Escalante Expedition Marker
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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
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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