All the streets on this 2004 tract honor Western movie star John Wayne (né Marion Morrison, 1907-1979), who was born in Iowa but grew up in Glendale and attended USC. The streets in question: Alamo Way is for Wayne’s 1960 film The Alamo; Cowboy Court remembers 1972’s The Cowboys or else just Wayne’s cowboy image; Dakota Drive is for the 1945 film Dakota; Duke Drive is a nod to Wayne’s nickname; Hatari Way is for his 1962 safari adventure Hatari!; Marion Way recalls Wayne’s real first name; Pilgrim Court is a reference to his nickname for James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Rio Lobo Way is for 1970’s Rio Lobo; Stagecoach Way is for Wayne’s 1939 breakout Stagecoach; finally, True Grit Court is for the original 1969 version of True Grit, which won Wayne an Academy Award.
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