Silvestre Vélez de Escalante
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Silvestre Vélez de Escalante was a Franciscan missionary and explorer of the Southwest United States in 1776. He is known for his journal, in which he described the expeditions and work he went on. These included an overland expedition he and his superior Francisco Atanasio Domínguez led from New Mexico trying to reach Monterey, California, during which he passed by the Grand Canyon and was the first white man to go through Utah. This group is sometimes referred to as the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition.
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- Escalante Desert
- Escalante River
- Escalante, Utah
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Green River (Utah)
- Padre Bay
- Southern Paiute
- Spanish Fork, Utah
