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Photo of the Domínguez Escalante Expedition Monuments found at the Ute Museum

This portion of the DEEEP program is focused on the Nomination of the 1776 Domínguez Escalante Route to the Colorado Register of Historic Places.

The team completing this section is headed by archaeologist Glade Hadden and is mainly composed of archaeologists and local citizens with knowledge and expertise in the Archaeological sciences and/or local history.

Domínguez Escalante Trail
State Register of Historic Places

The route of the Domínguez Escalante 1776 expedition in Colorado has been formally recorded on Smithsonian National Register site forms, and has been submitted to the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) along with a nomination to the State Register of Historic Places. Site forms and supporting documentation was completed in 2026 by volunteers from DEEEP and is available to scholars and interested parties through the Colorado State site database COMPASS.

Qualified researchers and interested parties may access these forms through the Colorado SHPO. Background information is available through DEEEP.

Contributors:

Glade Hadden, archaeologist (ret). Project lead.

Luke Trout, archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management, White River Field Office.

Bridget Ambler and Vince McMillan, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.

Diane Sizemore, Rangely Outdoor Museum.

Dr. A. Dudley Gardner, archaeologist (ret). Western Wyoming CC and Northern Arizona University.

Glade Hadden was born and raised in the Uinta Basin of Utah. He earned his doctorate in archaeology from the University of Utah in 1998 and worked extensively as a private archaeological consultant before joining the Bureau of Land Management. Upon retirement in 2018, Glade moved to Colorado’s Paradox Valley to be closer to the La Sal Mountains. He has been a vital contributor to DEEEP.
Glade Hadden is largely responsible for this achievement for DEEP. Born and raised in the Uinta Basin of Utah, Glade earned his doctorate in archaeology from the University of Utah in 1998 and worked as a private archaeological consultant before joining the BLM. He now lives in Colorado's Paradox Valley, close to the La Sal Mountains.

The individual county segments as recorded are as follows:

Archuletta
5AA 5772

La Plata
5LP 12189

Montezuma
5MT 26115

Dolores
5DL 6849

San Miguel
5SM 9258

Ouray
5OR 2629

Montrose
5MN 13923

Delta
5DT 3259

Mesa
5ME 817

Garfield
5GF 392

Rio Blanco
5RB 10000

Moffat
5MF 11641

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