Southwest Regions
Texas,Oklahoma,Airazona,New Mexico
History
Alamo
Before the arrival of European explorers beginning in the 1500’s, the lands eventually known as Northern Mexico and Texas were populated by tribes of indigenous people that represented many different kinds of cultures.
Because written history was not a tradition in these tribes, information about these indigenous people is imprecise. Most were hunter-gathers, a nomadic way of life that moved with the seasons in search of food. However, the introduction of agriculture, horses and domesticated livestock would later alter many of these indigenous cultures.
Dust Bowl
Trail of Tears
Landforms
The Great Plains
Grand Canyon
The Painted Desert
Landmarks/Attractions
Johnson Space Center
Meteor Crater
Meteor Crater is a meteorite impact crater approximately 37 miles (60 km) east of Flagstaff, and 18 miles (29 km) west of Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States. Because the United States Board on Geographic Names commonly recognizes names of natural features derived from the nearest post office, the feature acquired the name of "Meteor Crater" from the nearby post office named Meteor.[2] The site was formerly known as the Canyon Diablo Crater,[3] and fragments of the meteorite are officially called the Canyon Diablo Meteorite. Scientists refer to the crater as Barringer Crater in honor of Daniel Barringer, who was first to suggest that it was produced by meteorite impact.[4] The crater is privately owned by the Barringer family through their Barringer Crater Company,[5] which proclaims it to be "best preserved meteorite crater on Earth".[6]