Dead Horse Point Utah State Park
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This is one very unusual name for a park. In the late 1800's cowboys would
herd wild horse out to the top of the mesa which had a very narrow neck to get
out to the point. There they would fence it off and break the wild horses.
Legend has it that one time they left behind the horse they didn't want to
keep and left the gate open but the horse wouldn't go through the gate so they
died out on the point. |
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From the main overlook you have a great view of what the Colorado
river has done through erosion. |
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It has taken 150 million years for the erosion to happen on this grand
scale. |
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