In July 1776, Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Dom nguez and Silvestre V lez de Escalante set out from Santa Fe to blaze a pathway to the new Spanish missions in California, across the huge expanse of what would become the American Southwest.
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Stymied by the raging Colorado River, killing their horses for food, the men saw an exploring expedition transformed into a fight for survival.
In October, in western Utah, ravaged by hunger and cold, the twelve-man team had to turn back.
In July 1776, Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Dom nguez and Silvestre V lez de Escalante set out from Santa Fe to blaze a pathway to the new Spanish missions in California, across the huge expanse of what would become the American Southwest
