The route of the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition of 1776

Painting of Dominguez-Escalante Expedition found in the Utah State Capitol building

Francisco Atanasio Domínguez was a Franciscan missionary and explorer of the Southwest United States in 1776. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Utah State Capitol is located on Capitol Hill, overlooking downtown Salt Lake City Utah. The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit such as the 37 He participated with Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and cartoprapher don Bernardo Miera y Pacheco, in an expedition from New Mexico trying to reach Monterey, California, during which they passed by the Grand Canyon and were the first white men to go through Utah. Silvestre Vélez de Escalante was a Franciscan Missionary and explorer of the Southwest United States during the late 18th century New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. The Grand Canyon The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. This group is sometime referred to as the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition. Silvestre Vélez de Escalante was a Franciscan Missionary and explorer of the Southwest United States during the late 18th century

See also

• Dolores County, Colorado
• Green River (Utah)
• Padre Bay
• Spanish Fork, Utah

This article about an explorer is a stub. Dolores County is the seventh least populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The Green River, located in the western United States, is the chief tributary of the Colorado River. Padre Bay is part of Lake Powell in southern Utah. Located at mile 19 of Lake Powell, Padre Bay is the largest expanse of open water on the man made Spanish Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo &ndash Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.