Show BASIN RESIDENTS INVITED TO ATTEND ESc to be Unveiled at nt Jensen Morning of or Jul July Fourth All residents of or the Uin Uintah ah basin In are are invited to attend the unveiling of the monument erected at Jenson fifteen miles southeast of af Vornal Vernal to the memory of Francisco Silvestre Velez de Escalante and his nine companions companions companions com com- who on September 16 1776 1776 entered what is now the great Uintah Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah basin by fording the Green river rivel at a point approximately four rom miles miles i north of Jensen Th They y were thief thet the first white men t to set foot fool In the Uintah basin then then- Mexican territory The unveiling of the granite shaft decorated with an ornate bronze bronzo tab tablet et containing c i in rais raised d loH letters Js trIO the names of the Intrepid Spanish explorers cx- cx will t take ke place at 10 o. o clock o'clock on the morning of July 4 Themon The mon monument was presented to o the residents of the Uintah basin by the tho Utah chapter chapler of the Sons o of time the American American Revolution A smaller granite monument monument mon men has been placed near the banks 0 of the Green river at a a point about four miles north of Jensen time tho smaller shaft calling a ait attention to o th approximate site Bite 0 of tho the ford t An program will given as follows B Battle Hymn of or the Republic quartet The Tablet and Monument Proposed CaPt Captain in Stephen Abbot Significance of or the Escalante I I 1 1 j r I I Rev Thomas F F. Butler Bottler address address address ad ad- I dress Hon Don B. B Colton Onward Christian Sol Soldiers lers quartet l Presence Pre Presentation L 1 tation of kh the e Monument Hon Pant Fank- I lin Un Riter em Unveiling g of or Monument Mon 1 ent Miss l Janice M. M Overfield Acceptance Acceptance Acceptance Accept Accept- ance of Monument speaker to he heI be beI I designated je pY v iam lam II Ensign National l A Anthem quartet and audience 01 The Thc Utah chapter of or the Sons ons of mho tho American Revolution is deserving vI v- v ing of or the appreciation of all residents residents resi resi- dents of the Uintah basin for tho splendid contribution given to mark a 4 forever the historical site traversed by Escalante and his companions The The Escalante cx expedition is part and parcel o of the annals pertaining to the southwestern United states Stales tates a ri i l ii 1 in particular to the state stale of Utah Ut our homeland No better manner cl of or expressing this s sincere appreciations I is to be de devised sed than by having re rep rep- of each community iu to the basin present at the time unveiling I July F Fourth the d day r comm commemorating commemorating rating the birth o of our nation is en entirely aim aim- appropriate for the unveiling I It was in the year 1776 that h f Escalante Escalante Esca Esca- lante and hi his r 1 our OU our stole state the time year year n which Washington Washington Wash Vash ington and hi his army euSa engaged pow pow- powerful ed a powerful pow po erful nation lation of or the old world in n tho the struggle struggle- at arms to so secure America n as a perpetual r refuge for fOl the time oppressed op aim- pressed of ot all nations Is seeking free free- dom dont v 1 5 r- r |