 The legend that John Ford (I) (qv) "discovered" Monument Valley  (or John Wayne (I) (qv) did and Ford took credit for it), or  Harry Goulding (qv) (the trading post owner there) introduced Ford  to this unique location in 1938 for _Stagecoach (1939)_ (qv), is  disproved by the fact that this movie was filmed there in 1925.