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The Canyons of the Escalante is a collective name for the erosional landforms created by the Escalante River and its tributaries—the Escalante River Basin. Located in southern Utah in the western United States, these sandstone features include high vertical canyon walls, numerous slot canyons, waterpockets (sandstone depressions containing ...
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument. The Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument protecting the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante (Escalante River) in southern Utah. It was established in 1996 by President Bill Clinton under the authority of ...
The Domínguez–Escalante expedition was undertaken in 1776 with the purpose of finding a route across the largely unexplored continental interior from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Spanish missions in Las Californias, such as the Spanish presidio at Monterey. On July 29, 1776, Atanasio Domínguez led the expedition from Santa Fe with fellow friar ...
Marathon, Texas. A panoramic view of Marathon, Texas. Marathon (/ ˈmærəθən /) [3] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brewster County, Texas, United States. The population was 410 at the 2020 census, [4] down from 430 in 2010, [5] 470 in 2007, [6] and 455 in 2000. As of 2012 Marathon services tourists traveling to Big Bend National Park.
82004792. Added to NRHP. August 09, 1982 [1] The Hole in the Rock Trail (often hyphenated as Hole-in-the-Rock) is a historic trail running east-southeast from the town of Escalante in southern Utah in the western United States. The Mormon colonizers who established this trail crossed the Colorado River and ended their journey in the town of Bluff.
The Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum (formerly the Anasazi Heritage Center) located in Dolores, Colorado, is an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures. Two 12th-century archaeological sites, [ 1 ] the Escalante and Dominguez Pueblos, [ 2 ] at the center were once home to Ancient Pueblo ...
State. Minor. Scenic. The Trail of the Ancients is a collection of National Scenic Byways located in the U.S. Four Corners states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. These byways comprise: The 366-mile (589 km) Trail of the Ancients National Scenic Byway in San Juan County, Utah; [1]
The Dominguez–Escalante National Conservation Area is a 209,610-acre (848.3 km 2) National Conservation Area located in western Colorado southeast of Grand Junction and northwest of Montrose. [1] It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and was created as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 . [ 2 ]