Show Utah and Idaho News II II 1 HAFTS HAHS RAISED 1 To ESCALANTE l VERNAL July An 6 assembly of residents of 01 the basin tended the ceremonial unveiling he granite monument erected at fifteen miles mUes southeast ot of In commemoration of the try of Father Francisco Silvestre Iez aez de Escalante and nine commons com com- commons mons Into what Js is now the Uin- Uin on September 16 1776 i t ty were the first white while men to sit this section of the 1 1 region and crossed the Green yer oer at a point approximatelY six Les iles north of Jensen A smaller anito monument has been erected ar ar the site ot of the ford at which fr e explorers crossed the river Both monuments are the gift of sUtah Utah society of the Sons of the Revolution The nt at Jensen Jens n Is seven feet teet In and three and one half feet ide de a solid shaft of gra gray Utah anite ornamented with a bronze blet bearing the names of the anish explorers Father Franco Frani Fran Fran- i co o Silvestre Velez de Escalante ther Francisco Atanasio Domines Domin ies es Dan D n Juan Pedro Cisneros Don Lain Don Bernardo Miery L heco checo Andres Muniz Juan Einar Lorenzo Olivares Lucrecio Simon Lucero and the date crossing of Green river dver The nals mals of the expedition state that cause cause of the lateness of the seas sea sea- s the explorers did not continue tto to California but returned to tonta nta Fe rho Fhe Utah state road commission the Victory highly high high- tinted a site on ly ay located feet west of 01 the crossing the Green river for fore e larger monument and the inter inte- inte or r department granted a site on ona oni i a pUblic domain for the smaller m marking the site of the theissing issing of Green river by the party he he following program was given Jensen Battle Hymn ot of the public quartet address The blet and Monument Proposed tain Stephen Abbot address to Significance Significance- ot of the Escalante the Rev Thomas F. F filer address Congressman Don Colton member of the Utah so- so sty ety S. S A. A R. R Onward Christian idlers quartet presentation of monument Ij-monument monument Franklin Riter present pres- pres ent Utah society S. S A. A R. R un- un lUng of tablet Miss Janice M. M e acceptance of monument li J. J Wallis benediction Fred Fredall all |