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RE: ACCEPT DONATION OF TRICERATOPS FOSSIL HEAD FROM MR. AND MRS.
ROLAND MAPELLI AND FAMILY, AND AUTHORIZE DISPLAY IN THE
CENTENNIAL COMPLEX
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County,
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home
Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the
affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has designated the
triceratops the official Weld County fossil , and
WHEREAS, an actual fossil has been discovered in Weld County
near Briggsdale on property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roland C .
Mapelli and family, and
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Mapelli and family have had the head of
the fossil restored and wish to donate it to Weld County , with the
condition that it be displayed for the public in a County
facility, and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of Weld County to accept all
donations by Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, hereby accepts the
donation of a triceratops fossil head from Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Mapelli and family and authorizes its display in the Centennial
Complex.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made
and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 10th day of
September , A.D. , 1986.
/� t.. •' BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: 11(0 avvvk.t4AAM0tOYt.' WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
Weld County Clerk and Recorder � L . � ;,,
and Clerk to the Board J-.cqu 'n-, .o ns .n , hairman
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eputy Ccunty Clerk
APPROVED TO FORM: Gene R. Brantne
County Attorney '�`�� / . 2'
Frank Yam guc 1
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Monfort of Colorado, Inc.
Corporate Offices
P.O, Box G
Roland L. Mapelli Greeley, Colorado 80632
Chairman of the Board 303 353-2311
VPE(i COWITY MESMER
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April 24, 1986 I;r APR 2 81986
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Monfort
Weld County Commissioners
P. 0. Box 758
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Ms. Jackie Johnson
Mr. Gene Brantner
Mr. Bill Kirby
Mr. Gordon Lacy
Mr. Frank Yamaguchi
Dear Commissioners,
I believe Dr. Peter Robinson 's letter (copy enclosed) finally removes
any doubt as to the ownership of the Triceratops dinosaur bones found
on my ranch at Briggsdale. After 4 years, I am finally relieved and
happy that I can finalize my gift of the Triceratops skull and bones
to Weld County. Bob Tate, paleontologist, who is overseeing the
restoration, the display stand and the shipping, tells me it should be
ready for display and delivered to Greeley sometime in July.
Arrangements necessary for the exact location for the display should
be made by you and any information needed as to measurements etc. are
available from Bob Tate, 4949 North Broadway, Suite 290, Boulder,
CO, 80302, Telephone 440-9284.
Thanks for all your cooperation. Hopefully, the public will be able
to view, enjoy, and study a genuine, Weld County, 70 million year old
Triceratops in the Weld County Centennial Building very soon.
Sincerely,02eviAA-eel
Rolaei nd L. el U
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cc: Bob Tate
Don Warden
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER
Geology Section—Museum Annex d•
15 April 1986 .
Mr. Roland Mapelli
P. O. Box G
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Dear Mr . Mapelli :
I am now fully aware of the problems concerning the
ownership of the TRICERATOPS collected on the Seven- Cross Ranch
in 1982. Therefore we are returning custody of the specimen to
you and have made appropriate notations in the Museums records.
We have notified Mr. Robert Tate of this situation. I regret the
confusion that has arisen about its collection.
The skull is now being prepared by Kentaro Doi and others
at the request of Mr. Tate. I hope that when the preparation is
finished the skull will make a good exhibit in Greeley.
I would like to thank you for your interest and generosity
in having the skull prepared.
Yours truly
a
Peter Robinson
Curator of Geology
cc : Houtchens , Houtchens and Daniel
Robert Tate
Hunter Building • Campus Box 315 • Boulder, Colorado 80309 U.S.A. • (303) 492-8069
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.: triceratops has become Weld's official entry
in the field of paleontology.
, Weld ma the first county in thecountrythesiglatean"official
fossil,"leading co`m�nissioner Chairman Jackie Johnson to say,"We are
atthecutungedge."
✓" . fi''. r .:. Several fossils said to be a part of the dinosaur's largeframe have
�` _ Iii been found in northeastern Weld.Oneot the latest finds,a triceratops
y skull,was unearthed northeast of Briggsdale in 1962
`�+ Campatgmng for the resolution was the 2-week-old Weld County
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Histoncal Society.Its president,Kay McElroy is an amateur
..t, ': � x � �se : „ywlmq iJ Paleontologist.
Dice dispositron,an intelligent look,"she said of the
; � l ,tg tnceratops,'7thUM he'd love it(Weld County)as a place of residence
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:,.r+"a ;lrl ; he-I'rrai. .^"`" today„
,mt'v.'�^ r d. The triceratops,an herbivore whose fossilized hones have been found
.,,k — throughoutthe county lived in Che late Cretaceous Period about60
"`� ".n a.k _ million years ago and is thought to have been a gentile reptile
.
The dinosaur stood about eight feet tall was about 20 feet long,and
weighed up to six or seven tons,bazedon estimates from skeletal
,. remains.Weld's official fossil also wazwell-armed with a huge
protective frill around its neck area,two large,sharp horns on its
forehead,and another horn an its mss.
resolutiontinwas approved ono 4i vote,with Commissioner Gordon
stir.qwm e.ew•wn.. Lacy in o
Kok the triceratops by the horns Monday morning and made the prehistoric dweller of the area . 'againstthe triceratops but thathefelfcomfotion Lacy said after the m
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official fossil,thestegosaurus.
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