Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park
Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park
Written by Kay Fetner Monday, 26 October 2009 20:42
Unusual
Unusual name for a state park wouldn’t you agree?
As Ashley and I were driving toward Moab Utah I was reading information about Canyonlands and Arches National Parks and it mentioned Dead Horse Point State Park. Immediately all kinds of images began to run through my mind! We decided this was a place we had to see!
Dead Horse Pointe State Park is 6,000 feet above sea level and has the most spectacular 270 degree view of red-orange canyons that I have ever seen! At the Dead Horse Point Overlook you can see the Gooseneck of the Colorado River 2,000 feet below.
So, how did it get the name?
Wild mustang herds ran free on the mesa near the point and there was a narrow 30-yard neck that the cowboys fenced to create a large corral. Here they would break the best horses to sale and for their personal use. The others were left behind to find their way out of the canyon. For some unknown reason, the mustangs did not leave and they died of thirst with in sight of the Colorado River.
In the quiet of the evening as I stood on the point surrounded by the breathtaking views-I could almost “hear” the hooves running across the mesa-
Kay
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