The Spanish Southwest: The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition of 1776: The Crossing of the Fathers
This is part 4 of the 5 part series over the exciting adventures of the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition of 1776 that left Santa Fe for Monterey, California. In this episode they will face the consequences of turning back and abandoning their journey to California. Which consequences include coming to the mighty, wide, & dangerous Colorado River. As the elements, starvation, steep cliffs, and an impossible ford close in on them like an ever tightening canyon, will the expedition be able to cross the river before freezing to death? Will they receive help from the locals? Will they make it out alive?! Listen now for the answers to these all important questions.
A Map of the Dominguez & Escalante Expedition of 1776, separated by episodes. Not as good as Don Miera Y Pacheco’s, unfortunately.
The Dominguez & Escalante Journal Edited by Ted J Warner
Escalante’s Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest by David Roberts
Without Noise of Arms: The 1776 Dominguez-Escalante Search for a Route from Santa Fe to Monterey by Walter Briggs
The Report of Fray Alonso de Posada in Relation to Quivira and Teguayo by S. Lyman Tyler & H. Darrel Taylor
The Myth of the Lake of Copala and the Land of Teguayo by S Lyman Tyler
http://npshistory.com/publications/kessell/kiva-cross-crown/chap6.htm Kessell- Kiva cross and crown
https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/juan-antonio-maría-de-rivera
The Phantom Pathfinder: Juan Maria Antonio de Rivera and His Expedition by G Clell Jacobs
The Rivera Expedition by Thomas G. Alexander
https://www.the-journal.com/articles/miera-y-pacheco-was-first-european-to-map-the-four-corners/