Palo Duro Canyon, Texas

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Meaning "hard stick" in Spanish and also known as the Grand Canyon of Texas, this 120-mile-long, 20-mile-wide canyon is located in the Texas Panhandle near Amarillo. European contact with the canyon's indigenous inhabitants began with the Coronado expedition in 1541. In 1874, the Kiowa and Comanche were forcibly removed from the canyon to reservation lands in Oklahoma.

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"Palo Duro Canyon, November 20, 2002" by Leaflet is licensed under CC BY-SA.

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Published Works
Listening Woman (1978)
Term Type
Geologic Feature
Manuscript Occurrences

 
A05 Listening Woman (02-13) p. 147

References

 
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
     N.d.   The Grand Canyon of Texas. www.palodurocanyon.com, accessed July 7, 2014.

Steely, James Wright
     1999   Parks for Texas: Enduring Landscapes of the New Deal. Austin: University of Texas
         Press.

Texas Parks and Wildlife
     2014   Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
         http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/palo-duro-canyon/park_history, accessed July 7, 2014.