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The name "Dead Horse Point" comes from a local legend. According to the story, cowboys used the point as a natural corral for wild mustangs. They would drive the horses onto the point and use the narrow neck of land as a gate. Unfortunately, in one instance, the horses were left corralled and died of thirst within view of the Colorado River, leading to the name.