When you are a small city, you take pleasure in the small things (like dinosaurs). Dinosaur Park is not a national treasure but a nice stop between the Badlands and the Rockies. Lisa informs me it is on the national registry of historical places. There is a deep connection between the depression and the creation of this park - I won't bore you with details but everyone needs work. Even if it is making a dinosaur park.
The life size models are based on scientists impressions of the time. Today, we would recognize them as more Flinstone-like. One last factoid - you can see the brontosaurus (now called apatosaurus) from anywhere in the city. This seems important to point out.
During the depression, even Fred and Barney were out of work!
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