Bernardo Miera y Pacheco was the cartographer on the Domínguez-Escalante Expedition. The expedition of ten men, led by Franciscan Fathers Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, departed Sante Fe in late July 1776 and…
14519 Mon-su and Su-vu-it, Paiute Indian children from the vicinity of St. George, Utah on the Rio Virgin River, a tributary of the Colorado River in Southern Utah. Photo by J.K. Hillers of Powell Expedition, 1871-1875. Credit to the Smithsonian…
Sitting from left: E.M. Brown, Andrew Sorenson, J.B. Bracken. On Horseback: James Andrus. Picture taken sometime prior to Andrus death in 1914. used in the 1918 Dixie Normal College Yearbook.
This color print is a full-length portrait of Joseph Smith (1805-1844) , standing in the woods preaching to a group of Native American Indians. Smith was the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as Mormon…
In the Black Ridge, Pratt's Southern Exploring Party tread the same path as Dominguez and Escalante, who camped at what they called the San Daniel Campsite on Oct. 13, 1776