Dead Horse Point Poster Arizona and years passed before development

and years passed before development began

Bandelier National Monument was created to protect the dwellings of the Ancestral Pueblo people and many other archaeological sites

and remaining unpaved until 1962

Said to have “eliminated for all time the terrors of the Donner grade

Descending more than 800 feet from rim to river

Dead Horse Point Poster Arizona and years passed before developmentProduct Details 14" x 22" poster Interpretive Copy Grand vistas are not the only features of folklore by which Dead Horse Point came to be known. According to legend, cowboys rounded up wild mustangs and drove them onto the point surrounded by precipitous cliffs. They built a fence across the narrow neck, corralling them for later use. Many of the horses died of thirst within view of the Colorado River, giving rise to the scenic points modern name.