6000 ft?
Not into farming. Is it true that you can't farm at 600feet above sea level? If it is, why not?
shareIn this movie it could be that the mesa is arid and water is hard to come by. I really got the impression or maybe someone said it in the movie that this was Arizona. Othan that I don't see the reason for the statement. I am a farmgirl but we were at 900 ft or less.
shareThanks for responding. Mesa Verde is a National Park located in southwestern Colorado. The Green River (one of them, at least) is in southern Utah. The Verde River is north of Phoenix, Ar. But, Geography was never John Wayne's forte.
I'm not sure the actual location had anything to do wih it, just the altitude. The fact that there could be little water is the best explanation I've ever heard.
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The film was shot in Southern Arizona, in the same area where I currently live. The house is the same house and location where the film "Oklahoma!" was shot because of its vast rolling hills and beautiful country. The San Rafael Valley is located southeast of Tucson near the towns of Patagonia and Nogales, Arizona and has an elevation between 4,000 and 5000 feet, depending on where you are. The mountains you see in the movie stand at elevations from 7,000 feet to 9,400 feet, but the house where the film was shot is closer to 4,200 feet in elevation. You're right, the lines in the movie didn't match the location, but it was still good comedy for its time.
I enjoy visiting the house from time to time. Locals around here know it quite well as "The John Wayne House." A road across the mountains is even named for him, called "Duquesne Road," or also "The Duke."
The real issue with altitude, is that spring comes way late, and winter comes way early. Too short a season for growing truck gardens wether there is water or not. 6,000 ft is high for any latitude, even southern Arizona.
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