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What is there at Dinosaur Park in Rapid City?

Last updated April 22, 2021 by ZagBot Comment

Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, South Dakota, has large sculptures of six dinosaurs, representing an Apatosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Edmontosaurus, and a Protoceratops, along with a non-mammalian synapsid known as a Dimetrodon, all created by sculptor Emmet Sullivan.

The hilltop park was created as a tourist attraction in 1936 by the city of Rapid City and the Works Progress Administration. The first of the dinosaurs were constructed using a metal pipe frame with a concrete skin laid over wire mesh, and initially had a gray, unpainted finish.

Later painted green and white in the 1950s, the animals have a cartoon-like appearance and are not entirely anatomically correct, but they remain a popular attraction, particularly with children. The park has a parking lot and gift shop, and admission is free.

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