Viewed from the Dakota Hogback just south of town, many of the buildings in this picture still stand today. The brick colored Late Coal Age sandstone dominating the background has another 70 years to be developed into Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Dinosaur Ridge comprises the cliffs visible in the right of the picture. The train, tracks [...]
Dinosaur Quarry, circa 1878
Bridgett Gutierrez2015-04-03T18:39:32-06:00Lakes and his team work Quarry 10 along the Dakota Hogback above the little town of Morrison. In the top right, a worker fries up something to eat on a small campfire above the quarry. Jurassic dinosaur bones litter the ground.