I spoke on the phone to the article's writer, Ashley, for about 20 minutes. She was really hung up about how Californians seem bound and determined to tear stuff down and to build new.
Of course, John Wayne's BIRTHPLACE home is still around and lovingly preserved as it was in 1907 here in Winterset!
Wayne Davis (who lives in a house built in 1869)
Birthplace of John Wayne
http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org
