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Utah marks Dominguez–Escalante expedition; America250 Utah urges residents to "walk or roll 250 miles"
Summary
Utah public archaeologist Ian Wright and America250 Utah executive director Nicole Hemby discussed the 1776 Dominguez–Escalante expedition on a Utah Libraries and History program and promoted a statewide 250-mile commemoration challenge and a digital story map tied to the expedition's journal.
On a Utah Libraries and History program this month, Ian Wright, Utah public archaeologist at the Utah State Historic Preservation Office, described the 1776 Dominguez–Escalante expedition and its traces in Utah. Nicole Hemby, executive director of America250 Utah, said the state commission is encouraging public participation through a "walk or roll 250 miles" challenge to mark the route.
Wright said the 1776 expedition of Father Escalante and Father Dominguez was tasked to find a route from Santa Fe to Monterey and that Father Escalante kept a journal documenting landscapes and encounters. "This is this is a really neat, event because so in 1776, Father Escalante and Father Dominguez, they…
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