Articles of category "Texas State Parks"

The Palo Duro Canyon is "The Grand Canyon of Texas." The canyon was discovered by early Spanish settlers who named the canyon "Palo Duro," Spanish for "hardwood." The canyon has an abundance of juniper and mesquite trees. The canyon was opened in the 1934 and the Civilian Conservation Corporation built most of the buildings and roads still used in the canyon today. The canyon is a great place to bring the family for Texas camping under the West Texas stars or for the summer nightly showings of "Texas" in the outdoor amphitheater.

It may be that the Texas Parks are running out of habitat for all of the Parks' wild creatures. In early July of 2006 some wildcats wandered away from one Park, and into the backyard of a residence in Plano, Texas. The problem presented by the appearance of those wildcats gave everyone a taste of the problems facing the first campers in the present-day State Park system.