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Dinah The Pink Dinosaur
''Dinah the Pink Dinosaur'' (sometimes referred to as Dinah the Dinosaur) is a tall Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphized statue of a dinosaur, located in just off Main Street (U.S. Route 40 in Utah, US-40) in Vernal, Utah, Vernal, Utah, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. Background The statue weighs 4200lbs and is composed of pink steel. It was originally built in 1958 to hold a sign for the Dine-A-Ville Motel and served this purpose until the motel went out of business and was demolished. It was later moved to a city park in the eastern part of town and now holds a sign welcoming visitors that reads "Vernal—Utah's Dinosaur Land". References External links {{commons category, Dinah the Pink Dinosaur Roadside Wonders Outdoor sculptures in Utah Dinosaur sculptures Anthropomorphic dinosaurs Fiberglass sculptures in Utah 1958 sculptures 1958 establishments in Utah Statues in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Uinta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernal, Utah
Vernal, the county seat and largest city in Uintah County is in northeastern Utah, approximately east of Salt Lake City and west of the Colorado border. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 9,089. The population has since grown to 10,370 as of the 2018 population estimate. History Vernal, unlike most Utah towns, was not settled by Mormon Settlers. Brigham Young sent a scouting party to the area Uintah Basin in 1861 and received word back the area was good for nothing but nomad purposes, hunting grounds for Indians, and "to hold the world together." That same year, President Abraham Lincoln set the area aside as the Uintah Indian Reservation, with Captain Pardon Dodds appointed Indian agent. Dodds later built the first cabin erected by a white man in the Uintah Basin around 1868. Settlers began to filter in after that, and built cabins in various spots on or near Ashley Creek. In 1879 many came close to perishing during the infamous "Hard Winter" of that same year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
