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Pier " Escalante Escalante's Escalantes Escalante'a'partyv Escalanteapartyv ' . . ' ' party- party partyproceed pat " - proceeded proceed proceed- proceeded proceeded - ed . "weat weat west down .cowu cowu . ! " W ! what at is fa now apan sparx- sparx . sparxtih Span Spanish - ish lab tih Fork f'ork Perk ' canyon i1 along 10ng the I'OUUi IOUUi route I'OUUinow routenow ' routenow now used aed by a modem modern raUroad railroad raUroadand railroadand railroadand and highway Idghway . It was VIa8 ( In 111 1770 ITl8 1976 , , . the year of ofAmerican olAmerican r rAmerican American Independence Jnc1ependenee , that tJ1at ; 'a- 'a a Pa- Pa 'ather Patiler Fa ! 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Poetzl Poetr.l Poetrl . of the Franciscan Franc1scan order orderwa , was to represent the Catholic CathoUc dio- dio din- din diocese dincese dio diocese - cese of Bait Salt Lake at the cere cere- - - - monial monlea monies | 'father father ' ' 'ather ather ' Xscalantes Esealante Escalante s juurnalourth Journal Journalourth ourth of a historical series sertes on the thenoted thenoted | noted Franciscan PrancbCan written andciarulat and andtlanslated andtranalated tlanslated tranalated d by Herbert S Auerbacbecenlly Auerbach Auerbachecenty Auerbachecently ecenty ecently . ! was WB $ published pubUshed in the UtahState Utah Utah3tate UtahState 3tate State Historical society aociety aoelety s quarterly/olume quarterly olume quarterly quarterlyfolume quarterlyrolume folume rolume / Mr Auerbach studied themanuscript the themanuscript themanuscript manuscript copy of Escilunte Escalante sJournal s sJournal sjournal Journal In tn tht the Nwberry Newberry " "berry berry " library librarynica .mcago mcago ntcago . .mcagoTt1bune ntcagoTribune nica o -Tt1bune Tt1bune -Tribune Tribune - Tribune TribuneA Tt1buneA TribuneA A monument to the Spanishfathers Spanish SpanishCathera Spanishfathers Cathera fathers ' has haa been erected at Jen-jen Jen Jen- Jen Jen.len Jensen - .len len sen . , . while Whlle a marker is i8 fgund found f und ashort a ahort aShort hort Short ! distance up the river de&is-natlni de&is deis natlni de.slg- de.slg dmtg- dmtg de.slgnaUns dmtgnating . & ; - naUns nating the croasmf crossing crcesing made by theparty the theparty theparty party of O Own Green n River IUver Another AnothermOnwnent Anotheraonument Anothermonument mOnwnent aonument baa haa has also been erected erectedit erectedit 1 it t Duchesne Duohesne |
