The secrets of Glen Canyon and Lake Powell history
The Crossing of the Fathers starts as the first documented Europeans to pass by the deep canyons and massive buttes know as Glen Canyon.
12 men travel from Santa Fe and what is the frontier of new Spain north through Colorado, northern, Utah, Arizona, and back to their missions. These Catholic priests, Franciscan Friars, laid the foundation to all other explorers who come after them on their path forged. Glen Canyon has many secrets and Lake Powell burred them. These men found themselves in the middle of the desert during a time where men in Philadelphia were signing a piece of paper to overthrow a kind. In the year of our lord 1776.



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Father Escalate Discovers Utah Valley by E. Keith Eddington

Die Helden der Revolution ("Heroes of the Revolution"), by Frederick Girsch,

Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumbull

Signing of the Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

Portrait of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Lujan. Image available on the Internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.

Sketches x3 by Darell Hatch

Pueblo Revolt at Hopi, Fred Nakayoma Kabotie, 1976.

Destruction of the 1625 Spanish Mission Church during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 by Roy Andersen

King George Ill in coronation robes by Allan Ramsay

"Execution of Vasco Núñez de Balboa" by Ober, Frederick A.

Spanish Conquistador Coronado by Frederic Remington, 18611909

Coronado Expedition: 154042 by Frederick Remington in 1898.

Planta y descripcion de la ymperial ciudad de Mexico, en la America / Carlos Lopez, del. Lopez, Carlos, fl. 1749

Hopi pueblo by John K. Hillers, 18431925, Photographer

Section of the South Side of Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico by Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Voyage De Decouvertes, A L'Ocean Pacifique 1802

"oldest house in the united states." by Dana B. Chase,

Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco's map of the 1776 DominguezEscalante Expedition.

"Audite": Canto de exhortación para las Damas
Pobres de San Damián by Hermanos Franciscanos

Plaque at Crossing of the Fathers, placed in 1938. Papers of Otis R. Marston: Still images, 18701978.

Crossing Of The Fathers by Sprang Dick

Santa Fe Plaza in 1850 in New Mexico. Drawing by Gerald Cassidy.

Plaza Mayor do Mexico city in 1836

Overview Illustration of Mexico City, Mexico

Père Marquette and the Indians in Michigan. Photo by Wilhelm Lamprecht

Old Mission Church, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. View from the plaza in 1873 by Timothy O'Sullivan

Edward Curtis "shoalwater Bay Man"

The Landing Of Christopher At San Salvador (Guanahani) In The Bahamas 12 October 1492 by John Vanderlyn

"La Ciudad de Santa Fe." Engraving from Report of Lt. J. W. Abert

John K. Hillers, Major J. W. Powell’s Explorations, Views in the Province of Tusayan, Northern Arizona, No. 6, Street Scene in Walpi, 1876

Restored black & white photo of Tobadzischini by Edward S. Curtis circa 1904.

SaltLake City die Mormonen Stadt by Artist: Anonymous

'Indian Doctor Concocting a Pot of Medicine,' by Seth Eastman

Ute Native Americans, 1878, Arizona Historical Society

Il Canadá, le colonie inglesi con la Luigiana, e by Zatta, Antonio, fl. 17571797

Old Mission Church, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. View from the plaza in 1873 by Timothy O'Sullivan/Library of Congress

Spain and Portugal : divided into all its kingdoms and principalities &c. / by H. Moll Geographer

Kenneth Chapman depicted the battle between
Spanish soldiers and Zuñis at Hawikuh in "Battle of Hawikuh, Coronado's attack of July 6, 1540."

Reino de la Nueva España a principios del Siglo XIX by Antonio García Cubas

San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo circa 1910. Photograph by William Amos Haines.

La conquista del Colorado by Augusto FerrerDalmau Nieto

Destruction of the 1625 Spanish Mission Church during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 by Roy Andersen

William H. Powell Oil on canvas, 12′ x 18′ 1853; placed 1855 Rotunda U.S. Capitol.

Petroglyph Panel by A.E. Turner

Navajo Canyon by C. Gregory Crampton



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Spain On Mars
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Afternoon In Funchal
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Artists: Andrés Cantú
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Facing East
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Echoes Of The Canyon
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Crackling Fire
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