Dinosaur Highway: A History of Dinosaur Valley State Park

Index

Abell crossing, 22 Abell, Elmer Heyman “Jack,” 23, 110 Abell, Emma, 23, 168n37 Abell, George, 22, 27, 168n37 Abell, J.B., 93, 110, 168n39, 178n10 Abell, Mathias A. “Matt,” 22, 25, 42, 93, 168n37, 168n39; house, 22-23, 52, 110, 168n38; house—illustration, 23 Abell, Ora, 23, 42 Abell, Tony, 23 Acrocanthosaurus, 130, 188n17; description of, 5; excavation of skeleton (1992), 147, 188n17; illustration of, 3; tracks of, 5, 130; See also dinosaur tracks, theropods Adams, Delila, 21, 168n33 Adams, Ernest Tolbert “Bull,” 65-66, 177n33 Adams, Ester, 21, 168n33 Adams, George, 36-38, 59, 65, 66 Adams, Samuel, 21, 168n33 Adamson, Hans Christian, 63, 67, 174n11 African American population, 19, 167n24 agriculturalists, 7 agriculture, 30; stock raising, 19, 52, 92 See also farming, Paluxy River Valley (farming), Somervell County (agriculture statistics) Albuquerque, New Mexico, 132 Alexander, R. McNeill, 185n42 Allen, Bob, 124, 126 Allosaurus, 102 American Journal of Science, 39 American Museum of Natural History, New York, 39, 55, 62, 63, 67, 71, 114, 118, 134, 174n11; and Paluxy River dinosaur tracks, 72, 77, 83, 88; quarried Paluxy River dinosaur trackway—photo, 89 Ankylosaurus, 180n41 Apaches, 7, 8, 163n19 Apatosaurus, 72, 187n4 Archaeopteryx, 112, 113 archeology (North Central Texas), 6, 163n15 Arizona, 56, 163n16 artesian wells. See wells and water Atlantic Richfield Company, 112, 113, 117, 118 Atomic Energy Commission, 124 Austin American-Statesman, 152 Austin, Moses, 11 Austin, Stephen F., 11, 14; map of Texas, 11 Austin, Texas, 14, 88, 97, 99, 113, 149, 151 Baker, Billy Paul, 126-127, 131, 144 145, 148, 152; photos of, 127, 144; testimony against proposed Paluxy reservoir, 135-138 Ball, Neva, 179n13, 181n9 Ball, Roland, 110, 179n13, 181n9 Bandera County, 74, 75, 76 bandstand, Glen Rose. See courthouse square—Glen Rose Barnard, Charles, 15, 17, 18, 19, 165n9, 167n27; attitude towards Indians, 167n27; founding of Barnard’s Mill (Glen Rose), 15, 18 Barnard, George, 15, 17, 18, 165n9 Barnard’s Mill, 18, 19. See also Glen Rose Barnum, P .T., 63 Bartholomew, Tim, 127 Bates, Susan, 170n7 Baugh, Carl, 129 Baylor University, 83 Beck, Carl (in photo), 81 Beck, Cassie Florence, 23, 168n39 Beck, Charlie Walton “Buck,” 82, 176n28, 178n10 Beck, James, 23, 168n39 Beck, Johnny, 81, 82, 176n28, (in photo) 81 Beck, Nip (in photo), 81 Beck, Walter, 110, 168n39, 178n10 Bee Mountain, 165n5 Beleni, 17 Bessant, Geo. P ., 38 Big Bend, 27 Big Town, 104, 180n46 Biloxi Indians, 166n18 Bird, Alice, 77 Bird, Harriet, 62 Bird, Hazel Russell 114, 182n24 Bird, Henry “Pater,” 62, 75-76 Bird, Roland T.: arrival in Glen Rose, 64; assembling dinosaur trackway, 88; and Buick, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 76, 79, 80, 85, 86, 87, 88, 116; and “Bull” Adams, 65-66, 177n33; Dallas Morning News article, 71-72; death of, 131-132; description of excavated trackway, 88; description of sauropod tracks, 67, 70-72; description of theropod tracks, 77, 79; description of Tommy Pendley photo, 84; description of WPA work crew, 76-77, 87-88, 175-176n11; and Dillard Wilson, 62, 66, 79, 82, 83, 114-115, 117; as dinosaur hunter, 62-63, 173n12; early life, 62, 77; and elongated (or “man”) tracks, 63, 94-96, 128, 179n16, 179n20; flooding, comments on, 79-80, 86, 87; fossil bone exploration (Somervell County), 176n19; fossil discovery in Arizona, 62; health of, 62, 88, 114, 115, 174n3; letter to Glen Rose citizens, 117118 ; letter to Hans Christian Adamson, 63-64, 67; letter to Henry Bird, 75-76; letters to Barnum Brown, 63, 66, 70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 86, 87, 88, 177n34; letters to Novella Wilson, 84, 114115 , 118-119, 182n27; meeting Wilson family, 62, 66; memoir, 145, 182n24; Paluxy excavation site (1970)— photo, 115; at park dedication, 114-115, 117118 ; photos of, 72, 81, 116; publicity of 1940 track excavation, 80-82, 177n33; quarrying Paluxy trackway, 70, 75-89; 201 INDEX retirement of, 88; return to Paluxy River (1970), 114119 ; return to Paluxy River (1970)— photo, 116; and sauropod track discovery, 6468 , 70-72, 74-75; and sauropod tracks, 130; Sinclair dinosaurs (comments on), 102, 115; sketches of sauropod tracks, 70, 71; sketches of theropod tracks, 71; theory of dinosaur attack, 83-84, 130, 134, 188n20; Tyrannosaurus jaw, 148, 188n22; at work in Paluxy quarry—photo, 81 “bird tracks” (dinosaur tracks), 39, 56 Black-capped Vireo, 137, 142 Blairsville, Georgia, 42 Blue Hole, 22, 32, 44, 58, 94, 98, 112, 123, 124, 131, 137, 144, 154, 182n14; photo of, 22 Blum, Texas, 10 bones. See fossils Bones for Barnum Brown: Adventures of a Dinosaur...