Negro Bill Canyon
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Negro Bill Canyon (formerly called Nigger Bill Canyon) is a canyon in southeast Utah.
It was named after William Granstaff, a black cowboy, who ran cattle in the desert canyon in the 1870s with a Canadian trapper named "Frenchy." Granstaff fled the area after being charged with bootlegging whiskey.
In 1979 the canyon was the scene for a row over public vehicle access, sometimes called the Sagebrush Rebellion.
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