The small town of Lockhart, TX is typically known
for only one thing - BBQ. In fact, it is home to three of the Texas
Monthly magazine's Top 50 BBQ Restaurants. However, Lockhart is
also the birthplace of the fictional character Americus from the
Natalie Portman movie "Where the Heart Is." Although the
movie was set somewhere in Oklahoma, it was actually filmed
throughout Central Texas in Lockhart, Austin, and at Baylor
University in Waco.
The movie starts with a pregnant Novalee Nation
(Natalie Portman) being abandoned by her boyfriend at a small-town
Wal-Mart. After accidentally being locked in the Wal-Mart
overnight, she decides to camp out in the store for the next few
months until she finally gives birth one night in the store to her
daughter, Americus. When she is discovered, the media frenzy
that followed dubbed Americus, "The Wal-Mart Baby."
This cache is located very near this famous movie
set location.
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