| WHERE DID JOHN WAYNE GET HIS NICKNAME DUKE ? |
| Back when John Wayne first came to California from Winterset, Iowa with His Family they lived out on the Mojave Desert Northeast of Los Angeles. At that time Marion was just a Young Boy and had to Ride His Old Sway-Back Mare that He loved Very Much, 5 Miles to School everyday with His Big Hairy Airedale Dog tagging along behind Marion and His horse . He would leave His Horse and His Airedale Dog at the Local Fire House with the Firemen there, and when He got out of School in the Afternoon He would Ride His Mare 5 Miles Back Home with His Airedale Dog Still Tagging Along. THE DOG'S NAME WAS "DUKE" ======= The Firemen at the Fire House Called The Airedale Dog "BIG DUKE" ========= and Marion "LITTLE DUKE" ============= And the Name Stuck With the Young Marion, because He Did Not Like The Name Marion at all. So from that Time On He was Called Little Duke, and then when Little Duke Grew Up to Over SIX Feet Four Inches Tall, THE LITTLE was Dropped and His Nickname was "DUKE" From That Time On !!! Chilibill |
| BELOW, A PICTURE OF THE MORRISON FAMILY WHEN THE LIVED ON THE MOJAVE DESERT ! |
| FROM THE LEFT, MARION'S BIG AIREDALE DOG "BIG DUKE," YOUNG MARION, "LITTLE DUKE" HIS YOUNGER BROTHER ROBERT, THE MOTHER MARY, AND FATHER CLYDE MORRISON. AS YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE DUKE'S MOTHER AND FATHER ARE WEARING SIDE ARMS WITH PLENTY OF AMMO !!! AT THIS TIME IT WAS NOT AT ALL THAT SAFE LIVING ON THE MOJAVE DESERT !!! ======================== |
