Dinosaur Valley State Park draws thousands of visitors each year to see some of the best-preserved dinosaur tracks in the world. But some locals fear that view could soon include something far more modern: towering high-voltage power lines.

At the park, the ancient tracks are embedded in limestone along the Paluxy River — footprints millions of years old that leaders say define the town.

"This is limestone the dinosaurs actually walked on," Mayor Joe Boles added. "You can see the claw marks. You can see the footprints."

Boles says the prints are central to Glen Rose's identity.

"You don't have dinosaur prints in Texas," he said. "That's why Glen Rose is known as the dinosaur capital of Texas."

But a proposed Oncor project could one day bring 200-foot transmission towers into view near

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