Thursday, March 31, 2011

A DINOSAURIAN DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

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June 1, 1958. Utah Governor George Dewey Clyde (right) cuts a ribbon to officially open the new Quarry Visitor Center at Dinosaur National...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

AREN’T YOU A BIT OLD FOR BRACES?

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As I mentioned a few posts back, new measurements and subsequent re-evaluation suggested that the beams on the north side of the Quarry Visi...
Friday, March 25, 2011

ALL POINTS BULLETIN: LUCILLE BALL (aka TRACY COLLINI) WANTED FOR THEFT OF GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS FROM DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT AND TRANSPORTATING THEM ACROSS STATE LINES: APPROACH WITH CAUTION!

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 In the 1954 hit comedy film The Long, Long Trailer (1), newlyweds Nicki Collini (Desi Arnaz) and Tracy Collini (Lucille Ball) want to save...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011

AND THE PARK SERVICE SAID “LET THERE BE NO LIGHT.”

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“ The barren hills of Utah make the point as well as any site could that a building expressive of its purpose, responsive to--- and respectf...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

BEAM THESE BEAMS UP, SCOTTY

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We are making real progress in putting the QVC back together. The major effort now underway is getting the window framing installed so that ...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

WHAT COMES DOWN MUST FIRST GO UP

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In March 1956 the NPS announced funding for a building program at Dinosaur, $275,000 of which would be for the new Quarry Visitor Center, w...
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A TIN SHED FOR DINOSAURS

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In the early 1950s, when the NPS began to once AGAIN consider building a visitor center over the Carnegie Quarry, a question arose as to whe...