Dead Horse Point Poster Arizona Descending more than 800 feet

Descending more than 800 feet from rim to river

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

and Acadia

” where new visual pleasures would emerge at every turn

and years passed before development began

Dead Horse Point Poster Arizona Descending more than 800 feetProduct 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.