Dec 4, 2019
Library Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Artist holiday cards
Drop in to the library any time from 1-4PM to see holiday cards handmade by New Mexico artists. Free.
Dec 4, 2019
Friends of History Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The 1776 Expedition of Dominguez and Escalante
In the Summer of 1776, two Franciscan Friars left Santa Fe on a journey to find an overland route to the only other Spanish settlement : Monterey, California. Although they never achieved this goal they instead circumnavigated the Colorado Plateau, created the first map of this region and documented the customs and living situations of the Ute Indians who occupied the regions north of Santa Fe and as far west as the Great Salt Lake. The journey covered 1800 miles and took six months.
Over a five year period Greg Mac Gregor and Siegfreid Halus (now deceased) retraced this route and photographed the terrain and legacy of this expedition.
The photographs in the lecture are from the book : In Search of Dominguez and Escalante (Museum of New Mexico Press) by Mac Gregor and Halus and will be on exhibition at the Palace of the Governors , Santa Fe, during the year 2020.
