I "Grand Canyon kuTexas"
Texas ndiyo nyika yakazara nezvinhu zvinonakidza zvezvisikwa. Zvisinei, chimwe chezvishamiso zvikuru-uyewo zvakakosha kare-zvakakosha zvisikwa muLone Star State ndiPalo Duro Canyon. Iyo inozivikanwawo se "Grand Canyon yeTexas," Palo Duro Canyon iri makiromita makumi maviri kureba, makiromita makumi maviri paupamhi uye 800 mamita akadzika. Palo Duro Canyon yakatambanudza kubva kuguta reCanyon kusvika kuguta reSiltonton uye nhasi iri chikamu che 20,000 acre Palo Duro Canyon State Park, imwe yenzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzepasitori muTexas .
Palo Duro Canyon yakatanga kuumbwa neforogo yeRed River. Nzvimbo yekare yakareba dombo muCanyon yakareba makore mazana emamiriyoni mazana maviri nemashanu. Zvisinei, iri dombo rakadzika, rinozivikanwa seGreen Chief Gypsum, rinogona kuonekwa mune dzimwe nzvimbo munzvimbo yose yeCanyon. Iyo yakakurumbira rock layer muCanyon is Form Quartermaster, iyo inosanganisira red claystone, sandstone uye white gypsum. Chidzidzo cheQuartermaster, pamwe neTecovas Formation, inoumba chimwe chinhu chinozivikanwa se "Spanish Skirts."
Kunyange zvazvo nzvimbo yakapoteredza Palo Duro Canyon imwe yeTexas 'nzvimbo dzisingasviki dzakawanda, iyo canyon pachayo yaiva imwe yemisha yekare kune vanhu veTexas. Masayendisiti kutenda kwevanhu kushandiswa kwePalo Duro Canyon kunodzokorora vanenge 12 000. Clovis naFolsom vanhu vaiva pakati pevokutanga kugara mukati uye kushandisa Palo Duro Canyon. Nenguva, canyon yakakoshawo kune dzimwe nyika dzeIndia, kusanganisira Apache uye Comanche.
Kunyange zvazvo "chibvumirano chepamutemo" chePalo Duro Canyon - nguva yokutanga muAmerica akaiwana - yakanyorwa sa 1852, maIndia pamwe nevatsvakurudzi veSpain vakanga vazive uye vakashandisa canyon kwemakore emakore nenguva iyoyo. Rimwe remakore rechina shure kwekutanga kweAmerica "yakawanikwa" Palo Duro Canyon, yaiva nzvimbo yeimwe nzvimbo inonyanyisa "Hondo dzeIndia" uye hondo muAmerica.
Muna 1874, vakasara veNative America vevanhu vakamanikidzwa kunze kwePalo Duro Canyon uye vakatamira kune Oklahoma.
Imwe nguva vanhu veAmerica vakanatswa kubva kuPalo Duro Canyon, gwagwa rakawira muhupfumi huripo kusvikira yakatemerwa kuenda kuTexas muna 1933. Pakati sechikamu chenguva yaro sepfuma yega, Palo Duro Canyon yaiva chikamu chemurairi mukuru ane Charles Known. Zvisinei, kana nzvimbo yacho ichiendeswa kune hurumende, yakava paki yehurumende, yakasununguka kuti ishandiswe paruzhinji musi waJuly 4, 1934.
Nhasi, Palo Duro Canyon State Park inzvimbo yakakurumbira kune vanofarira kunze. Vatongi vachitarisira kuona "Grand Canyon yekuTexas" vanojairika. Asi, saka ndizvo zvinowanzoitika kune vanofarira kunze. Kufamba uye kudzika musasa ndezvimwe zvezvinhu zvakakurumbira muPalo Duro State Park. Gomo rebhazi uye kutasva mabhiza kunewo mabasa anozivikanwa. Chaizvoizvo, Palo Duro State Park inotsigira uye inoshanda "Old West Stables," iyo inotungamira inotungamira mafambi ebhiza nemakumbo engoro. Nyeredzi uye kutarisa kwezvisikwa zvinowedzerawo kune vashanyi vakawanda, avo vanogona kutarisira kuona zvisikwa zvipenyu zvisingawanzoitiki, zvakadai seTexas Horned Lizard, Palo Duro Mouse, Barbary makwai, roadrunners, uye kumavirira diamondback rattlesnakes.
Vaya vanoda kumira usiku paPalo Duro Canyon State Park vane mavara akasiyana-siyana. Iyi paki inosanganisira matatu matatu emakamuri, machina "mashoma edzimba" (pasina nzvimbo dzekugara dzomukati), misasa nemvura uye magetsi, misoro yemvura bedzi, mapoka emakwikwi-mumakambi uye musasa wemisasa. Kune $ 5 pamunhu mumwe nomumwe, pamusi wemari yekupinda muPalo Duro Canyon State Park. Mari yekuwedzera yekumisasa nemakamuri anobva kubva $ 12 kusvika ku $ 125 usiku. Kuti uwane mamwe mashoko, shanyira webhusaiti yePalo Duro Canyon State Park kuburikidza nehungano pasi apa kana kudana 806-488-2227.