitors can stop at designated pullouts to take in the panoramic views, enjoy guided tours with Navajo guides, and visit landmarks such as the Totem Pole, the Mittens, and John Ford's Point, named after the legendary filmmaker who frequently used the valley as a backdrop. The experience of driving through Monument Valley on Desert Road is not just a journey through a stunning landscape, but a passage through a living cultural and cinematic heritage.

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THE PILE PRESENTS: X-Play - Blades of Time Well Wasted | 4/17/12

Don't be a Vaas-hole.

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[heavenlymorals]

I feel like a lot of people forget that the Van Dir Linde gang was actually famous in their universe- Dutch Van Dir Linde was as famous as the real life Butch Cassidy. The gang had as much infamy as the Wild Bunch or the Dalton gang. Arthur Morgan, John Marston, Bill Williamson, Javier Esculla, Lenny Summers, Charles Smith, Sean McGuire and more were probably as famous as the real life Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Black Bart, Rufus Buck, Ike Clanton, the Sundance Kid, Wild Bill Hickock, and more.

Sadie Adler would've been just as famous. She was a gunslinger like the real life Calamity Jane and Anne Oakley and she was an outlaw at one point like Laura Bullion, Pearl Hart, Belle Star, The Cassidy Sisters, and more.

The other women of the camp would've probably been less popular but still very intriguing figures to people in the future.

In the newspapers, we see that there are songs about Dutch's boys and books too. Trelawny mentions them being on dime novels. In the future, the pieced together story of the Van Dir Linde gang might've gotten adapted into a movie, similar to "Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid" or "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". They could've gotten biopics, documentaries, and more.

Historians and fans of the wild West era would dig up records, find pictures, and maybe even track down people who were apart of the gang, accomplices to the gang, or victims of the gang. They would try to piece together stories to figure out the mystery of what actually happened to the gang.

People would argue over things that happened in the gang and have their evidence to back it up. Letters written by gang members would become so valuable. If they ever someone come across Arthur's journal, it would probably be considered one of the most valuable pieces of documentation to ever exist for that time period.

The guns of the gang would probably be kept in museums if found. Albert Mason's portrait of Arthur Morgan would be found in history books, same as other pictures.

Dutch would probably be a very controversial figure in history- some would hail him as a failed hero and others would condemn his violence no matter the reason- they wouldn't know what the people in the gang knew- especially in the end. Same with the rest of the gang members.

They'd probably all get romanticized. Hosea and Dutch's friendship, the raising of the boys, Dutch and Annabelle and his fued with Colm, Mary and Arthur, John and his family, Javier being a revolutionary- no one would know the full story.

And then there is Jack- he may live to see the 1960s and 70s and 80s. He may have grandchildren who'd pull him into a theater to watch a retelling of the gang that he was a part of at one point. He'd be amused. He'd think that the actor playing his father was too clean looking, too pretty. He'd think that the movie Arthur was too skinny. He'd think that the man playing Dutch had a funny voice as he tried to mimic the accent. He'd laugh and make notes in his head of the historical accuracy. He'd feel sorrowful at the deaths of the characters- he knew them at some point. And no one at the theater would know that the old man with the rowdy bright eyed boys who brought him there was Jack Marston, the last of the Van Dir Linde gang.

Jack might talk about it to the public. He might do interviews. He might even write a book about his father, the infamous John Marston. Those would be priceless. Even Beecher's Hope might be kept around and visited as a historical site for history goers.

And honestly? It is such a bittersweet thing.

[randomrichards]

THE BREAKING POINT:

Honest fisherman

Forced into crime by debt

Puts strain on marriage