Faber said Cogburn was also fictional, but it is believed he was more than likely partly based on some real people or happenings.įaber also provided information about real deputy U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, who was portrayed by John Wayne in the 1969 film adaptation and by Jeff Bridges in the 2010 film. Something similar can be said of another main character, Deputy U.S. This included Mary Rutherford Cravens, who was stationed in Fort Smith with her family prior to the outbreak of the Civil War and whose letters have provided historians insight into how the fort looked at that point in time.
While Ross was fictional, Faber used her as a means to talk about prominent women in Fort Smith history. Part of Faber's presentation was devoted to some of the characters of "True Grit." The first he covered was Mattie Ross, the main character of the story. Faber's presentation centered on what was both factual and fictional in "True Grit," a 1968 novel written by Arkansas author Charles Portis that was first made into a film in 1969 and again in 2010.
The novel featuring Fort Smith that has twice been adapted for film was the topic of a presentation Sunday.Ĭody Faber, park ranger at the Fort Smith National Historic Site, was the guest speaker for the Clayton House's Clayton Conversations event Sunday.
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