Monthly Archive: September 2022

Baby Allosaurus Dinosaur Track – San Rafael Swell – Utah

September 15, 2022 0 Comments

Baby Allosaurus Dinosaur Track - San Rafael Swell - Utah

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The Allosaurus, who’s name means different reptile, is a large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch. The allosaurus was a large bipedal predator, the largest known example of which was more than 32 feet long. The majority of allosaursus fossils have come from the Morrison Formation, which covers a large geographic area in several western states, including Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. The first known example of the dinosaur was described by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh, in 1877.

The photographed dinosaur track comes from the Grand Rafael Swell in central Utah, near the town of Price.

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Aerial View of Utah State Capitol Building – Salt Lake City

September 14, 2022 0 Comments

Aerial View of Utah State Capitol Building - Salt Lake City

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The Utah State Capitol Building was constructed over 4 yeras, between 1912-1916. designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, it uses the Neoclassical revival, Corinthian architectural style.

The building houses two of three branches of state government. The Utah House and Senate, and the executive branch. The building houses the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the state auditor.

Statues on the grounds of the capitol include those for Daniel C. Jackling, Edward Harriman, Thomas L. Kane, Martha Hughes Cannon, Marriner S. Eccles, and one to Chief Massasoit as a tribute to the Wampanogas chief who greeted the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.

Utah’s first capitol building, known today as the Utah Territorial Statehouse, is located in Fillmore.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Memorial Building – Hodgenville – Kentucky

September 13, 2022 0 Comments

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Memorial Building - Hodgenville - Kentucky

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The memorial that would eventually become the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park was established in 1909 by the Lincoln Farm Association, with the laying of the cornerstone by President Theodore Roosevelt. The building was completed in 1911, and dedicated on November 9th by President William Taft. The memorial was formally made a national park in 1916.

The memorial was built on farm land owned by Lincoln’s family, and where Lincoln was raised until the age of 2. Within the memorial resides a cabin of similar size and design to the Lincoln cabin built on the site, not the original cabin itself. And exactly 54 steps, the age at which Lincoln died, lead up to the memorial.

In November 2001, the park was expanded to include Knob Creek, the site where Lincoln lived from age 2 to age 7. The site contains a 19th century log cabin, and a historic 20th century tavern, and is approximately 10 miles to the northeast on Highway 31E.

The main memorial was built in the Beaux-Arts neo-classical architectural style.

Written (and pictured) near the top of the memorial are the words “With Malice Toward None With Charity For All. They are words from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address in 1865.

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