Escalante, Utah
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JacobBarlow
N 37° 45.851 W 111° 36.611
12S E 446256 N 4179826
Escalante is a city in Garfield County, Utah, along Utah Scenic Byway 12. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 818.
Waymark Code: WM2PH2
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2007
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Escalante is a city in Garfield County, Utah, along Utah Scenic Byway 12. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 818. the town was named after Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan missionary and the first European explorer of the region. In 1776, Escalante and his Spanish superior Francisco Atanasio Domínguez left from Santa Fe, New Mexico on an attempt to reach Monterey, California (EarthMetrics,1989). During this journey, usually referred to as the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition, Escalante and his companions passed by the Grand Canyon and were the first white men to enter Utah.
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