Vernal Express | 1960-06-02 | Page 1 | Weekend Brings Record Number of Sight Seers

weekend brings brin 9 is record number of sight seers the memorial day holiday weekend attracted an all time record number of visitors to dinosaur visitors center and large crowds to the fieldhouse in vernal sunday an estimated crowd of 1550 persons visited the monument more then than any other day in the history of the monument reported dwight L Il hamilton amilton park naturalist monday 1133 1135 visited and the previous saturday G E Unten nann field house director said that during the weekend visitors vl were arriving at the field house at the rate of 1000 per day all vernal motels were reported filled during the weekend registers indicated that ta the majority bority of visitors were nathe f from r the wasatch front that is the salt lake city provo ogden areas mr Il hamilton amilton pointed out cut that the visitor center in the monument will be open from 7 am a m to 7 p m from saturday until labor day