Lub "Grand Canyon ntawm Texas"
Texas yog ib lub xeev puv ntoob ntawm lub ntuj tsim yeeb yam. Txawm li cas los, ib qho ntawm feem ntau amazing - raws li keeb kwm tseem ceeb - natural attractions nyob rau hauv lub Lone Star State yog Palo Duro Canyon. Kuj hu ua "Grand Canyon of Texas," Palo Duro Canyon yog 120 mais ntev, 20 mais dav thiab 800 kauj ruam tob. Palo Duro Canyon stretches los ntawm lub zos ntawm Canyon mus rau lub nroog ntawm Silverton thiab hnub no yog ib feem ntawm 20,000 acre Palo Duro Canyon State Park, yog ib lub xeev tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws hauv cov tiaj ua si hauv Texas .
Palo Duro Canyon tau tsim los ntawm rab rawg ntawm tus dej liab. Lub pob zeb qub tshaj plaws hauv cov hav cuam kawb cov hnub rov qab 250 lab xyoo. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov no pob zeb txheej, hu ua huab Chief Gypsum, tsuas yog pom ntawm ob qhov chaw thoob plaws hauv hav cuam kawb. Lub pob zeb zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub hav cuam kawb yog lub Quartermaster Formation, uas yog muaj cov xim claystone, cov thooj av hauv sandstone thiab dawb. Lub Quartermaster Formation, nrog rau Tecovas Formation, tsim ib qho chaw hu ua "Spanish Skirts."
Txawm hais tias thaj av ntawd ib puag ncig Palo Duro hav cuam kawb yog ib qho ntawm Texas qhov tsawg kawg nkaus dawm qhov chaw, lub hav cuam kawb nws tus kheej yog ib qho ntawm cov tsev ntxov ntxov rau cov neeg hauv Texas. Cov kws tshawb fawb kev ntseeg tib neeg siv Palo Duro Canyon hnub rov qab qee 12,000. Cov pejxeem Clovis thiab Folsom yog thawj tug nyob rau hauv thiab siv Palo Duro Canyon. Lub sijhawm dhau los, lub hav cuam kawb kuj tseem ceeb rau ntau tus neeg Khab, xws li Apache thiab Comanche.
Txawm hais tias "lub npe hu ua" ntawm Palo Duro Canyon - thawj zaug ib tug Asmeskas pom nws - tau teev muaj li 1852, Asmeskas thiab Asmeskas tshawb nrhiav tau paub txog thiab siv lub hav cuam kawb rau ntau pua xyoo dhau los. Lub sijhawm peb caug xyoo tom qab thawj American "nrhiav" Palo Duro Canyon, nws yog qhov chaw ntawm qee qhov ntau dua "Indian kev tsov kev rog" thiab kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv keeb kwm US.
Thaum xyoo 1874, cov Native American ntxiv cov pej xeem raug yuam tawm ntawm Palo Duro Canyon thiab tau mus rau Oklahoma.
Thaum cov Native Americans tau purged los ntawm Palo Duro Canyon, lub hav cuam kawb rau hauv ntiag tug tswv cuab kom txog thaum nws raug muab cais mus rau lub xeev Texas nyob rau hauv 1933. Thaum lub sij hawm ib feem ntawm nws lub sij hawm raws li ntiag tug ntiag tug, Palo Duro Canyon yog ib feem ntawm ib tug loj loj ceg tus naas ej Charles Goodnight. Txawm li cas los xij, thaum lub tsev raug xa mus rau hauv lub xeev, nws tau los ua lub xeev cov tiaj ua si, qhib rau pej xeem siv thaum Lub Xya Hli 4, 1934.
Niaj hnub no, Palo Duro Canyon State Park yog qhov chaw nres tsheb rau cov neeg tuaj sab nraud. Sightseers vam vam tias cov "Grand Canyon of Texas" yog ib qho. Tab sis npog, yog li muaj ntau yam tawm sab nraud tawm sab nraud. Hiking thiab mus pw hav zoov yog cov haujlwm tseem ceeb tshaj plaws nyob hauv Palo Duro State Park. Roob caij thaus caij tsheb kauj vab thiab caij horseback kuj muaj kev lom zem ua si. Qhov tseeb, Palo Duro State Park tswj thiab ua haujlwm rau "Qub West Stables," uas muaj kev qhia cov menyuam caij tsheb thiab caij tsheb ciav hlau. Noog saib thiab kev soj ntsuam tseem ceeb heev rau hauv cov neeg tuaj saib xyuas, uas pom tau tias yuav pom qee qhov qis tsawg tsawg tus tsiaj qus, xws li Texas Horned Lizard, Palo Duro Mouse, Barbara yaj, roadrunners, thiab western diamondback rattlesnakes.
Cov neeg nyob hauv qhov chaw pw ntawm Palo Duro Canyon State Park muaj ntau yam kev xaiv. Cov chaw ua si no muaj peb chav pw, plaub "kev pabcuam cab" (tsis muaj qhov chaw nyob hauv tsev), camps nrog dej thiab hluav taws xob, tsuas yog cov chaw pw hav zoov, cov txheej thaum ub nyob hauv cov chaw pw hav zoov thiab cov chaw pw nraum zoov. Nws muaj $ 5 rau ib tus neeg, ib hnub nkag mus hauv Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Cov nqi them ntxiv rau cov chaw pw hav zoov thiab cov chav pw ntawm $ 12 txog $ 125 tauj ib hmo. Yog xav paub ntxiv, mus xyuas Palo Duro Canyon State Park lub website ntawm qhov link hauv qab no lossis hu 806-488-2227.