Bloody Canyon is a valley in Mono County, California, in the United States.[1]
The canyon was so named from the blood shed by work horses on the jagged rocks on the canyon's steep trails.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bloody Canyon
- ^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.
37°52′44″N 119°09′25″W / 37.879°N 119.157°W