Exploring the american story. Book tv, American History tv, we travel to amarillo texas. Well experience in the city of about 200,000 starting with an the largest canyon. And then we will learn about kansas citys developments on amarillo. And then step in a specially made rail card used to move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later a trip to the panhandle plains. We start at the canyon state park. The experience today is a lot like it has been. Even today it is quite a sharking experience. The fact that i get to come see this every day sometimes i have to take in. The canyon has been forming for about a million years or so. It runs from here over to silverton. You can make a good case that it is at least 80 miles in length itself. It is the second largest canyon in the United States. Its not a single canyon. There are many that branch off to the sides. Were standing in an area now where we can see three canyons from where were at right now. Its much bigger than people realiz
Today, or that to share a little bit about i would like to share about the history of native americans and the culture of native americans in texas. Its very appropriate to begin with the contemporary. I am standing next to a magnificent piece of sculpture by the noted artist alan houser, who was apache. And he was born in oklahoma. He was a descendent of removeds band who was to oklahoma after geronimo and his band was captured. He later became a terrific artist. As you can see, one of the main foci of this particular piece is a native american on horseback. And that is truly the story of native americans in the Southern Plains region and in the panhandle especially. When horses became available to them in the 1600s, particularly the comanches and some of the apache people, they were able to tradersorses from the in santa fe. Stealing some of them as well. They were able to utilize the environment much more efficiently because they could cover much longer distances. The bison hunting
It runs from here to silverton. Case that the canyon is at least 80 miles in length. The river is probably more like 120 miles. It is the second largest canyon in the United States after the grand. It is not a single canyon. There are many canyons that branch off to the sides. We are standing in an area or we can see three canyons from where we are at right now. It is a much bigger system than people realize even with a brief visit to the state park. I grew up here in amarillo. As a young kid, i remember coming out in elementary school. And after that, as soon as i got my drivers license, i was driving out here every time i could, ringing friends. We would explore some of the caves. We explored some of the caves right down there. I can tell you it is much bigger than what you think it is from looking at it. When you get into the canyon with your hiking stick and boots, you better make sure you have a lot of water because it is much farther than you think. There are all kinds of treasur
Begin with the contemporary. I am standing here next to a magnificent piece of sculpture by the noted artist, alan hauser, who was apache. He was born in oklahoma. He was a descendent of geronimos band, who moved to after ther the band were captured. He later became a terrific see, this as you can particular piece is a native american on horseback and that is truly the story of native americans in the Southern Plains region in the panhandle especially. Available, incame the 1600s, particularly the comanches and some of the apache people, they were able to obtain horses from the traders in santa fe, stealing some of them as well. They were able to utilize the environment much more efficiently, because they could cover much longer distances. The bison hunting culture really became the strong suit, the highlight of the area and it became a culture of mobility. What i am going to do today is share with you some of the objects associated with that kind of mobility. Thatts such as clothing w
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