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A serene field at sunset with a wooden fence in the foreground and several deer grazing in the golden grass. In the background, there are rolling hills and mountains under a clear blue sky with scattered clouds.
Photo provided by a long time DEEEP professional member. Taken August 30, 2020.

Key sources behind the content for this website:

Ted Warner’s 1976 edition of “The Domínguez-Escalante journal: their expedition through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776.” This book includes the Spanish text of the journal, along with an English translation by Angelico Chávez. Excerpts from the translated journal are found on each of the Journey pages. A full copy of the report (PDF) has been digitized with the permission of the Warner family.

David Miller’s 1976 report, “The route of the Domínguez-Escalante expedition, 1776-77: a report of trail research conducted under the auspices of the Domínguez-Escalante State/Federal Bicentennial Committee and the Four Corners Regional Commission,” has been a keystone for DEEEP’s Field Teams. The Miller teams re-traced the steps of the Domínguez-Escalante expedition in 1976, and their notes were used as a starting point for DEEEP team members. Excerpts from the Miller report have been included on each of the Journey pages. Read the full copy of the report (PDF).

Auerbach, Herbert S. (1943) “Father Escalante’s Journal with Related Documents and Maps.”. Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. 11, Nos 1-4, 10-43. Utah Historical Society.

Auerbach, Herbert S. (1943) “Father Escalante’s Journal.” . Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. 11, Nos 1-4, 50-177. Utah Historical Society.

Auerbach, Herbert S. (1943) “Miera’s Report.”. Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. 11, Nos 1-4, 178-188. Utah Historical Society.

Bolton, Herbert E. (1950) “Pageant in the Wilderness: The Story of the Escalante Expedition to the Interior Basin, 1776.”. Utah Historical Quarterly Vol. 18, Nos. 1-4. Utah Historical Society.

Miller, David E. (Ed.). (1976). The route of the Domínguez-Escalante expedition, 1776-77: a report of trail research conducted under the auspices of the Domínguez-Escalante State/Federal Bicentennial Committee and the Four Corners Regional Commission (PDF). Domínguez-Escalante State/Federal Bicentennial Committee.

Russon, Robert S. (1973). A Trail Guide to the Domínguez – Velez de Escalante Expedition 1776 (PDF). Utah State University. All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 8012.

Warner, Ted J. (Ed.), Chávez, Angelico (Trans.). (1976). The Domínguez-Escalante journal: their expedition through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776 (PDF). Brigham Young University Press.

Other Research Materials

Adams, Eleanor B. & Chávez, Fray Angelico (Eds. and Trans.). (1956). The Missions of New Mexico, 1776: A Description by Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez with other contemporary documents. University of New Mexico Press.

Architects/Planners Alliance. (1976). Domínguez-Escalante Trail Bicentennial Interpretive Master Plan and Final Report (PDF). Prepared for the Domínguez-Escalante State/Federal Bicentennial Commission. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Baker, Steven G. (2015). Juan Rivera’s Colorado, 1765: the first Spaniards among the Ute and Paiute Indians on the trails to Teguayo, the comprehensive illustrated trail study and ethnohistory with the original Rivera journals and English translations. Western Reflections Publishing Company.

Briggs, Walter. (1976). Without Noise of Arms: The 1776 Domínguez – Escalante Search for a Route from Santa Fe to Monterey. Northland Press.

Cerquone, Joseph (1976). In Behalf of Light: The Domínguez and Escalante Expedition of 1776. Bicentennial Expedition, Inc.

Denver Service Center, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. (1980). Domínguez-Escalante National Historic Trail. Draft National Historic Trail Study and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PDF).

Díaz, Josef (Ed.). (2013). The Art & Legacy of Bernardo Miera y Pacheco: New Spain’s Explorer, Cartographer, and Artist. Museum of New Mexico Press.

Domínguez Archaeological Research Group. (2017). Native American Trails and Pioneer Roads of the Southern Uncompahgre Plateau.

Engineer Department, U.S. Army. (1876). Report of the Exploring Expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, In 1859 under the command of Capt. J. N. Macomb, Corps of Topographical Engineers with Geological Report by Prof. J.S. Newberry, Geologist of the Expedition (PDF). Washington: Government Printing Office.

Garcés, Franscisco Tomás Hermenegildo & Galvin, John (Ed. and Trans.). (1965). A Record of Travels in Arizona and California, 1775-1776. J. Howell-Books.

Jacobs, G. Clell. (1992). “The Phantom Pathfinder: Juan Maria Antonio de Rivera and His Expedition.” Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, Number 3.

Kessell, John L. (2015). Miera y Pacheco: a Renaissance Spaniard in eighteenth-century New Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press.

MacGregor, Greg & Halus, Siegfried (2011). In search of Domínguez & Escalante: photographing the 1776 expedition through the Southwest. Museum of New Mexico Press.

Vélez De Escalante, Silvestre & Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio.  (1777). Derrotero De Los Padres Fray Francisco Atanacio Domínguez, and Fr. Silvestre Vélez, De Escalante, En Sus Exploraciónes, Desde Las Missiones De Zuñy Del Nuevo Mexico, Hasta Las Ymmediaciones De Monte Rey De California, 1776-1777.

Warner, Ted J. (Ed.). (1995). The Domínguez-Escalante journal: their expedition through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776. University of Utah Press.

Whiteley, Peter M. (2015). Francisco Garcés’s 1775-1776 Diary and the Napac: A Further Inquiry. Kiva, 80 (3-4), 366-392.

New Mexico Historical Review

Kessell, John L. (2013). “Mas Allá: Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco and the Eighteenth-Century Kingdom of New Mexico.” New Mexico Historical Review, 88(2), 165-178.

Kessell, John L. (2016). “A Bicentennial Tribute in Stained Glass: Historias Pequeñas Series.” New Mexico Historical Review, 91(1), 79-86.

Domínguez-Escalante Expedition in Utah Historical Quarterly

Adams, Eleanor B. (1976). “Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 44(1), 40-58.

Alter, J. Cecil (1928). “Father Escalante and the Utah Indians.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 1(3), 75-86.

Alter, J. Cecil (1928). “Father Escalante and the Utah Indians.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 1(4), 106-113.

Alter, J. Cecil (1929). “Father Escalante and the Utah Indians.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 2(1), 18-25.

Alter, J. Cecil (1929). “Father Escalante and the Utah Indians.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 2(2), 46-54.

Alter, J. Cecil (1941). “Father Escalante’s Map.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 9(1-2), 64-72.

Auerbach, Herbert S. (1941). “Father Escalante’s Route.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 9(1-2), p.73-80. (scroll down to view this section)

Auerbach, Herbert S. (1941). “Father Escalante’s Itinerary.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 9(3-4), 109-128.

Morgan, Dale L. (1968). “Utah Before the Mormons.” Utah Historical Quarterly, 36(1), 5-23.

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