How the West Was Won was filmed in Tucson in the United States of America.
Monument Valley
In movie
Scene where Zeb and his family are about to start a new life at the Arizona farm of Lilith.
Real
Scene was shot Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona–Utah border, near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the territory of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163. A 14-mile graded dirt road will show you around most of the major monuments, and Navajo guides can lead you deeper, into Mystery Valley, Hunts Mesa and more.
Hartwell Park Ridgway
In movie
Scene where Professional gambler Cleve Van Valen offers his services to Lilith Prescott and her fellow traveler Agatha Clegg.
Real
Chimney Rock
In movie
Scene where Wagonmaster Roger Morgan tells Lilith he wants to marry her.
Real
Scene was shot Chimney Rock National Monument is a 4,726-acre (1,913 ha) U.S. National Monument in San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado which includes an archaeological site.
Convict Lake
In movie
Scene where Linus Rawlings is saying goodbye to the indians and returns with lots of beaver pelts in his boat.
Real
Scene was shot Convict Lake is known for its turquoise-blue water, the dramatic mountains (including Mount Morrison) that surround it, the trout fishing it affords, and its unusual history. The lake, known to the Paiute as Wit-sa-nap, was renamed by settlers after an incident on September 23, 1871, in which a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City, Nevada, and took refuge near the lake. They were pursued by a posse, and after it caught up to the convicts, a shootout followed, in which a number of both posse members and convicts were killed or wounded. The remaining convicts who survived initially escaped but were eventually captured and lynched.
Perkinsville
In movie
Scene where Zeb and his family are at the at Gold City's train station to pick up Lilith. She is not the only one arriving. Charlie Gant whose brother is killed by marshall Zeb, is also arriving in town.
Real
Scene was shot Perkinsville is named for A. M. Perkins, who established a cattle ranch here in 1900. Briefly in the early 20th century Perkinsville supported an estimated 10 to 12 families. The hamlet soon became a ghost town.
Cave-In-Rock
In movie
Scene where Linus is deceived by a couple of river pirates.
Real
Scene was shot Cave-In-Rock State Park is an Illinois state park, on 240 acres, in the town of Cave-in-Rock. Cave-in-Rock was known and used for thousands of years by the Native Americans. The first European to discover the Cave was M. de Lery of France, who in 1729 mapped and named it caverne dans Le Roc.