Back In Time
National Dinosaur Monument Visitors' Center near Vernal, UT circa 1968 or 1969 My sister's family lived in Vernal, UT during the late 60s, and when I visited them, we went to the National Dinosaur Monument Visitors' Center and Quarry Exhibit Hall . If the current photos I've seen online are accurate, the exterior of the building has not changed much over the years. My nephew (Dwight) and niece (Brenda) are the two children shown in front of the dinosaur sculpture. photo taken in 1968 or 1969 What's really impressive at the Vistors' Center is the quarry exhibit hall. The center is built into the hillside not only to protect the dinosaur bones, but also to allow the massive bones can be seen by the visitors. photo taken in 1968 or 1969 A recent Smithsonian magazine stated the dinosaurs did not die at this location, but that their bodies were carried by the river and deposited in silt layers at the quarry site. The quarry, visitors' center, an...