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' " 11 U Irnie 1,1e 11e se'r'e sere ( " . , ' ' s ' > regions of the Un1 United UnitedStates 'UnitedStates UnitedStates ' stJ1tf'S stJ1tfS States ' Is Included within the thebOLndaries thebotndaries theboundaries bOLndaries botndaries of Dinosaur Dinofur : ! ) National NationalMonument NationalMonument NationalMonument Monument In northeastern U Vt US-1and US 1and : ; - . . 1 i 1I iand I and southwestern Colorado e\ e een men menmore * \ venmor en ; more farnoi famol famoi s . ! for . us n.s ns its iostll ro.cs.l1 rocs.l1 rocsl1 108811 . ; . , nUI'r nUIr qupr- qupr quprrIe Wl ' r-rirs r rirs - . ' rfu rIe fi f'm fm e ' , ' ' m n w w"h wh w"nh wnh ' " " ' " h numerora n\.mero\'s n.meros n .mero mero 's s nt \ . merotis \ ' 1Jk.lp 1Jklp ' slcl slclton"i sk-lP sk lP * . - -ton"i ton"i toni - . I Irfu ton " ' ! ; o'1 o1 0 o ' ' preh- preh preht prehoric preh ' - ( oric lric ) dinosnura dinosaurs 'nd nd end 'ndlother endother ! ' ndother lother other long ettli t'Cth tCth e4tii ' ct et creatures wereremoved wereremovedThe were wereI wereremo wereremoved I remo removed , > f'd fd f'dI ' I removedThe The monument mont.mt montmt . > nt was establishedby estabUshtdby estabUshtd established by presidential prt"sidentJal prtsidentJal " proclamation proelamatlol\ proelamatlol prociamatio proelamatlolIn \ ! in1 In ! 1915 I6 to set a aaide aside ld an aO-acre aO acre SO-acre SO - tractalong ttact tract ttactI ttactalong tractalong I along the Ctreen Green Oreen riyer river near Vernalfor Vernal Vernalfor Vernalfor for th the * protection of the quarrlsthe quarrtes quarries quarrtesthe quarriesthe : * the source of toasll fossil skeleton skeletons * nowon ttow now ttowIon nowon Ion on exhibition In mu museUD18 museum eunr ' through througn through- throughout throughout . - out th the * United States Prom From 1 1909 1909unto 1909until 0 0until until unto 1 1923 23 th the * Carnegie Museumof MuselymI Muselymof MusetYmof Muselym MusetYm of Pittsburgh carried ca.rrled carrled . on extenriv extensive extensiveexcavation extensiveexcavation I , xcavatlon excavation activities reve revealing revealingsome revealingsome llng some ome of tha the most perfect dinoNur dinoNurspecimens dino d1no ur urspecimens specimens known to scIence acl nc * 81m Sim- Sim - Simliar Bun-Oar Bun Oar - . ' liar work was then carried on by bythe bythe bythe the Smithsonlan SmIthsOnian Institution tollow follow tollowed followed followed ed later by the University of ot UtahAn UtahAn Utah UtahAn An outstanding skeleton that o 0 < ' a . brontosaurus 100 tcet feet long and andZO ZO 20 feet high Is on display In the theHall theHall theHall Hall of Vertebrate Paleontology of ofPittsburgh ofPittsburgh otPittsburgh Pittsburgh It Is calculated the theprehistorIc theprehistoric theprehistoric prehistorIc creature weighed over over20 20 tons In life Declared to be bemost b bmost < most perfect foasU fossU fossil skeleton In ex exIstence exIstence Istence an allosaurus all05aurus fossil tossll tromthe fromthe from trom the quarries is on exhibition at the theUniversity theUniversity theUniversity University of Utah The remainsof remalwof remalw remains of Hying flying reptiles reptUes and other ani- ani animals ani animals - . mA mals Is formerly tonnerly unknown to man manhae manbare manhave ha\e ha e bare \ been brought to light l1ght as 8S a rt H rtsuit Hsuit resuit suit of quarry excavations excavationsOf Of more recent historical inter intE'T- intE'T intET inter- intE'Test intereat interest ' - ! est eat concerning day days when the west westwas westwas I Iwa.s wa.s was . still regarded as a frontier frontierare frontierare frontierare are the storfs storIes of ' . 'Butch Butch CassidY Cassidyand Cassldyand , and his Wild Wlld Bunch who arc are said saidto slidto I Ito to have made their headcniarter headQuarter headouarter headcniarterIn " ! ; ' In a section known as Brown Browns BrownsPark BrownsPark s sPark Park a small vallay valley surrounded by byhigh byhigh byhigh high mountains In Colorado and andUtah andUtah andUtah Utah Cassldy CassIdy took part in the thefirst thefirst thefirst first nitro glycerin holdup on- on ou onrec onrecord . - rec recI record record record I ord when Moffatt 8 s First F1rst National NationalBank NationalBank NationalBank Bank In Denver was held up March MarchI March30 I 30 1UO 1889 1889Indian 1UOIndian I IIndian Indian writings wrltlngs or petroglyphs petroglyphsin in this th1.s th1s . region are most unusualThe unusual unusualThe ' The outlaw band carried on dt"p- dt"p dtp dep- dep dt"predaUons depredations dep depredations " - - redations redaUons In several western stav.s stavs states stav.sfor statesfor stat-sfor stat sfor . - for a number of years at the turn turnof turnof turnof of the century always returning returningto to their hideout in the present n9 na national natlonal ! Uonal tional monument area until thepressure the thepressure thepressure pressure of the law in the earlyIBOOs early I 1900 s forced the band to breakup break breakup breakup up Cassldy Cassidy fled to South Americawhere America Americawhere Americawhere where he again took up banditrywith banditry banditryI banditrywith banditrywith with a considerable measure ofsuccess of offucces.s ofsuccess I fucces.s fuccess success , . However he took his ownlife ownlife own I Ilife life when officers caught up withhim with withhim I him following a long series of dep dep- depredations depredations dep- dep depredations - - redations The passing years aregradually are aregradually aregradually gradually transforming these frontier fran fron frantier frontier tier desperadoes Into legendanfigures legendan legendary legendanfigures legendaryfigures figures lending Old West romanceto romance romanceto romanceto to the dinosaur area areaOf areaOf areaOf Of particular Interest to geologistare geologl5tare geologl5t geologist are tlie the opportunities to be found foundin foundin foundIn in the monument tor for geologic geologie re research research research search covering unestlmafced unestimated mill millions millIons I IIons Ions of years Near the fossil fossilquarries fossilquarries I Iquarries quarries Is the earth structure such suchI suchthat suchthat suchthat I that remarkable cross sections of ofstrata ofstrata ofstrata strata tilted by prc pre historic earth earthmovements earthmovements earthmovements movements represent numerous numerouschapters numerouschapters numerouschapters chapters In the geologic book of ofTIme ofTime ofTune TIme the pages making intensely Intense Intensely Intensely ly Interesting reading for the traIn traIned trained trained ed scientific mind Here Nature Natureunfolds Natureunfolds I Iunfolds unfolds her never ending story of ofI ofthe ofthe ' the Ages and their patient work workand workand workand I and even the th untrained mind can cancomprehend cancomprehend cancomprehend comprehend the might and the slg sig slgnlf1cancE significance signiflcance nlf1cancE nificance " of the ageless drama so somutely somutely somutely mutely told by the rocks rockB and moun mountains mountains mountains tains before himThe himThe him himThe The scenic Importance of ot the thehinterland thehinterland thehinterland hinterland wilderness of ot the small smalloriginal smalloriginal smalloriginal original monument had long been beenrecognized beenrecognized be nrecognized recognized In the Impressive impresshe Impressise can call canyons callyons canyons yons of ot the Lodore and of ot canI Ule the UleVamps theYampa theYampa I Vamps Yampa river The first named is isthe Isthe Isthe the course of ot the Oreen Green river riverMost riverMost riverMost Most of this thl : ; area la is In Moffat Moffatcounty Moffatcounty ' rounty county Colo and some In Uintah Uintahcounty Uintahcounty Ulntahcounty county Utah all of ot which 203885 203885acres 203885acres 203 MSacres acres was added to the DInosaur DinosaurNational DinosaurNational i iNational National Monument In 1938Over 1938Over IMt 1938 IMtOver Over ten thousand thollsand visitors were wereregistered wereregistered wereregistered , registered qt et t the monument dur during during durIng ing the 1040 1940 travel year Ninety Ninetynine Ninetynine Ninetynine nine per cent of this total came to tothe tothe tothe the fossil quarries development of ofwhich ofwhich ofwhich which Is still sUIl In a pioneer stage stageThe stageThe stageThe The major portion of the Ule monu monumf"nt monument monument mf"nt mfnt ment " Is Inaccessible maccessible to motor molnr travf trayP trav tray travpI P pI ) ' pnd and ? < nd the th limited roads to anum anumt a num nun ' t- t - tof ) - of remote points ar are unsultedn unsuitedo unsuited , o tencral general eneral motor travel travelAt tra travelAt vel velAt At work for countless velI centuriesr centuries I r ( ' t Ing log Its way through great earth E"arth earthp E"arthp " p Ifts the Oreen Green river flowlnr'from flowlnrfrom nowln flowin " ' I from the Wyoming Wind Rivermountains Rlv'r Rlvr River Rlv'rmountains Rivermountains ( ' mountains the largest tributary trlbutarv rfthe C'f Cf of ' C'fthe ofthe Rlv'rI I the Colorado river has accomplished accomphed accomp\h accomp h accomplish ] \ . ; ed ome 'ome ' of its greatest eroslonalwork ero erosional erosionalwork < ; ional ionalwork work In the canyon of the Lodor Lodore LodoreBetween ? ! " Between the htKh high hi h walls of oC upturned up upturned upturned turned strata of red mountainsthe mountains mountainsI mountainsthe I the h Oreen Off'en Offen Green ' Is on Its turbulent waysouthward way waysouthward waysouthward southward to join the ColoradoMalor Colorado ColoradoMa ColoradoMa Ma lor for Weslev Wesley , Powell PoweH famous famoHs ploneer pJo plo pJoneer ploneer neer explorer In 1839 1 11 9 made the thefirst thefirst thefirst first boat trip between the to 1 i icrinr pr prIn Prtoe In toe " wull Wl11 wall ! " ' ' ! almost 2000 feet hhth high hhthon highon highon on his historic exploration exnloraUon exnloratien of the " I , I | ! ! Green Grl Or > pn n and Colorado rivers riversHe riversHe riversI riversI He named many of the "Ceni Ceni "cent cent " < " cenlrpoints ! ' points of at . the t.he canyon-such canyon such canyon riversI - such l1ch n'lmps nlmps names n'lmpsas namesas nimesas ' I thei as Flaming F1aming Gorge ' C'lff Clff C'iff Ciff ' of theHarp the tht " IHarp Harp Buttes of . the t.he Cross and DIs Dts Dtsaster laster Dislaster | aster Falls Palls Fa1Ls recalling to mf"lTlorv mflTlorv mernorv mf"lTlorvthe mernorvthe memorrI " the hazardous trip of over 70 70I 70vears 70years 70years vears years ago At Disaster Dlsa.ster Dlsaster . Pi ' F'PII FPII Fall ll . ' 111 in 111the inthe Inthe I the heart of the canyon Major MajorPowf"ll MajorPowell 1 1Powell Powf"ll Powfll Powell " lo lost last . < ; t one of oC his boati boat-II boat II boats - when wht'n whtn ' 9 a 9current acurrent , current dashed dame < ! It gatnst egalll5t against the rocko rock rock'i rocki ' : For several miles the river nver f1"V f1V low f\'rv'through f 'rv'through rvthrough \ ' ! ' } " ' . I thral'gh thralgh through ' its confining walls until It Itreach itreaches Itreaches reach reaches the month mouth of the Lo < 1or Lo'ior Loior 1orcanyon Lo'iorcanyon Lo < ' 1orcanyon canyon where Its watera walen waters ! mingle minglewith minglewith minglewith with th those e of the Vamna Yernoa Yemna Ile"r Iler Ile"rSteamboat ne neTSteamboat " r rSteamboat Steamboat Rock Theft Tbet'e Tbete There ' the th Green Greenbecomes Greenbecomes Oreenbecomes becomes more placid plaefd as fl8 It ft "fI'lncb fIlncb winds "fI'lncbits windsits " ' windsIt its * way through Pate Pla.ts Plats Pats . Hole a lone lone- lonely lonely lonely - ly ly valley of weird beauty where wherea a hermit Pat Lyn Lynch b a veteran ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the Civil Civn Clvi1 war wu , lived Uve4 lor for nearly nearq a Ihalf , ( balt h l ( century tw far ftoto ftom fitohl the theliaunta th , . 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