Who was the first explorer to record seeing Palo Duro Canyon?

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Alan P.
Jul 27, 2016

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Explanation:

Note that native Americans had been inhabiting the Palo Duro Canyon (in what is now the Texas panhandle) for over 10000 years by the time the Coronado expedition (1540-42) "discovered" it while searching for the mythical city of gold, Cibola.

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