Dead Horse Point State Park is 6,000 feet above sea level and at the Point Overlook you can see the Gooseneck of the Colorado River 2,000 feet below as it winds its way through the amazing panoramic views of the red-orange canyons. 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 sell or for their personal use. The others were left behind to find their own 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. That is the legend of Dead Horse Point State Park. |
