On April 26, 2002, Jerry MacDonald, who discovered the Robledo Mountain Paleozoic Trackways, and his wife, Pearl, met with various BPS members in Jasper in order to visit the Union Chapel Mine. Jerry and Pearl visited the site twice, once before and once after lunch. Unfortunately, the weather was rainy and none of the pictures taken of Jerry at the site worked out. The pictures here were instead taken at Uncle Mort's Restaurant, located just east of downtown Jasper, and only a couple of miles from the Union Chapel Mine. Later in the evening, a "slide party" was hosted for the MacDonald's at the Buta/Crocker residence in Tuscaloosa.
Photos taken by Ron Buta and others.
Group photo at table in Mort's Restaurant. Left to right: Bruce Relihan, Pearl MacDonald, Jerry MacDonald, Vicki Lais, Richard Blake, Prescott Atkinson.
Group photo in front of sign at Mort's Restaurant. Left to right: Vicki Lais, Jerry MacDonald, Kathy Twieg, Ashley Allen, Gerry Badger, Bruce Relihan, Ron Buta, Richard Blake.
Group photo in front of sign at Uncle Mort's Restaurant. Left to right: Vicki Lais, Jerry MacDonald, Kathy Twieg, Ashley Allen, Gerry Badger, Bruce Relihan, Prescot Atkinson.
Group photo in front of sign at Uncle Mort's Restaurant. Left to right: Vicki Lais, Jerry & Pearl MacDonald, Kathy Twieg, Ashley Allen, Gerry Badger, Bruce Relihan, Richard Blake, Prescot Atkinson.
The party gets under way. Left to right: Pearl MacDonald, Vicki Lais, Kathy Twieg (seated), Katie Crocker-Buta, Jerry MacDonald. The "slide party" was held at the Buta/Crocker household, where Jerry MacDonald showed hundreds of slides of Robledos Mountains trackways to BPS members.