True West Magazine
The summer of 2021 is a great time to travel across these Old West highways.
The West is a grand place to travel, and its many highways and back-country roads are a great way to enjoy its natural wonders, monuments and parks, historic towns and destination getaways. Since last year’s national pandemic shutdown, our hospitality, museum and tourism travel partners across the West have been eagerly awaiting the return of travelers. We believe the summer of 2021 is a wonderful time to get back on the road and enjoy the scenic beauty, cultural heritage and welcoming communities of the Western United States.
BRETT FRENCH
The unusual claw of a 3-foot-long dinosaur, which went extinct about 66 million years ago, has been unearthed in Montana â the largest specimen collected from the species so far.
âItâs a cute little dinosaur,â said Denver Fowler, curator of the Badlands Dinosaur Museum in North Dakotaâs Dickinson Museum Center.
The fast, long-legged bird â which he named Trierarchuncus prairiensis â had short, strong forelimbs tipped with a large claw next to two smaller claws. One theory is the claws â coupled with the strong, tiny arms â were used to tear open logs to reach grubs to eat.
Earlier speculation was the claws may have been used to tear open termite mounds. The fact that the dinosaur ate insects is manifested by its peg-like teeth, similar to an aardvarkâs.
Dickinson Press Flashback from The Bathroom of Mike McNamara Written By: MIKE MCNAMARA | ×
Photo of Lefor in 1913, shortly after its founding. (Photo courtesy of Mike McNamara)
And so this is Christmas.And what have you done? This is something John Lennon has asked each of us in song about this time of year since he released it in December 1971.
Well, I’ve looked upon a December 24 issue of The Dickinson Press from 1910, and so I will now share another Dickinson Press Flashback from The Bathroom of Mike McNamara.
A man named Adam disembarked from a train in Richardton, ND in 1893 and found his way to 46.6817 N, 102,5596 W . Elevation 2592 ft. and later met a man named Phillip Weber.