PALO DURO CANYON DOCUMENTARY: It's Texas' natural 
wonder -- what is it? Find out on Passport to Texas.
 
PTT from Texas parks and Wildlife 

Ken Burns' six-part documentary The National Parks: 
America's Best Idea airs on PBS stations nationwide this 
fall. Inspired by Burns' series, Amarillo's PBS affiliate, 
KACV-TV produced a one-hour documentary The Natural 
Wonder of Texas: Palo Duro Canyon, set to air September 
12. 

:08 -- We're going to try and hit the highlights. And hopefully, 
people will see that small part of it and do some research of 
their own, or come visit the canyon.

Marcie Robinson is a producer at KACV-TV. She says 
viewers will experience this magnificent, historic canyon 
from the ground up.

:37 -- We delved really, really deeply into the geology of Palo 
Duro Canyon; the lowest layer of the canyon is 250-million 
years old. And then on into the Indian, early civilizations, 
primitive Indian cultures. And then, into the Apaches, 
Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne. And then, another thing I had no 
idea about was that the CCC, during the depression, built a 
road into the canyon, and built cabins in the canyon, the El 
Coronado Lodge, and most of the buildings that you see now 
that people use in the Palo Duro Canyon were built by the CCC 
during the depression.
 
Once The Natural Wonder of Texas: Palo Duro Canyon 
airs locally, it will be available for all Texans to enjoy on 
the KACV-TV website. We have a link to it on our website, 
passporttotexas.org.

That's our show ... For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm 
Cecilia Nasti. 





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