| Show U a T OUr i S a a el mt es 1 Rea Bey y for fr Big L' L Year This year car all of oC the thc states slates well known spots will receive a ashot ashot ashot shot in the tourist traffic arm er E Everyone one in the state stale is preparing pre paring to play host to what may maybe maybe maybe be the greatest horde of oC visitors in the history of or the West Two places arc responsible for fOl this shot in the arm Glen Canyon m on Dam near neal Page Ariz and Flaming Flamin Gorge Dam 40 miles from Vernal These workhorse workhorse workhorse work work- horse units of oC the Colorado Riv River R River er cr Storage Project arc are also alsos s sic 1 e c e c k trotting Time Good-Time- Charlies preparing to lo offer oHer America a whale of oC a lot of oC fun While the horses are getting ready to harness the mighty might Green and Colorado Rivers the they also arc are twirling out a alasso alasso alasso lasso to bring Utah one of oC its it's biggest tourist bonanzas As the huge concrete dams bow their backs against the onslaught onslaught onslaught on on- slaught of oC the waters they will add to their work function a galaxy of playtime attractions And while this is happening Utah's decorated land of parks canyons arches waterfall and wilderness is preparing National Parks neighbors t to Glen Canyon arc are shining up their doorsteps and laying a an enlarged welcome mat But folks arent aren't waiting for the completion com com- completion of oC either dam They al already already al- al ready are taking a gander at atthe atthe atthe the huge dam building opera opera- Its It's asure thing that the people people people peo peo- who come now to look will willbe willbe willbe be back later to play in m the midst of oC the most scenic areas in the tho country Several agencies local state and federal arc are beating on doors to advertise the areas and attract more tourist traffic Expansive recreation areas are ate planned surrounding the reservoirs of oC the dams Envisioned Envisioned Envisioned En En- are hotels boat ramps golf gol courses and beaches new roads loads and bridges to open the new vacation lands for fishing fishing fish fish- ing hunting packing and ing The fhe State Tourist and Publicity Publicity Public Public- ity Council sa says s 's Utah has hardly hardly hard hard- l ly begun to realize its full potential potential po po- in tourism Last year ear more than tourists tourists in Utah spent about million All agencies are embarking upon more ambitious advertising advertising advertising adver adver- and publicity to bring in more more visitors and keep them a little longer on each visit One of the most programs is being carried out in the Unusual Presently Presently Pre Pre- the key interest point is the Visitors Visitor's Center at Dinosaur National Monument 30 miles east of oC Vernal Last year persons visited the At the Center visitors may maysee maysee maysee see Dinosaur bones more than million years old The center center center cen cen- ter is one of oC the few Cew places in inthe inthe inthe the world where layer on layer of oC the earths earth's crust is exposed for lor all to see Whole fragments dinosaur dinosaur dinosaur din din- teeth all are preserved preserved preserved pre pre- served with care The of oC these huge al animals mals come into view as s scientists carve awa away the tho rock exposing the bones Another interest point is the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal A billion years ears of oC geology and million million mil mil- lion years ears of oC fossil records can be seen A replica of a fossil Diplodocus SO 80 feet long longis is is on the museum grounds Planned to coincide with the dams dam's completion possibly completion possibly before be be- fore will fore will be a scenic park It is being built buill by Dinosaur Land Inc an organization of Utah men from Salt Lake Cit City Roosevelt Roosevelt Roos Roos- evelt and Vernal It will be built on a acre acre site on the northwestern fringe of oC Vernal adjacent to U US U.S. S Highway Highway highway High High- way way 40 The park an elaborate recreation and tourist facility 1 will tell the stor story of oC the Dino Dinosaur Dinosaur saul with scale reproductions reproductions reproductions made of oC fiber glass Eventually more than of oC the terrible lizards' lizards will be on display dis dis- play Building Budding the monsters is ElBert Elbert El- El bert berl H H. H Porter professor proCessor of oC Sculpture at the University of oC Utah Preliminary work also is underway at the site on landscaping land I parking areas motels cafes caCes curio shops service station station station sta sta- tion and educational and historical historical historical ical tours Vernal businessmen have created created cre cre- Dinah a cartoon Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaur Dino Dino- to advertise the Basin She speaks from billboards hotels hotels ho ho- motel and cafe caCe signs and will speak even l Iou louder o u d e eras r as springtime draws near Her lieI slogan is Ill See Sec You in Dinosaur Land and she probably probably ably will be right in all of oC the many vacation spots in inthe inthe inthe the state will reap benefits as aswell well even within within a few Cew hundred mile radius can sample sample sam sam- pie an any of or several of oC the states state's most scenic areas including areas including Flaming Gorge Dam and Glen Canyon Canon Dam Dam in in a n weekend Studies have shown that the state ranks well below most other states stales in number of oC visitors tors time spent in the state stale and amI expenditures Some officials estimate that the two recreation areas formed by the two dams will bring nearly a million more persons each year ear into Utah A cautious guess points to at least in the Uintah Basin area and probably an equal number in inthe inthe inthe the southern Utah areas Yes Utah wisely is starting stalling now in her job as hostess to a never-ending never party of tourists I |
