November 17, 2010

yellowhouse canyon

The placid water in the draw of Yellowhouse Canyon probably looks very much as it did in 1877. On March 18 of that year, the canyon rang with the sounds of battle as the Buffalo Hunters and Comanches fought in one of the last Indian skirmishes in the area. Hard to image that this scene is just yards off Broadway near the south entrance to Mackenzie Park.

September 18, 2010

thunderstorm over yellowhouse canyon

An evening thunderstorm pops up over Yellowhouse Canyon but is all show and no rain. Yellowhouse Canyon is a geographic landmark running southeast through Lubbock County, cutting a 35-mile gorge into the eastern edge of the Caprock escarpment. The canyon was carved by erosion some two million years ago and evidence of inhabitation exists of more than 11,000 years. Where bison, giant armadillos and mammoths once roamed, now only Fords, Chevys and Toyotas raise dust clouds. (The Handbook of Texas Online)