First Permanent Settlers in Escalante
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N 37° 46.216 W 111° 36.129
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Escalante's first permanent settlers arrived in November of 1875.
Waymark Code: WMJQJC
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2013
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 94
Erected 1947
Escalante
In 1866 a group of Mormon Cavalrymen noted this valley, while in pursuit of Indians, during the Black Hawk War.
In February, 1875, a company of men came from Beaver, Utah and explored the valley. The first permanent settlers arrived November 1875.
The town site was surveyed, homes built and a bowery erected.
July 4, 1876, in absence of a better flag, they hoisted a striped Navajo blanket.
The city was named for Father Escalante, a Spanish priest who visited Utah in 1776.
Organized as a Latter-day Saint Ward August 5, 1877.
Escalante Camp · · · Garfield County
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