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Where was his start and destination?


Where was the real Alvin Straight travelling to in real life? I remember he was on Letterman when the story gained traction before the movie was made.

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according to wikipedia.

Laurens, Iowa. 240 miles (390 km) on a 1966 John Deere riding lawn mower to visit his 80-year-old ill brother in Mount Zion, Wisconsin

just as in the movie

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