Vernal Express | 1958-05-29 | Page 14 | Fifty Year Old Dream Approaches Reality Section

fifty year old dream approaches reality by G E director utah field house of natural history tile the utah field house of 01 natural history congratulates its scientific colleague and neighbor dinosaur national monument upon the realization of a dram dr am nearly half a century old with the completion of the visitor center at dinosaur quarry serving the dual purpose of 0 protective housing for the in place exhibit of relle relief fid col fossils on the wall and as a museum itself this long cherished dream has reached fruition professor earl douglass sometime after his discovery of the dinosaur bones on aug a discovery which led to the uncovering of vast amounts of fossil material in quarry envisioned just such huch a development as Js now taking place twenty seven 3 bears ears after his death in 1931 1031 this dream becomes a reality the spirit of earl douglass will pervade the dedication to those of us who former ly served at dinosaur during a time of fru frustrating stating fiscal famine a tirrie time of long duration when nu end of stagnation at the monument was in sight the present culmination of long range planning is especially gratifying during this lean period the tourist frequently was anclin td d to blame us its for the poor roads the lack of development ment at dinosaur the weather find just about evereth every ahing ing else in fact we had become to apologetic and had acquired such an inferiority complex that we were ready to accept the responsibility for anything we were accused of fortunately today all this has changed for the better and monument personnel can lift their ir collective heads with pride in the spring of 1950 while testifying on reclamation mat lers at an interior Dep department artmen hearing 11 paring in washington I 1 made the following ol lowing statement it is my sincere hope that this aimless controversy over echo park dam at least results in focusing tile the national s spotlight pot light on I 1 the it e pathetic plight of dinosaur national monument rit so that this forgot ton step child of tile the park ser vice will belatedly receive some of the attention it so richly do deserves serves I 1 a am m p pleased leased echo park accomplished just that and that the present pre ent mission 66 is carrying out this public ultimatum with the construction of a oad load into the quarry itself the aged disabled and infirm now have easy access to I 1 this s spectacular display a orivl lege which was formerly de niad them where they had to walk up the old bid trail the black topping of the 3 miles of road to split mountain gorge and its enlarged campground will make it possible to visit this colorful and mag nt area in all kinds of het a venture which in the he past was undertaken with dome misgiving dinosaur monument with its new development has be come one of the most interesting arid and unique units of the entire national park sy system tem and will share in the great in ili crease in travel being enjoy c id 1 I by all these fascinating areas dinosaur we salute you