Rawhide Buttes

Rawhide Buttes [el. 5,243 ft (1,598 m)] is a mountain range in Wyoming.[1]

According to tradition, Rawhide Buttes was so named on account of a pioneer being skinned by Native Americans (Indians) there.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rawhide Buttes
  2. ^ Scriba, Jay (15 October 1970). "From Sleepy Eye to Chicken Bristle, USA". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

42°35′11.66″N 104°29′32.12″W / 42.5865722°N 104.4922556°W / 42.5865722; -104.4922556

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