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
History tv on the road. Support from our sudden link cable partners, we travel to amarillo, texas. Well discover the history of this panhandle city of about 2,000. Starting with a visit to the second largest canyon in the u. S. Following that, in about ten minutes, well learn about kansas citys influence on the development of amarillo. And in 20 minutes, step inside a rail car used to move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later a trip to the Panhandle Plains History Museum in nearby canyon as we tour their native plains exhibit. We begin our special feature at paladillo state park. Its like its been for thousands of years. All of a sudden you come across this huge drop into the earth. And its even today quite an experience. I have to appreciate how lucky i am to be here every day. The canyon has been forming for about a million years or so. The bulk of the formation has happened in the last hundred thousand years. It runs from here down close to the town of silverton. And so
Minutes, we will learn about kansas cities inputs on the development of amarillo. And about 20 minutes, step inside a specially made rail cart used to securely move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later, a trip to the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum and nearby canyon as we tore their native and the plains exhibit. We begin our special feature at hallowed euro canyon state park. The experience of driving to paluro duro state part today is 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, maybe more so because youre traveling so fast. The fact that i get to come see this every day, i have to once in a while to stop and take it in and just make sure that im really appreciating how lucky am i get to be here every day. The canyon has been forming for about 1 million years or so. The bulk of the formation has happened in the last 100,000 years. It runs from here down close t
Across america. Here is the recent program. I think people around here know a lot about ranching history. Texas tends to be about itself with its own history but this history is about middle american regional stories that havent really been told. It is almost like the isolation of the ranching history. It lookinghed without instead of looking within. Museumin the historical that is the largest Historical Museum in the state of texas if you count it by the number of artifacts. Cowboys,ition title is cattle, and culture. Here whenime curator we set up the show, both of us are native to kansas city. In why thisested space felt so familiar to us. And michael started looking at the number of objects in the permanent collection. And it turns out that there were over 1000 objects in the database. We started looking at what kinds of objects there were and we found such a good array of a variety of options. We needed to do a show that pulled the sister city hood. That amarillod might grow up lo
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