By Wohlgemuth H.R. No. 1299 75R16352 WMS-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The city of Glen Rose in Somervell County is located 1-2 near one of the most significant prehistoric finds of the 20th 1-3 century; and 1-4 WHEREAS, In the Paluxy River a series of remarkable dinosaur 1-5 tracks, which were first found in 1903 but largely ignored until 1-6 Roland T. Bird of the American Museum of Natural History fully 1-7 unearthed them in 1938, depict in limestone the attack of a large 1-8 carnosaur on a massive sauropod; and 1-9 WHEREAS, During the Cretaceous Period, the two behemoths, 1-10 which paleontological evidence suggests to be a meat-eating 1-11 Acrocanthosaurus and a herbivorous Pleurocoelus, engaged in a life 1-12 and death struggle across the mud flats of what is now the Paluxy 1-13 River; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Appropriately named the Glen Rose Trackway, the 1-15 footprints were of singular importance because they portrayed not 1-16 only anatomical features of the two dinosaurs but also the dramatic 1-17 way in which they interacted; and 1-18 WHEREAS, The trackway was of such scientific value that, when 1-19 fully excavated, portions of it were transported to the Texas 1-20 Memorial Museum in Austin and the American Museum of Natural 1-21 History in New York for display; and 1-22 WHEREAS, In addition to the primary trackway, other 1-23 footprints have been discovered in the Glen Rose area, and although 1-24 their origin remains unclear, they are suspected to belong to a 2-1 dinosaur from the ornithopod family; and 2-2 WHEREAS, Dinosaur Valley State Park was created at Glen Rose 2-3 to preserve these wonders; in addition to the dinosaur footprints, 2-4 the park also boasts campsites, picnicking, hiking, an 2-5 amphitheater, and colossal replicas of Tyrannosaurus Rex and 2-6 Apatosaurus donated by the Atlantic Richfield Company; and 2-7 WHEREAS, Dinosaurs have long held a special place in the 2-8 public mind, and the Glen Rose Trackway and other fossils at 2-9 Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose are a unique and vivid link 2-10 to the Lone Star State's prehistoric past that truly merits special 2-11 legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it 2-12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-13 Legislature hereby recognize the City of Glen Rose as the dinosaur 2-14 capital of Texas.