Will ‘Negro’ name stick to Utah canyon?
Little is known about William Grandstaff other than the color of his skin and the derogatory nickname Moab locals once gave him.Even the spelling of his last name is in dispute 136 years after the African-American cowboy and prospector historically known by the racial slur “N----r Bill” was chased out of Utah’s Grand County, never to be seen there again.But the fight over the place named after him — Negro Bill Canyon — remains a sore point of contention in Utah, one
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