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    The DomínguezEscalante Expedition was a Spanish journey of exploration conducted in 1776 by two Franciscan priests, Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre...
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    California. During this journey, usually referred to as the DomínguezEscalante expedition, Escalante and his companions passed by the Grand Canyon and were...
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    Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez left Santa Fe, New Mexico attempting to find a route to the missions of California. The Dominguez–Escalante...
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  • They were part of what has become known as the DomínguezEscalante expedition, a ten-man expedition including Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (Miera) acting...
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    The Pahvants and the Moanunts were visited in 1776 by the DomínguezEscalante expedition. The Pahvants were called "Bearded Indians" and were considered...
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    de Rivera explored the area in 1765, followed in 1776 by the DomínguezEscalante expedition. Fur trappers, also called mountain men, of European descent...
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  • in Provo, Utah, named after a Ute translator that aided the DomínguezEscalante expedition in exploring the area in the 18th century. Laguna Honda (also...
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    appear to be battle victims, and spears. These were seen by the DomínguezEscalante expedition (1776). Utes left images of firearms and horses in the 1800s...
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    priests—sometimes called the DomínguezEscalante expedition—left Santa Fe in 1776, hoping to find a route to the coast of California. The expedition traveled as far...
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    who happened upon Lees Ferry were members of the 18th-century DomínguezEscalante expedition, an attempt to find an overland route through the Southwest...
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  • Francisco, which took its name from the mission. In 1776, the DomínguezEscalante expedition concurrently was launched by Franciscan missionaries to find...
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    Ancestors of the present-day Southern Paiute people met the DomínguezEscalante expedition in this area in 1776. Fifty years later, in 1826, mountain man...
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    judge in 1892-1895. The north side features a depiction of the DomínguezEscalante expedition which entered Utah in 1776 and named many of the state's physical...
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    Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, who recorded these ancient archaeological sites during the DomínguezEscalante expedition in 1776...
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    descent first visited present-day Beaver County in the 1776 Domínguez-Escalante Expedition. The proposed territory of Deseret (soon changed to Utah Territory)...
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  • Americans was documented by the 1776 DomínguezEscalante expedition and by the 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition. In the 1830s the valley became a favorite...
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    California in the 18th century. The name "Mancos" comes from the DomínguezEscalante expedition of 1776, though the reason for the name remains unclear (see...
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    Indian Reservation, which is headquartered in Cedar City. The DomínguezEscalante expedition traveled through the Iron County area on October 12, 1776. Fur...
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    present day Moab, Utah. Rivera's diaries greatly influenced the DomínguezEscalante expedition, which set off 11 years later in 1776 and passed far from present...
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    was subsequently used by European explorers and settlers. The DomínguezEscalante expedition crossed the pass in 1776. Following the Ute trail, a road over...
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    region were Spanish missionaries and explorers from the 1776 DomínguezEscalante expedition. Later, Mormon explorers searched the region during the 1860s...
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  • Fathers Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante of the DomínguezEscalante expedition. The expedition stopped at the mouth of the...
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    and Southern California. About a decade later, in 1776, the DomínguezEscalante expedition passed through the San Juan River country, attempting to find...
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    Culture of the Fremont River in Utah. In 1776, Fray Escalante of the DomínguezEscalante expedition referred to them as "Tihuas" or "Tehuas", by means...
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    Salzburg, Austria. July 29 – DomínguezEscalante expedition: Francisco Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, and eight other Spaniards...
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  • The DomínguezEscalante expedition (1776) passed through the Dolores area and then east of present-day Cahone and Dove Creek during their expedition. While...
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    Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, and eight other Spaniards set out from Santa Fe on the DomínguezEscalante expedition, an eighteen-hundred...
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    1872. The DomínguezEscalante expedition named it "Laguna de Miera" after Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, a cartographer on their 1776 expedition. In 1825...
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    Rangely in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Led by Ute guides, the DomínguezEscalante expedition, Spanish missionaries in search of a route to California in...
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    Francisco Atanasio Domínguez (1740–1805) was a Franciscan missionary and explorer who led the 1776 DomínguezEscalante expedition. Guided by local Native...
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