Palo Duro Canyon State Park, the "Grand Canyon of Texas"

Texas State Park

National Geographic Documentary, This sensational fascination called Palo Duro Canyon is one of the numerous State Parks in Texas and is likewise alluded to as "The Grand Canyon of Texas."

Palo Duro Canyon is the second biggest ravine in the whole United States of America, second just to the Grand Canyon.

It is a Texas site worth putting on your rundown of spots to visit. The Lone Star State is truly filled to the overflow with spectacular different Texas destinations. In any case, Palo Duro is a genuine astonishment to the individuals who may never have seen it or known of it's presence. Nothing in the encompassing scene would give one even the smallest clue of what lies ahead once one methodologies the gulch.

National Geographic Documentary, Situated in the Texas high fields region in the northwest part of the State only South of Amarillo and East of the town of Canyon, the view is level where one can truly look for miles and miles until the unbroken level fields of grass meet the skyline.

Surprising magnificence lies ahead when one goes into the awesome ravine.

All of a sudden the area gives way and one begins the plunge down into the Palo Duro Canyon where one can see the scene very close. Not at all like peering over the edge of the Grand Canyon, one turns out to be personally required with the Palo Duro Canyon in light of the nearby vicinity to everything.

Palo Duro Canyon

National Geographic Documentary, The first occasion when that I got the opportunity to see this sensational fascination, I was going with my mom. We were taking after the guide and as we continued getting nearer and there appeared to be nothing changed about the scene, I was starting to think about whether the guide was right.

The photo to the right will demonstrate to you how the scene looks until one gets to the very edge of the ravine and why I was starting to question the precision of the guide.

My second visit was with a sweetheart and I could set her up ahead of time concerning what was going to unfurl directly in front of her. Out of level apparently perpetual comparable territory all of a sudden this beautiful gully shows up!

It probably been a significant shock to the primary individuals who initially found it.

Palo Duro Canyon was the home of ancient Indians who lived there just about 12,000 years back. They discovered sustenance and safe house in those imaginatively etched gorge dividers.

Shockingly for the Native Indians, as America was being colonized by individuals moving west, the Indians were being compelled to live on reservations.

Amid the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon in September of 1874, the fourth mounted force under the authority of Colonel R.S. Mackenzie followed a substantial gathering of Indians to their camp in Palo Duro and astonished them in the early first light hours. The Indians knowing each alcove and crevice of the gulch had the strategic point of interest. So once Colonel Mackenzie understood that, he requested the Indian's camp and supplies blazed while the Indians were caught up with getting away catch. Yet, Mackenzie's troops brought with them around 1,400 of the Indian's stallions in the long run slaughtering very nearly 1,000 of them.

This was very nearly a bloodless fight aside from the slaughter of the steeds. Just 4 Indians were murdered and no mounted force warriors kicked the bucket. In any case, left without their steeds, camp and supplies, the Indians at long last surrendered and about-faced to their reservations at Fort Reno and Fort Sill. So the fight was effective from the perspective of the U.S. government.

Not our proudest minute regarding how the Native Indians were dealt with in this current creator's feeling.