Show Dinosaur National Monument Shows Great Progress During Year Of 1957 As rolls around again the year draws to an It has been a year of great activity at Dinosaur National one that has set the Monument well on way to full development of the Quarry The most important development is construction of the visitor center at the This large modern building covers a section of the quarry An interesting- feature of its design is that the quarry face actually forms the north wall of the circular element at the east end of the visitor center will contain offices of people who work Along the south wall in the main pirt of the will be and preparation room where fossils from the quarry be studied and prepared Area Built East of the a parking area has been Below the old parking area has been enlarged to in clude space for a total of The lower area will be used the upper one is The National Park Service plans to lay surfacing on both parking areas and the connecting road next Planning also includes improving the entrance road from boundary to the Quarry The flat south of the quarry is the site selected for and equipment storage Two residences and a 4 apartment house have already another residence and utility building arc under Spring Completion I The visitor center is scheduled for completion in the spring ol We hope to have it open to the public toy the middle of June summer visitation becomes Af ter the building is there be week or two delay in opening to allow for installation Of the many exhibits now being prepared by the Museum Branch of the National Park WELL THE NEW DINOSAUR QUARRY VISITOR CENTER BE Lets follow the typical visitor through the visit center and try to sec it with his He will the building iby up a curved ramp brings him into the upper Curing the busy a Ranger-Naturalist will be on duty here to welcome him and answer This lobby also be to assemble school and other groups for short talks touring the From the our wil step out onto a balcony from he has unobstructed view of the quarry face and the fos- v J I it No other exhibits distract his attention from this main As ho he will notice small placards on the rail which the groups of bones in the At the west end of the building a flight of stairs down to the main floor of Series Of Exhibits Here visitor will find a series of exhibits explaining pf the interesting facts in the dinosaur He a button and a short movie shows how quarry was in the Museum days and how it is worked He learns of Earl and developer of the and of the many fossils taken from it to various museums of the In cine models and pictures will show our visitor the necessary steps in finding a removing its stony and learning about He will discover that rocks tell us of under which they in or MAKES WAY FOR PROGRESS Photo shows another of the pioneer landmarks of the Basin that recently underwent a The old wood-pipe siphon across Kirkendall Bench near Bennett was replaced with welded steel The new siphon is feet and carries water down a steep across the bench and up another and delivers 8 of water to irrigate acres of Government under the cost-sharing and the bal- Part of the total cost of the project will be paid by the ance will be shared by John Clive Allen Brewer and Ralph layout and supervision of installation was by Soil Conservation Service assigned to assist the Uintah Basin Soil Conservation The old wood-stave siphon was built in 1927 by James Milton C. Smith and Joseph C. It functioned well for nearly 30 but excess leakage and water loss recently necessitated the construction of the new and volcanoes evidence of their and bones of other animals are used to piece together world of the All these steps will be explained in Sandbar Cemetery Perhaps the most interesting exhibit in the entire will be a diorama entitled diorama is a exhibit that Hooks like a short half cylinder whose curved surface forms a painted and whose open space is filled with The diorama will show the quarry as It may have looked during the time the dinosaurs lived The eastward flowing sands form the quarry will be lined with strange trees and remains of dead dinosaurs as well as some living ones can be seen in the stream and along its at exhibit will be like looking into the distant The visitor may through a window into the preparation There he will see how the fossils are cleaned and put lege the r. He observe the work on the quarry watch the men use and pick as they cut away the barren expose the fossil bones Interested In Fossils We have found that most visitors are as interested in the work on the fossils as they are in the fossils Since the of exposing the fossils in is slew and must be done very it ibe several years before the project is then it will take on man to keep this in-place exhibit in top In the exit lobby the visitor will see exhibits that draw his to the scenic canyon country of the Others tell of the various to do nature and river trips to be used and In this lobby is the permanent information where is always on The visitor center will most interesting to school particularly those of the Uintah We hope they will make full use of the now As interesting as were past the ones of the future will far more exciting and A Difficult One The past summer was a difficult With the quarry closed during it was necessary to skid the old museum building to a site on the Split Mountain Gorge A trail was opened to Dinosaur Most visitors were disappointed to learn the quarry was but they the sit and were glad to of the AH this construction has not ever a half million dollars have been spent or contracted under MISSION visitor alone cost The National Park Service is convinced that Dinosaur National justifies this expense and this deposit of bone is one of the best in the arid that the exhibit of bones in place is Combine the scientific interest of the quarry with the unsurpassed scenery of canyons and you have one of hest Park Service It only needs to be and development is under |