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Bloody Canyon is a valley in Mono County, California, in the United States. [1]

Mono County, California County in California, United States

Mono County (MOH-noh) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,202. making it the fifth-least populous county in California. The county seat is Bridgeport. The county is located east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada.

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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City. Most of the country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.

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The canyon was so named from the blood shed by work horses on the jagged rocks on the canyon's steep trails. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bloody Canyon
  2. 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.

Coordinates: 37°52′44″N119°09′25″W / 37.879°N 119.157°W / 37.879; -119.157

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