Bloody Canyon Explained

Bloody Canyon is a valley in Mono County, California, in the United States.

The canyon was so named from the blood shed by work horses on the jagged rocks on the canyon's steep trails.[1]

References

37.879°N -119.157°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Browning, Peter. Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. 2005. Great West Books. 978-0-944220-19-1. 14.

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