ʻO ka "Grand Canyon o Texas"
ʻO Texas kahi moku piha i nā hoʻomehana kūlohelohe. Eia naʻe, kekahi o nā mea kupaianaha - a me ka moʻaukala nui - nā mana kūlohelohe i ka Lone Star Stateʻo Palo Duro Canyon. Uaʻikeʻiaʻo "Grand Canyon o Texas," Palo Duro Canyon he 120 mau mile ka lōʻihi, 20 mile ke ākea a 800 kapuaʻi ka hohonu. Palo Duro Canyon mai ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Canyon a hiki i Silverton a ma kēia lā he hapa o ka 20,000 eka o Palo Duro Canyon State Park, kekahi o nā pāʻani kūlana kūikawā nui loa ma Texas .
Ua hana muaʻiaʻo Palo Duro Canyon ma kahi'ōmole o ke Kaiʻulaʻula. ʻO ka papa pōhaku kahiko loa ma ke kahawai e kū nei i 250 miliona mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, hiki keʻikeʻia kēia papa pōhaku, i kapaʻiaʻo Cloud Gypsum, keʻike waleʻia ma kahi mau wahi o ke kahawai. ʻO ka papa pōhaku koʻikoʻi loa ma ke kahawai,ʻo ia ka Quartermaster Formation, kahi i komoʻia me ka pōhakuʻulaʻula, ka pōhaku a me ka pōhaku keʻokeʻo. ʻO ka Quartermaster Formation, me ka Tecovas Formation, kahiʻano iʻikeʻiaʻo "Spanish Skirts".
ʻOiaiʻo ka moku e pili ana i Palo Duro Canyon kekahi o nā wahi nui loa o Texas,ʻo ke kuamohu kahi o nā hale mua loa i nā kānaka o Texas. Manaʻo nā kānakaʻepekema ka hoʻohanaʻana o Palo Duro Canyon i nā kānaka he 12,000. ʻO nā kānaka Clovis a me Folsom nā kānaka i noho mua i loko a hoʻohana i Palo Duro Canyon. ʻO ka manawa, he mea nui ka pūnaewele i nāʻohana India,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Apache a me Comanche.
ʻOiai uaʻikeʻia ka "ʻike kūlana" o Palo Duro Canyon -ʻo ka manawa mua iʻikeʻia eʻAmelika -ʻo 1852 ia,ʻo nā India a me nā mea'ānanā Pilipania iʻike a hoʻohana i ke kuamo no nā haneli haneli i kēlā manawa. ʻO ke kenekene kenekulia ma hope o kaʻike muaʻana o kaʻAmelika mua i "Palo Duro Canyon,ʻo ia kahi kahua o nā hakakā" Indian "a me nā kaua ma ka moʻolelo o US.
I ka makahiki 1874, ua kipakuʻia ka poʻe i koe mai ka Palo Duro Canyon a hoʻoneʻe i Oklahoma.
I ka wā i hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻia ai ka poʻeʻAmelikaʻAmelika mai Palo Duro Canyon, ua kāleka ke kahawai a lilo i ka moku'āina o Texas i ka makahiki 1933. I loko o ka manawa o kona manawa he waiwai kūʻokoʻa,ʻo Palo Duro Canyon kekahi māhele o kahi kula nui i mālamaʻia e ʻo Charles Goodnight kaulana. Eia naʻe, i ka manawa i hoʻololiʻia ai ka waiwai i ka moku'āina, ua lilo ia i park park, a weheʻia no ka hoʻohanaʻana o ka lehulehu i ka lā 4 Iulai, 1934.
I kēia lā,ʻo Palo Duro Canyon State Park he wahi kaulana loa no nā mea hoʻokipa waho. ʻO nā mea nānā eʻike ana i ka "Grand Canyon o Texas" he laulā. Akā, no laila, he poʻe keu aku nā mea hoihoi i waho. ʻO ka hoʻokele a me ka hoʻomoanaʻana kekahi o nāʻoihana kaulana loa ma Palo Duro State Park. ʻO ka hoʻokele lio a me ka holo lio kekahi mau hana kaulana. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻomau a mālamaʻo Palo Duro State Park i ka "Old West Stables," e hāʻawi ana i nā lio holo lio a me nā kaʻa holo kaʻa. ʻIkeʻia ka nānāʻana o Bird a me ka nānā i keʻano o ka poʻe malihini kipa, hiki iā lākou keʻike i kekahi mau mea ulu lāʻau hihiu likeʻole, e like me ka Texas Horned Lizard, Palo Duro Mouse, nā hipa Barbary, nā alanui alanui, a me nā diamondback rastlesnakes.
ʻO nā mea makemake e noho i ka pō ma Palo Duro Canyon State Park he mau koho likeʻole. Aia ka papa i nā keʻenaʻelua lumi lumi,ʻehā mau "hale hana lawelawe" (ʻaʻole hale lumi lumi i loko), nā kauhale me ka wai a me ka hiʻona, nā kauhale wai wale nō, nā kauhale i ka wā kahiko a me nā kahua hoʻomoana. Loaʻa he $ 5 i kēlā me kēia kanaka, no ka lā hoʻokahi i ke komoʻana i ka Palo Duro Canyon State Park. ʻO nā kumukūʻai hou no nā hale kaʻa a me nā kaʻa mai kahi $ 12 a $ 125 no ka pō. No ka 'ike hou aku, e kipa i ka pūnaewele Palo Duro Canyon State Park ma o ka loulou ma lalo nei a iʻole e kāhea 806-488-2227.