Plaque, rock now outside movie star's boyhood home in Brooklyn Iowa...
The boyhood home of John Wayne Historical Site is seen May 28, 2016 at the Brooklyn house where the movie star lived as a child. He attended first grade at the nearby school. (Photo by Carol Carpenter Hanson)
A new historical marker unveiled in Brooklyn, Iowa, May 28 pays homage to a movie star who lived in the community as a child.
John Wayne, who was born Marion Morrison, moved with his family in 1909 to a privately owned home at 717 Jackson St. in Brooklyn.
His father, a pharmacist, moved the family to Earlham that year, but they returned to the Brooklyn home in 1913.
Wayne attended first grade in the community before his family moved to California in May 1914, according to the 1995 biography "John Wayne: American."
Over the past year and a half, four people from the Brooklyn Historical Society raised more than $10,000 for a commemorative plaque, John Wayne silhouette and a rock with the saying "Howdy Pilgrim!" to place outside Wayne's former home.