At the edge of Utah and Colorado, where desert meets mountain and river carved through stone,

lives one of the most dramatic landscapes of the American West.

And it's one that people don't often talk about with the same reverence as some of our more

famous national parks.

This is Dinosaur National Monument.

Today, it's known for two things.

Canyon so vast vast they seem endless

and the fossilized bones of creatures that walked the earth 150 million years ago. But before

paleontologists uncovered its Jurassic past, this land was home to a woman who lived almost a century

in its shadow, a woman whose life tied together outlaws,

hardship, resilience, and the fierce independence of the frontier.

For most of us, the West is a myth,

all romance and outlaws, adventure and dust.

But for Josie Bassett Morris, it was real.

Her stories as much about the land as it is about her. Because in this

place, you didn't just live on the land. You lived with it or not at all.

Dinosaur National Monuments sits where the Yampa and Green River sliced through the uplifted layers of the Colorado Plateau.

For millions of years, waters cut its way through stone, revealing cliffs striped with color, reds, oranges, creams, and purples.

And the canyons here plunge up to 3,000 feet deep. The walls sheer and unforgiving.

It's a land of contrast. Summers are blistering hot with temperatures over 100 degrees, while winters can drop below zero

with snow drifting high against the cliffs.

Rain is scarce, but when it comes, it comes with fury.

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