Dominguez–Escalante expedition

The Dominguez–Escalante expedition was conducted by a Spanish party in 1776 to find an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico to their Catholic mission in Monterey, northern California. Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Franciscan priests, and Bernardo Miera y Pacheco, acting as the expedition's cartographer, traveled with eight men from Santa Fe through present-day western Colorado to the Utah Valley (in the state of present-day Utah). Along part of the journey, they were aided by three Timpanogos (Shoshone) guides.

Dominguez–Escalante expedition

The Dominguez–Escalante expedition was conducted by a Spanish party in 1776 to find an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico to their Catholic mission in Monterey, northern California. Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Franciscan priests, and Bernardo Miera y Pacheco, acting as the expedition's cartographer, traveled with eight men from Santa Fe through present-day western Colorado to the Utah Valley (in the state of present-day Utah). Along part of the journey, they were aided by three Timpanogos (Shoshone) guides.