Texas Historical Marker in front of Palo Duro High School, 1400 N Grant St, Amarillo, TX, honoring Josiah Gregg's passage through the area in the mid 1800's, blazing a trail for California-bound gold rush Forty Niners. Students reenact and learn of the struggles the pioneers had as they crossed the Texas panhandle in covered wagons. They learn how the school got its Spanish name – Palo Duro, which means “hard wood” from the small trees of the area. The students are told of travels across their own campus by the Josiah Gregg's Party in 1840's on their way to their dreams of gold in California.
On March 14, 1959, a monument was erected by the ‘Daughters of the
American Revolution’, ‘The Amarillo Board of School Trustees’ and ‘Palo Duro
High School Students’ commemorating the historic routes of Josiah Gregg.
Josiah Gregg (1806-1850) periodically set out with wagon train caravans from
Independence, Missouri headed for Santa Fe, New Mexico. During a period of nine
years he made frequent journeys back and forth. During his trips, him and his sojourners
camped at a spot now known as Wild Horse Lake in Amarillo. After much
historic research by Ernest R. Archambeau (1891–1987), it is widely recognized
that Gregg’s route crossed the site of this monument on the PD school campus.
Sources…
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wmWX2K_Gregg_Trail_The_Forty_Niners_Palo_Duro_Youth?utm_source=copilot.com
https://www.waymarking.com/gallery/default.aspx?f=1&guid=662db01d-7ca6-422c-a382-0dbd1fbe443a&gid=2
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