Summary And Expedition Of Antonesio Dominguez

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The following is the obituary and expedition of Antonesio Dominguez, born around 1740, and Silvestre Escalante, born in 1750. The men were Catholic Priests and set out with 7 others on an expedition that began on July 29, 1776 from Sante Fe, New Mexico to find a route to Monterey California. They arrived at Utah Lake in mid-September. Many of their achievements were setting out across the great basin of Salt Lake City, around the Sandy to Orem area. Their goal was to not only create a route but they were on a mission to convert the inhabitance to Catholicism. They journeyed over 1,700 miles. Along the way they created a map and journal of their findings. They hunted fish and other fowl. Winter arrived early, and on October 5th a major snowstorm