From BING
Dead Horse State Park is a state park located in Utah, United States. The park is named after a plateau called Dead Horse Point which offers a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park 1. The park was publicly announced as a state park in 1959 and has since grown in popularity due to its Dead Horse Point vista 2.
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According to legend, the park got its name in the late 1800s when cowboys used the plateau as a natural corral for wild mustangs. The plateau made for a natural corral, and a narrow 30-yard fenced stretch of land made the only escape. Cowboys corralled the wild mustangs through the narrow passage.
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Then they would break them for their personal use, or sell them at market. After a roundup, a group of horses remained in the corral. Over the following days, they perished of thirst, with the Colorado River a 2,000 foot drop below them. The name “Dead Horse” was given to the area as a reminder of the tragedy that occurred there.
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I had a similar conversation, yesterday, with a couple friends. As a poor disabled person, I’m all too aware that the governments of the world, (most anyway), would be a-ok if we didn’t exist.