Escalante Expedition Marker
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 40° 22.194 W 109° 21.629
12T E 639193 N 4470103
This marker is one of very few that include the names of the rest of the expedition.
Waymark Code: WME5Z3
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member hobbycachegirl
Views: 2

AÑO 1776

About four miles
Above this place

Crossed Green River
-Their San Buenaventura-
On the sixteenth day
of September 1776
The
Escalante Expedition

on the way from
Santa Fe New Mexico
To Monterey California

composed of these persons
Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez
Fray Franciso Silvestre Velez de Escalante
and
Don Juan Pedro Cisneros + Don Bernardo Miera Y Pacheco
Don Joaquin Lain + Lorenzo Oliveres
Andres Muniz + Lucrecio Muniz
Juan Aguilar + Simon Lucero

Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

Marker Name: Escalante Expedition

Marker Type: Roadside

County: Uintah

City: Jensen

Group Responsible for Placement: Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

Date Dedicated: Unknown

Marker Number: None

Addtional Information: Not listed

Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed

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