Dominguez-Escalante expedition collection, 1776-1976.

Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792

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Spanish Franciscan missionary priest who came to New Spain in 1769. He served in various missions, and was head of the Zuni mission. In 1776-77, he and Father Francisco Domínguez led an expedition to open an overland trail from Santa Fe to Monterey. Although they never reached Monterey, they explored the Utah Basin and succeeded in crossing the Colorado River near Glen Canyon, which today lies beneath Lake Powell. From the description of Letters, 1775 Aug. 18-1776 July 29. (Newberry...

Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio, active 1776

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Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953

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Herbert Eugene Bolton was born on July 20, 1870 in Wilton, Wisconsin. He became Director of the Bancroft Library in 1916, and head of the History Department at Berkeley in 1919. His career in the classroom and in the field lasted until his death in January 1953. From the description of Pictorial material from the Herbert Eugene Bolton papers [graphic]. ca. 1910-ca. 1950. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 656612971 From the description of Herbert Eugen...

Auerbach, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1882-1945

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Utah businessman. From the description of A brief history of Utah, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122638662 Herbert Auerbach received degrees in mining engineering and electrometallurgy from Columbia University and became president of his family's Salt Lake City department following World War I. He was a historian by avocation and translated Father Escalante's journal, authored several articles in Western history, and was president of the Utah Historical Society's Boar...