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Monument Valley, situated on the Arizona Utah border, was made famous by the western films of John Ford, who often used it as a location. It was for the 1939 film Stagecoach, introducing the young John Wayne, that he first used the massive stone outcrops here as a background for a film. The road the stagecoach travelled had to be specially built for the film, as the area previously had no roads, and is still in use today. |
 Above: A view down the valley. The large rock outcrops on the left and centre are known as the Left Mitten and the Right Mitton. |
 | Left: A woman enters a traditional Navajo dwelling called a hogan, now used to display traditional spinning and weaving techniques to visitors. |
| Right: Horse riders in the valley create an image recalling the old west that we know from the films of John Ford and other Hollywood directors. |  |
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