Dinosaur National Monument- Historic resources study: Final report
Mehls SF. 1985. Dinosaur National Monument- Historic resources study: Final report. Contract CX-1200-4-A066, Item 1. Western Historical Studies, Inc.
Among the historical accounts of the Dinosaur National Monument area, the author presents information on the land, cattlemen, sheep, ranching, trails and transportation, mining, lumbering, conservation and resource development, scientific exploration, quarry discovery, monument expansion, and development of water resources. In the narrative that follows the reader will meet the famous, infamous and not so famous people who gave Dinosaur its history. In looking back at their lives and struggles an attempt has been made to place them into a broader regional context. For the sake of clarity, the reader must keep in mind that when textural references are made to Dinosaur, the Monument or Dinosaur National Monument those descriptors are used to denote the lands that make up the Monument today, even though the events discussed took place both before and after either the 1915 proclamation establishing Dinosaur National Monument or President Roosevelt’s executives order that enlarged Dinosaur in 1938. As well, use of the Dinosaur area, the Monument region, locale, or similar terms denote events that took place either inside, outside or both in and out of the present boundaries. While such semantics may be a bit confusing, history frequently does not recognize borders laid down by government surveyors and to address only those things that happened within Monument’s present boundaries would be to look at its history in a vacuum.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Mehls, Steven
- Date of Issue
- 1985-07-31
- Publisher
- Western Historical Studies, Inc.
- Units
- DINO , HIST
- Keywords
- Agriculture, Aquatic Studies, Colorado Plateau, Conservation, Cultural Resource, ehistory, Flood Management/History, Forestry, Grazing, History, Land Use, Livestock, Logging, Management, Management/Administration, Mining, Natural Resources, Park Expansion, Petrology/Mineralogy, Physical Sciences, Quarries, Range Management, Recreation/Aesthetics, Trails, Transportation, Water Resources