Escalante Valley - Dominquez - Escalante Expedition

Great Basin
Seeking a northern route to Monterey, California from Santa Fe, New Mexico a Spanish Franciscan Missionary, explorer Father Silvestre Valez de Escalante and Francisco Dominquez set out in 1776 - 1777.

Grand Canyon
Escalante' plan was to take 14 men and travel north. The Grand Canyon in Arizona was too big to cross. They would have to go north until they could get across it.

Casting Lots
Turning south they trudged on. Just north of present day Cedar City, Utah the expedition turned west. Thinking this would take them directly to California.

Marble Canyon
Descending into House Rock Valley and Vermillion Cliffs, Utah they arrived at the Poria River. Traveling another eleven days to reach the Colorado River, they crossed it near Marble Canyon. Now called ...

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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