jul 29, 1776 - Father's Escalante mission began

Description:

On this day Father Escalante or Francisco Silvestre de Escalante and 8 more men began their journey to Utah, United States. On their way they saw a river which stopped their journey for 12 days and they named the river SAL SI PUEDE which in english means "Get out if you can"

Gaspar, Marin

Source: https://ilovehistory.utah.gov/time/stories/escalante.htmll