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in 1978, we were going pretty strong. we were selling mostly fossils. we were going out and doing geological exploration. so by 1979, we created this new entity called black hills institute of geological research, incorporated, in the center of the black hills. we got sue back to hill city. we moved the big blocks into the warehouse, actually built a room around where we had put sue, started working on this wonderful fossil. when i was prepping sue, i was cloistred like a monk in the back corner of the back building. doing preparation, you just
when i was prepping sue, i was cloistred like a monk in the back corner of the back building. doing preparation, you just just leave me alone, right? but everybody was in there. there would be schoolkids in there. or another day, there d be, you know, some scientist guys coming along in there. i mean, pete had, like, 30 scientists working on a major new monograph on tyrannosaurus rex, so you got to suck it up. pete wants it this way. he wants this specimen available to everybody. it was so beautiful. just the preservation was incredible. it was just, wow. everybody knew about sue. we hadn t made any secret of the fact that we d collected her. we had 2,000 visitors sign this little guest book that went way in the back in our warehouse to see the skull of sue. i was just totally flaber
new entity called black hills institute of geological research, incorporated, in the center of the black hills. we got sue back to hill city. we moved the big blocks into the warehouse, actually built a room around where we had put sue, started working on this wonderful fossil. when i was prepping sue, i was cloistred like a monk in the back corner of the back building. doing preparation, you just just leave me alone, right? but everybody was in there. there would be schoolkids in there. or another day, there d be, you know, some scientist guys coming