G. E. Untermann and B. E. Untermann Historical Quarterly 26 July 1958 One of the most unique and colorful areas in the entire National Park system is Dinosaur National Monument with its outstanding scientific and scenic interests. The Dinosaur Quarry, six miles north of Jensen, Utah, is world famous for the quantity, variety, and fine degree of preservation of the …
“Dinosaur Rush” Created Excitement in Uinta Basin
Yvette D. Ison History Blazer, March 1995 During the 1870s Northeastern Utah became one of the sites associated with what some have called the “Dinosaur Rush.” Within the nation’s scientific community stories of dinosaur finds in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming created a fervor for excavations. Scientists scoured these areas in hopes of finding the biggest and most exotic dinosaur bones …