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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

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  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. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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