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Time-worn Chasm by JIM THOMAS Amarillo Globe-News
TEARING across the flat staked plains of the Texas Panhandle is a scar on the face of the earth that has intrigued man for centuries. The Indians named the great canyon long before white may ever saw it - Palo Duro, the land of hard woods. First seen in 1542 by the Spanish explorer Coronado, Palo Duro Canyon stands as the most powerful
single feature of the gently rolling Texas Panhandle. Located just east of the town of Canyon, its massive bluffs and grotesque rock formations have been carved through eons of time by the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River. Cutting through the level prairie for more than 120 miles and varying in width from a few hundred yards to more than 30 miles, the Palo Duro
is crossed by only two roads. A third winding asphalt trail, shyly penetrating the rugged 15,000 acre Palo Duro Canyon State Park, was toured by a quarter of a million visitors last year. Rugged canyon walls throughout the eroded wonder of nature descend to an average depth of about 700 feet. Artistically-inclined visitors say this work of God's hand is a perfect
Index to volume 23 of the Texas Game and Fish (issues 1-3)/Texas Parks and Wildlife (issues 4-12) magazine listing articles by title, subject, and author.
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