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After starting a ranching operation in eastern Colorado, he returned to the Palo Duro Canyon area (site of a major operation he led against the Kiowa and Comanche), and established a small ranch in 1874. He then entered into a partnership with John Adair, a wealthy landowner from Co. Laois in Ireland, who funded the ranch's expansion while ...
Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon. [2] The second largest canyon system in the United States , it is roughly 25–40 mi (40–64 km) long and has an average width of 6 mi (9.7 km), but reaches a width of 20 mi (32 km) at places.
Canyon is a city in and the county seat of Randall County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,836 at the 2020 census. [5] It is part of the Amarillo, Texas, metropolitan statistical area. Canyon is the home of the Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum, and the outdoor musical drama Texas.
Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River (from Comanche Kecheahquehono 'Prairie Dog Town River') is a sandy-braided stream about 120 mi (193 km) long, formed at the confluence of Palo Duro Creek and Tierra Blanca Creek, about 1.8 mi (2.9 km) northeast of Canyon in Randall County, Texas, and flowing east-southeastward to the Red River about 1 mi (2 km) east of the 100th meridian, 8 mi (13 km) south ...
Hundreds of families lined up around Palo Duro High School to get toys for their children at the 11th annual Northside Toy Drive Saturday in Amarillo.
The escarpment's features formed by erosion from rivers and streams, creating arroyos and highly diverse terrain, including the large Palo Duro Canyon southeast of Amarillo, Texas. [1] One will notice the change in elevation of several hundred feet while crossing the Caprock Escarpment on Interstate 40 between Adrian, Texas and San Jon, New ...
Location City or town Description 1: Floyd County Stone Corral: Floyd County Stone Corral: September 27, 1984 : Address restricted [4] Floydada: 2: Floydada Country Club Site: Floydada Country Club Site: November 7, 1979 : Address restricted [4] Floydada: 3: Quitaque Railway Tunnel: September 13, 1977 : 10 mi (16 km). SW of Quitaque
The formation crops out along Palo Duro Canyon and the Canadian River and their tributaries. [1] It is also widespread in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. [4] The formation is interpreted as deposition in a braided stream system. [5] The lower beds at Palo Duro Canyon contain unusual cone-shaped iron concretions that likely formed in the vadose ...