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Echo Park
Echo Park is located in the heart of Dinosaur...
Fremont People, Petroglyphs, and Pictographs at Swelter Shelter and Cub Creek
About 1,000 years ago, the Fremont people lived in this ar...
Yampa River
The Yampa River extends for nearly 250 miles from its sour...
Diplodocus longus at the Quarry Exhibit Hall
Diplodocus is one of the most abundant sauropods (long-nec...
Apatosaurus louisae at the Quarry Exhibit Hall
Apatosaurus grew up to 69 ft (21 m) long and ate plants. Y...
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library houses Yal...
Phantom Valley Ranch
In 1907, Squeaky Bob Wheeler opened the Hotel...
Moraine Park
Abner E. Sprague was a man who lived through ...
MacGregor’s Pass
Elizabeth and Esther Burnell were sisters who...
Moraine Park Lodge
Born Mary Imogene Bates of Indiana, Imogene G...
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Echo Park
Echo Park is located in the heart of Dinosaur's canyon country. Here, the Yampa River flows into the Green River, which winds around the massive feature known as Steamboat Rock. The meeting of the two rivers along with nearby ...
Fremont People, Petroglyphs, and Pictographs at Swelter Shelter and Cub Creek
About 1,000 years ago, the Fremont people lived in this area and left evidence of their presence in the form of petroglyphs and pictographs. Several areas in the monument allow visitors to easily access these designs and ponder the mystery ...
Yampa River
The Yampa River extends for nearly 250 miles from its source in the mountains of Colorado to its confluence with the Green River. For the last 47 of those miles, the Yampa River is within Dinosaur National Monument. The river ...
Diplodocus longus at the Quarry Exhibit Hall
Diplodocus is one of the most abundant sauropods (long-necked dinosaurs) in the Morrison Formation. Its pencil-like teeth were only in the front of the jaws and were used to strip leaves off of low-growing plants. It could get up to ...
Apatosaurus louisae at the Quarry Exhibit Hall
Apatosaurus grew up to 69 ft (21 m) long and ate plants. You may have heard it referred to by its scientifically incorrect name, Brontosaurus. This sauropod (long necked dinosaur) was discovered and named Apatosaurus, or "false lizard," because of ...
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library houses Yale University's main collection of rare books and literary manuscripts. Library materials are stored in climate-controlled conditions. An impressive feature of the library is the glass tower of books inside the structure. ...
Phantom Valley Ranch
In 1907, Squeaky Bob Wheeler opened the Hotel de Hardscrabble (later known as the Phantom Valley Ranch) in the Kawuneeche Valley for tourists. As in the past, Colorado's established and more fashionable resorts catered to these new seasonal vacationers. ...
Moraine Park
Abner E. Sprague was a man who lived through the decades of change after 1875 and took the time to record his memories before his death in 1943. A dark, handsome fellow then aged twenty-four, Sprague climbed Longs Peak ...
MacGregor’s Pass
Elizabeth and Esther Burnell were sisters who came to Estes Park in the summer of 1916 to stay at the Longs Peak Inn. Both women were college educated and enjoyed the Estes Park area. Esther purchased a homestead near ...
Moraine Park Lodge
Born Mary Imogene Bates of Indiana, Imogene Green MacPhearson lived an entrepreneurial life. During the Civil War she bravely crossed into the Confederate South to rescue her husband when he was ill in a Union Camp. MacPhearson set out ...
