"Grand Canyon ku Texas"
Texas ndi boma lodzaza ndi zozizwitsa zachilengedwe. Komabe, chimodzi mwa zodabwitsa kwambiri - komanso zofunikira m'mbiri - zochitika zachilengedwe ku Lone Star State ndi Palo Duro Canyon. Komanso dzina lake ndi "Grand Canyon ku Texas," Palo Duro Canyon ndilo mtunda wa makilomita 120, kutalika kwake ndi mamita 20 m'lifupi. Palo Duro Canyon ikuyenda kuchokera ku tawuni ya Canyon kupita ku tauni ya Silverton ndipo lero ndi mbali ya Palo Duro Canyon State Park ya 20,000 achule, imodzi mwa malo osiyana kwambiri ndi malo ku Texas .
Palo Duro Canyon inakhazikitsidwa ndi mphanda wa Mtsinje Wofiira. Dothi lakale kwambiri mumtsinje wa Canyon linayamba zaka 250 miliyoni. Komabe, miyalayi, yomwe imadziwika kuti Cloud Chief Gypsum, imangowoneka m'malo ochepa m'mbali mwa canyon. Mwala wotchuka kwambiri mu canyon ndi Maphunziro a Quartermaster, omwe ali ndi redstonestone, sandstone ndi white gypsum. Maphunziro a Quartermaster, pamodzi ndi Tecovas Formation, amapanga chinthu chotchedwa "Skirts Spanish".
Ngakhale kuti dera lomwe lili pafupi ndi Palo Duro Canyon ndi limodzi la malo a Texas omwe ndi ochepa kwambiri, canyon ndi imodzi mwa nyumba zoyambirira kwa anthu ku Texas. Asayansi akukhulupirira kuti anthu amagwiritsa ntchito Palo Duro Canyon zaka 12,000. Clovis ndi Folsom anthu anali pakati pa oyamba kukhalamo ndikugwiritsa ntchito Palo Duro Canyon. Kupyolera nthawi, canyon inali yofunikanso kwa mafuko ambiri a ku India, kuphatikizapo Apache ndi Comanche.
Ngakhale kuti Palo Duro Canyon "inapezeka" - nthawi yoyamba imene America anaipeza - inalembedwa monga 1852, Amwenye komanso ofufuza malo a ku Spain ankadziwiratu ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito canyon kwa zaka mazana ambiri nthawi imeneyo. Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1900 pambuyo poti American woyamba "adapeza" Palo Duro Canyon, inali malo ena mwa "nkhondo za ku India" komanso zovuta kwambiri m'mbiri ya US.
Mu 1874, anthu a ku America omwe anali otsalawo adakakamizika kuchoka ku Palo Duro Canyon ndipo anasamukira ku Oklahoma.
Pamene Amwenye Achimerika atachotsedwa ku Palo Duro Canyon, canyon anagonjera payekha mpaka idaperekedwa ku boma la Texas mu 1933. Panthawi imodzi ya nthawi yake ngati chuma chapadera, Palo Duro Canyon inali gawo la munda waukulu wotchedwa Charles Goodnight wotchuka. Komabe, pokhapokha katunduyo atatumizidwa ku boma, idakhala paki ya boma, yotsegulidwa kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito pagulu pa July 4, 1934.
Masiku ano, Palo Duro Canyon State Park ndi malo otchuka kwa okonda kunja. Owonetsa kuyembekezera kuyang'ana "Grand Canyon ku Texas" ndi wamba. Koma, moteronso anthu ambiri okonda kupita kunja amakhala ovuta. Kuyenda maulendo ndi kumanga msasa ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zofala kwambiri ku Palo Duro State Park. Kuthamanga njinga zamapiri ndi kukwera pamahatchi ndizochitanso ntchito zambiri. Ndipotu Palo Duro State Park imagwira ntchito ndi "Old West Stables," yomwe imapereka maulendo oyendetsa mahatchi komanso makwerero. Kuwonetseka kwa mbalame komanso kuyang'ana kwa chilengedwe kumakokera alendo angapo, omwe angathe kuyembekezera kuona zosawerengeka za nyama zakutchire, monga Texas Horned Lizard, Palo Duro Mouse, nkhosa za Barbary, roadrunners, ndi madzulo a diamondback rattlesnakes.
Amene akufuna kuti azigona pa Palo Duro Canyon State Park ali ndi njira zosiyanasiyana. Pakiyi ili ndi zipinda zitatu zamagalimoto, zipinda zinayi zapadera zapakhomo (malo opanda zipinda zamkati), makampu ndi madzi ndi magetsi, m'misasa yokha ya madzi okha, m'makampu oyambirira komanso m'misasa. Pali $ 5 pa munthu aliyense, patsiku lovomerezeka ku Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Malipiro oonjezera pamisasa ndi makabati amachokera pa $ 12 mpaka $ 125 pa usiku. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani pa webusaiti ya Palo Duro Canyon State Park kudzera pazumikizidwe pansipa kapena nambala 806-488-2227.