"I-Grand Canyon yaseTexas"
I-Texas iyindawo egcwele ukukhangisa kwemvelo emangalisayo. Kodwa-ke, okunye okumangalisa kakhulu - kanye nokubalulekile ngokomlando - okukhangayo kwemvelo e-Lone Star State yiPalo Duro Canyon. Eyaziwa nangokuthi "i-Grand Canyon yaseTexas," i-Palo Duro Canyon ibanga ngamamayela angu-120 ubude, ubude obungamakhilomitha angu-20 nobubanzi obuyizingalo ezingu-800. I-Palo Duro Canyon isuka edolobheni laseCanyon kuya edolobheni laseSiltonton futhi namuhla liyingxenye yama-acre angu-20 000 e-Palo Duro Canyon State Park, enye yezindawo eziphambili kakhulu eziseTexas .
I-Palo Duro Canyon yasungulwa ekuqaleni ngemfoloko yoMfula Olubomvu. Ingqimba yedwala endala kunazo zonke e-canyon ibuyela emuva eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingu-250. Kodwa-ke, loluhlu lwamatshe, owaziwa ngokuthi i-Cloud Chief Gypsum, lungabonakala kuphela ezindaweni ezimbalwa kulo lonke i-canyon. Uhlaka lwamadwala ovelele kakhulu e-canyon yi-Quartermaster Formation, equkethe i-red claystone, i-sandstone ne-white gypsum. Ukuqeqeshwa kweQuartermaster, kanye neTecovas Formation, yakha isici esaziwa ngokuthi "iSkirts Skirts."
Nakuba isifunda esiseduze nePalo Duro Canyon singenye yezindawo zase-Texas ezincane kakhulu ezinabantu abaningi, i-canyon ngokwayo yayiyinye yezindlu zakuqala kubantu baseTexas. Izinkolelo zesayensi osetshenziswa ngabantu basePalo Duro Canyon zibuyisa cishe abangu-12 000. I-Clovis ne-Folsom abantu babephakathi kokuqala ukuhlala futhi basebenzise iPalo Duro Canyon. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-canyon yayibalulekile nakwezinye izizwe zaseNdiya, kuhlanganise ne-Apache ne-Comanche.
Nakuba "ukutholakala okusemthethweni" kwePalo Duro Canyon - okokuqala umAmerica akutholakele - kubalwe ngo-1852, amaNdiya kanye nabahloli bamaSpanishi bebazi futhi basebenzisa leli canyon ngamakhulu eminyaka ngaleso sikhathi. Ikhulu lesine leminyaka emva kokuba uMelika waseMelika "athole" iPalo Duro Canyon, kwakuyisayithi yezinye "izimpi zaseNdiya" ezingathandekayo nempi emlandweni wase-US.
Ngo-1874, abantu baseMelika baseMelika basala baphoqelelwa ngaphandle kwePalo Duro Canyon futhi bathuthela e-Oklahoma.
Lapho amaMelika aseMelika ehlanjululwa e-Palo Duro Canyon, i-canyon yawela ebunini bomuntu wangasese kwaze kwaba yilapho isetshenziselwa ukuhlala eTexas ngo-1933. Phakathi nesikhathi sesikhathi salo njengempahla yangasese, i-Palo Duro Canyon yayiyingxenye yesivuno esikhulu esinaso uCharles Goodnight odumile. Kodwa-ke, lapho isakhiwo sidluliselwa kuhulumeni, saba yindawo epaki yombuso, evulelwe ukusetshenziswa komphakathi ngoJulayi 4, 1934.
Namuhla, i-Palo Duro Canyon State Park iyindawo evelele yabathandekayo abangaphandle. Ababukeli abanethemba lokubona "i-Grand Canyon yaseTexas" bayavamile. Kodwa, ngakho-ke banomdlandla abathanda kakhulu ngaphandle. Ukuhamba ngezintaba nezinkambi kukhona phakathi kwemisebenzi ethandwa kakhulu ePalo Duro State Park. Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili nokugibela amahhashi nakho kuyimisebenzi ethandwayo. Eqinisweni, i-Palo Duro State Park igcina futhi isebenze "i-Old West Stables," ehlinzeka ngezinkambo ezihamba phambili zehhashi kanye nokugibela izinqola. Ukubuka izinyoni kanye nokubona kwemvelo nakho kudonsela eziningana zezivakashi, abangalindela ukubona ezinye izinhlobo zezilwane zasendle ezingavamile, ezifana ne-Texas Horned Lizard, i-Palo Duro Mouse, izimvu ze-Barbary, izimoto zomgwaqo kanye ne-diamondback rattlesnakes entshonalanga.
Labo abafisa ukulala ebusuku ePalo Duro Canyon State Park banezinketho ezihlukahlukene. Ipaki inezinkampani ezintathu zamakamelo amabili, izinkampani ezine "zokulinganisa ezisezingeni elincane" (azikho izindlu zokuphumula zangaphakathi), amakamu ngamanzi nogesi, emakamu okuphela kwamanzi, ama-hike-emakamu nezinkampu zemikhumbi. Kukhona u-$ 5 umuntu ngamunye, ngemali yokungena ngosuku ngosuku lwePalo Duro Canyon State Park. Imali eyengeziwe yamakhamera namakamelo amancane avela ku $ 12 kuya ku-$ 125 ebusuku. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, vakashela iwebhusayithi yePalo Duro Canyon State Park nge-link ngezansi noma shayela u-806-488-2227.