Communications cable partners, the city tour staffers only visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about Grand Junction, colorado, all weekend here on American History tv. Julia we are currently at a place called dinosaur hill. This is part of the National Conservation area managed by the bureau of land management. This area was originally settled any 18080s. As soon as people started living here, they were finding bones. It was all coming out of this formation because right in this area is so rich. Amer riggs was paleontologist. He was pretty wellknown. He actually had no intention of ever coming to the grand valley. He was on an expedition to go to the basin where a lot of people were looking for early dinosaurs. And the leader of the academy of sciences in Grand Junction sentinel letter, dr. S. M. Bradley, and said, hey, we had just been settled since the 1800s. All the branches in this area keep picking up these giant bones. These are dinosaur bones. Nobody is h
For his wonderful remarks. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] you are watching American History tv. Like us on facebook. Welcome to Grand Junction, situated on the Colorado River on the high desert of western colorado. This city of 59,000 season average of 200 85 days of sun per year. Making it ideal for outdoor enthusiasts as well as growers. Without from our Charter Communications Cable Partners, we will look at the history of Grand Junction. Here about the area positive contribution of development of the atomic weapons in the 1940s. When the Atomic Energy commission started in 1940 seven, Grand Junction becomes a regional hub for uranium purchase. How earlyfind out turned it into an agricultural center. They said water is more precious than gold. It is our light source and blood source. Without it, we would be anot
Are dinosaurs real? Most people don't have to travel too far to answer that question in the affirmative with some kind of exhibit displaying dinosaur fossils. Or simply look at any bird you can see outside your home.