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
Step inside a specially made railcar used to move nuclear material. Later, a trip to the Plains Historical museum as we tour their planes exhibit. We begin our feature at palo duro state park. The experience of driving into the state park today is a lot like it has been for thousands of years. All of a sudden you come across this huge drop into the earth and even today, it is quite a shocking experience. The fact that i get to come and see this everyday, i just have to stop and take it in. And make sure that i am appreciating how lucky i am to get to be here every day. The canyon has been forming for about one million years or so. The bulk of the formation has happenedn
But one thing we talked about in this show, we pitched it as looking without rather than always looking within. Panhandleplains museum, and the museum is the largest Historical Museum in texas if you count it by the number of artifacts. The exhibition title is cattle, cowboys, and culture, kansas city and, real on the building of the urban west. The curator and us are both natives of kansas city. We were always interested in why this place seems so familiar to us. And michael started looking at the number of objects in the museums Permanent Collection related to kansas city and it turns out there were over 1000 objects on the database he pulled up. We started at look started looking at what kind of objects there were, and found such a good array of a variety of objects, we thought we needed to do a show that told the sisterhood of kansas city and amarillo. A lot of people might expect amarillo corrupt looking to dallas or houston, but this is around the train system and the cattle indu
The Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in canyon, texas. We take you inside as we hear the story of kansas citys influence on the development of amarillo. I think a lot of people know about the ranching history of this area. This history is more like an american regional story that hasnt been told. The isolation of the ranching history as texas, texas, texas, but one thing we talked about in this show, we pitched it as looking without rather than always looking within. We are at the panhandleplains museum, and the museum is the largest Historical Museum in texas if you count it by the number of artifacts. The exhibition title is cattle, cowboys, and culture, kansas city and, real on the building of the urban west. The curator and us are both natives of kansas city. We were always interested in why this place seems so familiar to us. And michael started looking at the number of objects in the museums Permanent Collection related to kansas city and it turns out there were over 1000 objec
The things we talk about this show we pitched it as looking without evidence looking within. We are in that Historical Museum and its the largest Historical Museum in the state of texas if you count the number of artifacts cattle cowboys and culture. Urban west. Michael gore who was the fulltime curator and we set up the show both of us are native to kansas city suburb always interested in why this place felt so familiar to us as having grown up there and michael started looking at the number of objects in the plains Permanent Collection that related to kansas city and it turns out they were over 1000 object on today debates he pulled out so we started looking at what kind of objects there were and we found such a good array of variety of objects we thought we needed to do a show that told the sister city head of kansas city and amarillo. A lot of people expect that amarillo grew up looking to dallas and looking to denver or to houston but this closeness is basically around the train s