#Moffat County Colorado

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Billionaire Ken Griffin Buys Stegosaurus Fossil ‘Apex’ For Record $44M

Stegosaurus skeleton, nicknamed 'Apex,' sells for record $44.6M

A nearly complete stegosaurus skeleton sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for a record $44.6 million -- the most ever paid for a fossil.

The dinosaur, nicknamed "Apex" -- which lived between 146 and 161 million years ago in the Late Jurassic Period -- was originally expected to sell for between $4 million and $6 million, according to the auction house.

Sotheby's has said Apex is the "most complete and best-preserved Stegosaurus specimen of its size ever discovered."

The skeleton was discovered on private land in Moffat County, Colorado -- in northwestern Colorado and on the border with Utah and Wyoming -- in May 2022 by commercial paleontologist Jason Cooper, with excavation completed in 2023, according to Sotheby's. The county is an area where many other dinosaur fossils have been discovered and is home to the Dinosaur National Monument.

Apex measures 11 feet tall and 27 feet long from nose to tail. The skeleton consists of 319 bones -- 254 of which are fossils and the remainder being either 3D printed or sculpted. It's unclear if Apex was male or female.

Stegosaurus sp. Late Jurassic (approx. 161-146 million years ago) Morrison Formation, Moffatt County, Colorado, USA

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Window, Abandoned Building, Moffat, Colorado, 2006.

An other window, for @abstract-challenge

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A dinosaur tooth of a Marshosaurus bicentesimus from the Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation in Dinosaur, Moffat County, Colorado, United States. Marshosaurus is a lesser known megalosauroid or piatnitzkysaurid of the Upper Jurassic often overshadowed by its famous contemporaries like Torvosaurus, Allosaurus, and Ceratosaurus. The blade-like teeth of these obscure theropods can be distinguished from the similar morphology of Allosaurus by its finer serration density and a DSDI greater than 1.15. These teeth have a similar condition to those of megalosaurids in which the mesial carinae does not extend to the base and stop around 2/3rds the way down.

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Suzanne Morphew's remains found in desert likely 'preserved' enough to determine cause of death: Dr. Baden

Missing Colorado mother Suzanne Morphew's remains were found last month buried in a desert area, and forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden believes the remains are likely "well-preserved" enough to determine her cause of death.

Authorities announced last week that Morphew's remains were located in the area of Moffat, Colorado, in Saguache County — about 45 miles south of her home in Maysville, Colorado, where she was reported missing on May 10, 2020.

Unless disrupted by animals, Baden believes the hot, desert conditions where her remains were found in Moffat likely preserved her bones and other potential evidence related to her death.

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Yankee Doodle Lake on Rollins Pass East and crushed granite tailings from a failed tunnel bore. They are evidence of the Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad's attempt to find a way over the 23 mile stretch on the Continental Divide in 1881. The pass elevation reaches 11,676 feet. Much of the railroad follows a trail of ancient tribesmen, then a wagon road, and finally a railroad over the top, until the famous Moffat Tunnel was completed through the mountains in 1928.

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Colorado's 17 Dying Counties

Colorado’s 17 Dying Counties

From 2010 to 2019, Colorado has enjoyed a 14.5% growth in population. Urban areas, such as Denver, have had more significant growth than rural areas. The growth has led to more jobs, more paid taxes, and a general boost to the economy of the State.

However, Colorado consists of 64 countiesand many of the rural counties struggle to maintain a viable economy. A declining economy means fewer jobs,…

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Hwy 128 Colorado River Scenic Byway, UT (No. 11)

The Dinosaur Diamond is a 486-mile (782 km) scenic and historic byway loop through the dinosaur fossil laden Uinta Basin of the U.S. states of Utah and Colorado.[2] The byway comprises the following two National Scenic Byways:

The 328-mile (528 km) Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway in Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, and Grand counties, Utah; and

The 134-mile (216 km) Dinosaur Diamond National Scenic Byway in Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, and Rio Blanco counties, Colorado.

The highway forms a diamond-shaped loop with vertices at Moab, Helper, Vernal and Grand Junction.

Notable features along the Dinosaur Diamond include Dinosaur National Monument, the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, Natural Bridges National Monument, Colorado National Monument, and several national forests.

The path of Interstate 70 (I‑70) in Colorado is derived from two previous highways, U.S. Highway 6 (US 6) and US 40. US 40 was an original piece of the U.S. Highway system commissioned in 1926. The portion now numbered US 6 came about in 1937 when the route over Vail Pass was paved. The first route through the path of I-70 in Utah was the Old Spanish Trail, a trade route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California. The trail was in common use before the Mexican–American War in 1848.

Source: Wikipedia

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"first of all, i'm too smart, too savvy, and not enough of a LOSER to ever be in a cult. Secondly, you obviously don't understand how MLM works"

that meme is evergreen content but is inspired most immediately by the recent "Love Has Won" news.

It's, uh, real dark, so we're going to go ahead and post the article after the break. No content warning other than death and cults; the headline will basically do all the rest.

A woman who led a controversial Colorado religious group is dead and seven of her followers are under investigation after Saguache County sheriff’s deputies found the leader’s mummified body in a sleeping bag and wrapped in Christmas lights inside a home in Moffat.

Deputies discovered the body on Wednesday inside a home where followers of Love Has Won lived, according to court records. Investigators believe Amy Carlson’s followers had driven her body to Colorado from California, according to a Saguache County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.

A follower told deputies the body belonged to Lia Carlson, and a Saguache County sheriff’s corporal wrote in the affidavit that, “Ms. Carlson is believed to be the leader of ‘Love Has Won’ and goes by the name ‘Mother God.'” It’s not known why the follower gave the name “Lia” to deputies.

Saguache County Coroner Tom Perrin confirmed he had received a body in connection with the investigation of the Love Has Won group but said he had not yet confirmed the identity.

Perrin said the body belonged to a middle-aged woman and it appeared she had been dead for awhile. “Must be a couple of weeks or more,” he said.

A follower posted a video message on Love Has Won’s Facebook page on Sunday to say that Amy Carlson “has ascended.”

Amy Carlson has been identified as Love Has Won’s leader in previous reports on the group, which some law enforcement officials have called a cult. Carlson, 45, was known as “Mother God” and “Mom” to the followers of Love Has Won, which made headlines in September when members, including Carlson, were forced to leave Hawaii under a police escort.

People whose family members have been involved in Love Has Won say Carlson led a cult and was abusive to her followers.

Seven people who were at the home where the body was discovered were arrested Wednesday for investigation of abuse of a corpse and child abuse, according to an arrest affidavit from the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office.

Two children were inside the home. A 13-year-old girl was placed in the care of the Saguache County Department of Social Services and a 2-year-old boy was returned to the custody of his father — a member who reported the death to authorities.

More in link above.

Some images for flavor.

Anyway, nobody here should read any of that stuff and come away with the idea, "I will never be like one of them."

As with Midsommar, the lesson is not that "stupid" or "crazy" people fall into these sorts of things. The appeals work on nearly anyone who is at a place of emotional need like that, and it's not solely Christian, or "religious", or "spiritual", or anything you would recognize as shaping you that way until you're so deep into it, you rely on it for a thousand different things you don't think you could do without.

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In the trivia section on imdb(.)com it says that Michaela was based on Susie (Doc Susie) Anderson. Do you know how true that is?

I’ve never heard that or of her but it sure seems to fit. Dr. Mike has quite a few things in common with Susie so it would make sense.  Maybe Beth read stories about her growing up and got inspired.  I’m not sure that I’ve seen anything about what inspired her to write the series.

Anderson was born in 1870 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and later moved to Kansas. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she lived with her father, younger brother, and grandmother. After she graduated from high school in 1891, her family moved to Cripple Creek, Colorado after gold had been discovered there. Although she originally wanted to work as a telegraph operator, she was encouraged by her father to attend medical school at the University of Michigan.[1]

Anderson became a licensed physician after graduating from medical school in 1897. She returned to Cripple Creek before moving around Colorado in attempt to practice in Denver, Greeley and Eaton, but found it difficult to find work.[1][2] She was briefly engaged but was left at the altar by her fiancé in 1900.[3] In 1904, she was appointed Coroner of Grand County, Colorado, during which time she investigated many of the deaths involved in the construction of the Moffat Tunnel railroad.[2]

After contracting tuberculosis in 1907, Anderson relocated to Fraser, Colorado, where residents affectionately nicknamed her "Doc Susie"; for 49 years, she was the only physician in Fraser.[2][4] She tended to a range of patients and medical conditions including childbirth, skiing injuries, and particularly pneumonia during the 1918 flu pandemic. Although most of her work involved making house calls to patients, Anderson never owned a horse or car, and she was usually paid in food or firewood rather than money.[2] (X)

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River man @powdercatkent and pup Roxy on the @halagearsup for a sublime evening in the Little Yampa Canyon. . . #colorado #yampariver #riverlife #sup #builtforthewild #halagear #yrfsupadventure #yampariverfestival (at Moffat County, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjFskOD-zzTJaS2b4osuPCyf_J5IwSXqDryRs0/?igshid=qpuwr2103mti

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A crocodylomorph tooth of an indeterminate goniopholidid from the Morrison Formation in Moffat County, Colorado, United States. Although commonly labeled as Goniopholis, Morrison goniopholidids were reassigned to other genera such as Amphicotylus, Diplosaurus, and Eutretauranosuchus. The tooth also shows fine "serrations" along the carinae.

[growingrootsinco]

Colorado Visits

I made a bucket list for the county once to help me get to know the area but truth be told I see more of it on maps than I do in person because of my job. most of what I have already seen has been due to working with the Amish and Geocashing. I got back into it because this state is so fucking beautiful. 

So.... Heres everywhere I have been in Colorado so far. 

Entire County I reside in- about 65% of it.

The Sand Dunes- Theres only 1. Loved it!

Hot Springs- Just 1 for the moment but go all the time

Ski Resorts- Wolf Creek

Mountain Passes- La Manga, Cumbres, La Veta, Blowout, Wolf Creek, Cucharas, Poncha

Concert Venues- Black Sheep, The Roxy, Fiddlers Green

Haunted Places- Trying to hit as many as possible.

Historical Sites- trying to hit as many as possible.

National Forests- Rio Grande, San Juan, Pike, San Isabel, Great Sand Dunes,

The Continental Divide- have seen it from areas no one else has

Waterfalls- Treasure Falls, Zapata Falls, ( Now I have to go look up the names of the rest)

Towns/Cities- La Jara, Sanford, Manassa, Romeo, Antonito, Alamosa, San Luis, Conejos, Fort Garland, Walsenburg, Bountiful, La Sauces, Platoro, Jasper, Monte Vista, Del Norte, South Fork, Creede, Trinidad, Colorado Springs, Denver, Salida, Pagosa Springs, Capulin, Durango, Colorado City, Pueblo, La Junta, Lamar, Castle Rock, Monument, Crestone, Hooper, Moffat, Villa Grove, Poncha Springs, Summitville, Canon City, Rye, San Isabel, ( I know I missed a bunch)

Hiking Trails- Now I have to go look all of them up too.

Tourist spots- Sand Dunes, Observatory, Last Chance Mine, Treasure Falls, Platoro, UFO Tower, Crestone , Bishops Castle

Didn’t realize how much effort I was going to have to put into this just to start it. lol      Still not done. Have I really been all these places????

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Moffat County Coal: Why Ignorance is Not Bliss

Moffat County Coal: Why Ignorance is Not Bliss

The Pity Party Regarding Moffat County Coal

A video about coal mining in northwestern Colorado suggests the people of Craig, in Moffat County, are having a pity party and they want everyone to join in on their self-inflicted suffering. Craig’s primary economic industries are coal mining, coal-fueled power generation, and tourism from primarily hunting and other seasonal outdoor sports. It is an…

[rabbitcruiser]

Dinosaur National Monument, UT (No. 1)

Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers. Although most of the monument area is in Moffat County, Colorado, the Dinosaur Quarry is located in Utah, north of the town of Jensen, Utah. The nearest Colorado town is Dinosaur while the nearest city is Vernal, Utah.

Originally preserved in 1915 to protect its famous Dinosaur Quarry, the monument was greatly expanded in 1938 to include its wealth of natural history. The park's wild landscapes, topography, geology, paleontology, and history make it a unique resource for both science and recreation. The park contains over 800 paleontological sites and has fossils of dinosaurs including Allosaurus, Deinonychus, Abydosaurus, and various sauropods. The Abydosaurus consists of a nearly complete skull, the lower jaw, and first four neck vertebrae. The specimen was found at the base of the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation and is the holotype for the description.

Source: Wikipedia  

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On Veterans’ Day, I think of my grandpas, both of them - one served in Korea, the other in a Vietnam. I think of my great-grandpa, who spent the remainder of his life in pain after encountering mustard gas in World War I. I think of my uncles - one a retired Marine, one retired Navy, and one retired Army with a Purple Heart.

My story is special in that every one of those men came home. Many were not so lucky, especially in Vietnam.

My uncle was the only survivor when the tank he was in blew up. He lives with shrapnel in his body to this day - but he lives. He came home, married my aunt, had three kids and seven grandkids and doesn’t talk about the war... he just loves to break things.

My grandpa’s life was saved by his ability to type - otherwise he would’ve been sent in the infantry and probably wouldn’t have been so lucky. In the Army, you usually don’t want to volunteer. But that day he did - and he spent his time of duty on a ship working as a clerk. He got to come home and raise three daughters and be in the lives of six grandchildren and farm and teach and drive my grandma crazy.

My grandpa was in the 18th draft for Korea and would’ve gone overseas - except he was chosen to be a training pilot, and instead he got to stay in the US and survive, and raise five kids and get to see his 13 grandkids grow up. He’s proud to be a Marine, and I’m proud to be the granddaughter of a Marine. He probably won’t live to see my brother graduate high school, at least he won’t understand it, but if my brother follows through on his plan to go into the Marine Corps, I know it will make him prouder than anything whether he’s here to see it or not.

My uncle joined the Marine Corps in 1980. He never saw combat, it wasn’t that time. He became MP, he wore his uniform with pride and then, when his first daughter was two, he retired from the Marines and went through the Los Angeles Police Academy. He raised three children, dotes on his four grandchildren, and now he’s busy building a barn on his property. There’s time for that now - he retired from LAPD two years ago wearing the badge of Deputy Chief. When I told him I was considering the Air Force Academy, he nearly cried. That didn’t play out for me, but even my considering it made him happy. My brother wanting to be the next Sherman man to join the Marine Corps makes him even happier, and even if it doesn’t play out for him just the knowledge that we recognize and appreciate our roots pleases him.

My great-grandfather spent his tour with the USMC in Europe during The Great War. He saw nearly every major battle that the US was a part of, and he brought that home. He survived, despite the mustard gas damage to his lungs. He came home to Colorado, filed a homestead claim, registered a stock brand - the stock brand that is still registered under the Sherman name in Moffat County, CO and the stock brand that I have tattooed on my back. He came back to his wife and had four children, three who survived. He lived to see the birth of his nine grandchildren.

Every day I am grateful for the sacrifices they, and every other veteran and active duty service member, made and are making. Today, there’s a culture I think, especially in liberal, west coast places like where I live, to consider the military evil and everyone who chooses (or is forced) to take that path nasty and bad.

What they don’t realize is, their ability to say those things depends on the very people they’re criticizing. While I don’t agree with every action our military takes, I am and always will be grateful for the people that put their lives on the line so I don’t have to. I will always, always have a deep respect for them. We may not see eye to eye, but your service has allowed me to grow up and come of age in a safe place, and I will never forget that.

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Excerpt from this story from Newsweek:

There have been reports that a pack of gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been sighted in Moffat County, Colorado—but conservationists warn that without proper protections, the animals could be in danger.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released a statement on Thursday, saying there is now strong evidence to suggest "a pack of gray wolves may now be residing in Colorado."

According to JT Romatzke, CPW's Northwest Regional Manager, "The sighting marks the first time in recent history CPW has received a report of multiple wolves traveling together."

There is currently an ongoing investigation by CPW to confirm the presence of the wolves. "As wolves move into the state on their own, we will work with our federal partners to manage the species," said Romatzke.

The news follows an eyewitness account of "six large canids" in the northwest corner of Colorado in October 2019, and remains of a "thoroughly scavenged" elk carcass discovered close to Irish Canyon near the state's border with Wyoming and Utah last week.

CPW-associated wildlife managers say tracks near the carcass are consistent with imprints made by wolves, while the state of the elk is consistent with marks of wolf predation.

The reports are yet to be confirmed but Romatzke says it is "inevitable" that wolves would travel to Colorado from states with more established populations.