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Baby Allosaurus Dinosaur Track – San Rafael Swell – Utah

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.

Aerial View of Utah State Capitol Building – Salt Lake City

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.

Capitol Reef Barn – Fruita Valley – Gifford Homestead

Capitol Reef Barn - Fruita Valley - Gifford Homestead

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Known as the Pendleton Barn, this historic farm building lies at the heart of the Fruita Valley in Capitol Reef National Park. The barn is named after its builder, Calvin Pendleton, a polygamist, who founded what is today known as the Gifford Homestead. The Giffords were the third family to own the property, and during their 41 years on the farm, raised dairy cows, hogs, and sheep, as well as chickens and ducks. The Giffords moved to the Fruita Valley in 1928, and were the last to leave it, when they sold the homestead to the National Park Service in 1969.