#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

[mesozoicmarket]

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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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

[dangerouskingcheesecake]

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.

[petnews2day]

19 people, dog rescued from snow-packed roads, -15 degree temps in Moffat County

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19 people, dog rescued from snow-packed roads, -15 degree temps in Moffat County

Search and rescue crews in Moffat County were busy after this week’s snowstorm. A total of 19 people and a dog were rescued from snow-packed roads while they were stranded in negative 15-degree weather. Moffat County Conditions were so bad, Moffat County Sheriff’s Office crews rescued everyone with a snowcat. Moffat County The Colorado Division […]

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U.S. Daily Snowfall Records Tied/Broken 12/6/22

Anchorage, Alaska: 10.39" (previous record 6.81" 1991)

Unincorporated Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska: 2.09" (previous record 1.89" 2008)

Unincorporated Sierra County, California: 5.98" (also 5.98" 1942)

Estes Park, Colorado: 4.09" (previous record 4.02" 1927)

Unincorporated Grand County, Colorado: 1' 0.01" (previous record 5.98" 2007)

Gunnison National Forest, Colorado: 5.12" (previous record 4.02" 1957)

Unincorporated Moffat County, Colorado: 9.02" (previous record 3.7" 1980)

Rangeley, Colorado: 4.02" (previous record 3.5" 1996)

Georgetown Township, Minnesota: 2.01" (also 2.01" 2016)

Circle, Montana: 2.99" (previous record 2.01" 1994)

Unincorporated Fergus County, Montana: 5.98" (also 5.98" 1989)

Forsyth, Montana: 2.01" (previous record 1.5" 2021)

Ft. Belknap Reservation, Montana: 7.01" (previous record 0.98" 1978)

Glasgow, Montana: 2.01" (previous record 0.98" 2021)

Grass Range, Montana: 5.98" (previous record 4.02" 1986)

Unincorporated Phillips County, Montana: 1.69" (previous record 0" 2021)

Terry, Montana: 3.19" (previous record 0.98" 2017)

Unincorporated Teton County, Montana: 2.2" (previous record 2.01" 1977)

Unincorporated Valley County, Montana: 0.98" (also 0.98" 2000)

Wolf Point, Montana: 2.01" (also 2.01" 1977)

Great Basin National Park, Nevada: 4.02" (previous record 3.5" 2009)

Bismarck, North Dakota: 2.6" (previous record 1.81" 1951)

Bowman, North Dakota: 3.19" (previous record 2.99" 1932)

Unincorporated Divide County, North Dakota: 0.98" (previous record 1979)

Unincorporated Dunn County, North Dakota: 2.52" (previous record 0.98" 2017)

Lidgerwood, North Dakota: 0.98" (previous record 0.51" 2007)

Lisbon, North Dakota: 3.82" (previous record 2.99" 1935)

Unincorporated Meade County, South Dakota: 2.01" (previous record 1.61" 2016)

Canyonlands National Park, Utah: 0.98" (previous record 0.12" 1996)

Fremont Indian State Park, Utah: 0.51" (also 0.51" 2009)

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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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"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.

[colorado-springs]

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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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.

[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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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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𝖘𝖚𝖓𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑

Welcome to Blackwood, Colorado, an arid stretch of land located in Moffat county, population 7,525. Regarded as the Cassadaga of the West, Blackwood rests on historical ley lines thought to thin the veil between here and elsewhere. As a result, magical phenomena is magnified here, and the county acts as a supernatural hub, drawing creatures from all over the continent with an invisible pull. Needless to say, it is a home to all things unexplainable, mysterious, and sublime. 

SA has been open almost three months! We have a tight-knit community with a focus on character development and subplots, which drive the overall site forward. Our number one goal is to create a friendly, stress-free space with lax activity rules so that our members can enjoy themselves while striving to grow and improve our writing together. Come wait out these peculiar times with us on Sunbathing! 

𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱  /  𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤  /  𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬  /  𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬  /  𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬

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U.S. Daily Precipitation Records Tied/Broken 12/6/22

Boaz, Alabama: 2" (previous record 1.25" 2011)

Fort Payne, Alabama: 2.64" (previous record 1.57" 2011)

Guntersville, Alabama: 2.66" (previous record 2.39" 2014)

Scottsboro, Alabama: 2.77" (previous record 1.85" 1942)

Anchorage, Alaska: 0.87" (previous record 0.58" 1991)

Indian Pass summit, Alaska: 1.2" (previous record 0.9" 1993)

Unincorporated Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska: 0.7" (previous record 0.4" 2021)

Unincorporated Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska: 0.12" (previous record 0.11" 2008)

Unincorporated Sierra County, California: 6" (previous record 1.84" 1922)

Estes Park, Colorado: 0.32" (previous record 0.28" 1927)

Unincorporated Grand County, Colorado: 0.69" (previous record 0.49" 2007)

Unincorporated Moffat County, Colorado: 0.78" (previous record 0.24" 2019)

Unincorporated Bartow County, Georgia: 2.71" (previous record 1.4" 2004)

Cedartown, Georgia: 2.47" (previous record 1.32" 2004)

Cleveland, Georgia: 2.6" (previous record 2.37" 1983)

Unincorporated Elbert County, Georgia: 2.01" (previous record 1.77" 1984)

Hartwell, Georgia: 2.54" (previous record 2" 1983)

Jasper, Georgia: 2.04" (previous record 1.6" 1954)

Lincolnton, Georgia: 1.67" (previous record 1.34" 1954)

Rome, Georgia: 2.65" (previous record 1.41" 2004)

Aberdeen, Mississippi: 2.33" (previous record 1.8" 2017)

Unincorporated Blaine County, Montana: 0.08" (previous record 0.01" 2021)

Circle, Montana: 0.11" (previous record 0.09" 1994)

Ft. Belknap Reservation, Montana: 0.29" (previous record 0.17" 1987)

Glacier National Park, Montana: 0.8" (previous record 0.7" 1991)

Grass Range, Montana: 0.3" (also 0.3" 1986)

Terry, Montana: 0.18" (previous record 0.05" 2017)

Unincorporated Teton County, Montana: 0.15" (previous record 0.12" 1971)

Unincorporated Valley County, Montana: 0.04" (also 0.04" 1963)

Wolf Point, Montana: 1" (previous record 0.06" 1976)

Great Basin National Park, Nevada: 0.29" (previous record 0.08" 2010)

Ocracoke Township, North Carolina: 0.86" (previous record 0.75" 1999)

Unincorporated Divide County, North Dakota: 0.06" (previous record 0.05" 1979)

Lidgerwood, North Dakota: 0.04" (also 0.04" 2007)

Unincorporated Oliver County, North Dakota: 1" (previous record 0.3" 1951)

Cincinnati, Ohio: 1.18" (previous record 0.93" 1971)

Unincorporated Abbeville County, South Carolina: 2.25" (previous record 1.8" 1954)

Hamilton Branch State Park, South Carolina: 1.55" (previous record 1.23" 1983)

Saluda, South Carolina: 1.39" (also 1.39" 1983)

Athens, Tennessee: 1.68" (previous record 0.84" 2004)

Unincorporated Live Oak County, Texas: 0.01" (previous record 0" 2021)

Odessa, Texas: 0.1" (previous record 0.06" 1969)

Fremont Indian State Park, Utah: 0.06" (previous record 0.01" 2009)

Unincorporated Mercer County, West Virginia: 1.25" (previous record 1.22" 2004)

Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming: 1.2" (previous record 0.3" 2021)