Sowbelly Canyon is located in the northwestern corner of Nebraska. It is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northeast of Harrison and is part of the Pine Ridge region.
Sowbelly Canyon is a little-known portion of the Pine Ridge. The canyon can be viewed on a scenic driving route north of Harrison; the drive is approximately 11 miles (18 km) long. A bed and breakfast in the lower bluffs and pines of the canyon was destroyed by a wildfire in July 2006.[1]
Sowbelly Canyon was named when hungry soldiers who had been fleeing Indians were offered sowbelly (bacon) by the rescue party.[2] Sowbelly Creek was named from the same incident.[3]
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- ^ "Rain helps firefighters gain some ground". Omaha World-Herald. 2006-07-31. Archived from the original on April 22, 2005. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1 January 2006). Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State. U of Nebraska Press. p. 324. ISBN 0-8032-6918-8.
- ^ Shumway, Grant Lee (1921). History of Western Nebraska and Its People. Western publishing & engraving Company. p. 282.
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