Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante was a Spanish explorer who passed through Utah among other places so I have documented a lot of his explorations. This page is to link to all of this from one place.
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Posts on this site related to him should be tagged with these tags:
…or they should be listed here, sorted by the date of when he was in a location:
- July 29, 1776 – Santa Fe, New Mexico – Expedition Begins
- Sept 11, 1776 – Soldier Summit, Utah – Soldier Summit
- September 1776 – Spanish Fork Canyon – Castilla Hot Springs
- Sept 23, 1776 – Spanish Fork Canyon –Dominguez Hill Cross / Escalante Cross
- Sept 23, 1776 – Spanish Fork Canyon – Dominguez y Escalante Expedition
- Sept 23, 1776 – Spanish Fork, Utah – The Lush Valley of the Timpanogotzis
- Sept 23, 1776 – Utah Valley – Southern Utah Valley
- Sept 23, 1776 – Utah Valley – Valley of Our Lady of Mercy of Timpanogos
- Sept 24-25, 1776 – Provo, Utah – Escalante Trail
- Sept 27, 1776 – Mona, Utah – Burraston Ponds
- Oct 2, 1776 – Delta, Utah – Escalante Trail
- Oct 11, 1776 – Cedar City, Utah – Casting Lots
- Oct 13, 1776 – Snowfield, Utah – Franciscan Fathers
- Oct 14, 1776 – Hurricane, Utah – Homeward Bound
- Oct 21, 1776 – Fredonia, Arizona – Prickly Pears and Pinon Nuts
- January 2, 1777 – The Fathers arrived back at the Santa Fe Mission
