The two-story home that serves as the centerpiece of the ranch where the opening and closing scenes of âTrue Gritâ were filmed has received a top-to-bottom renovation just in time for the 50th anniversary of the John Wayne classic. Texas oil executive Rod Lewis purchased the ranch for $3.125 million in 2014. Photo by Erin McIntyre
A restoration full of Grit
By Olivia Exstrum, Special to the Plaindealer
Before it was the residence of spunky Mattie Ross and before John Wayne’s Rooster Cogburn jumped its fence on ...