LAND OF THE DEAD

Exploring ancient worlds and the plants and animals that lived in them

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

BOYLE AND THE FIRST MUSEUM

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1. A.C. Boyle in Dinosaur's first museum Dr. A.C. Boyle was a “geologist and engineer” with a Ph.D. in geology from Columbia Univer...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

MEET DAN FRENCH

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Although almost all the cement crew has now left the QVC project, two members will remain behind, possibly until the project is completed. ...
Friday, January 14, 2011

POUR ONE LAST ONE BEFORE WE HIT THE ROAD

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Well on January 13 th the day for the last concrete pour on the south wall of the Quarry Visitor Center finally arrived. The weather was...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?

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William Holland as Chancellor at what was then Western Pennsylvania University William Jacob Holland was an accomplished man. He serve...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

BUILDING ALLIANCES 1916 - 1927

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In my Dec 21, 2010 post I looked at how the idea of a museum and in-place exhibit originated with Douglass very early on in the excavation ...
Monday, January 3, 2011

DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY

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In spite of the somewhat uncooperative temperatures, the curing of the south wall concrete is complete. For the first two days the chemica...
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Sunday, January 2, 2011

LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED

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Here's the temperature at 8:00 AM on Jan 2 --- it was probably a bit colder during the night. We are now approaching 50 degrees below th...
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DAN CHURE: I have been the paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument for 34 years. My main research interests are dinosaurs & the ecosystems they lived in. I am also interested in fossil resource management & preservation, & the impacts of 20th century warfare and social revolutions on fossil collections & scientists. This blog is personal and not an official blog of Dinosaur National Monument or the National Park Service.
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