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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.
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.
Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway is a Texas state park located along the eastern edge of the Llano Estacado in Briscoe County, Texas, United States, approximately 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Amarillo. The state park opened in 1982 and is 15,314 acres (6,197 ha) in size, making it the third-largest state park in Texas. [2] [3]
In 2015, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) published the plans for the all new Loop 335 freeway that encircles the city of Amarillo. [9] TxDOT has planned multiple multi-level interchanges that junction with Interstate 40 , Interstate 27 , US 287 and US 87 .
Harper began corresponding with Green about the land, people, and beauty of Palo Duro Canyon. [7] Green replied within a week, stating he was interested in the project and wanted to meet. [7] In 1961, Harper and a group of Canyon, Texas families brought Green to their city and he was intrigued by the place and began writing the musical. [8] [9]
Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley provided an update on the upcoming State of the City event, scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday at the historic Santa Fe Pavilion, located behind the Amarillo Civic Center.
Interstate 27 (I-27 [a]) is an Interstate Highway, entirely in the US state of Texas, running north from Lubbock to I-40 in Amarillo.These two cities are the only control cities on I-27; [5] other cities and towns served by I-27 include (from south to north) New Deal, Abernathy, Hale Center, Plainview, Kress, Tulia, Happy, and Canyon.
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