Glen Canyon History (Documentary) | The Crossing of the Fathers - Padre Bay, Lake Powell
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. Credits 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, 1861-1909 Coronado Expedition: 1540-42 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, 1843-1925, 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 Dominguez-Escalante 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, 1870-1978. 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. Salt-Lake 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. 1757-1797 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 Ferrer-Dalmau 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 Music Taken Audio source: FineTune Music Adobe Stock Asset ID: Spain On Mars Artists: Tellsonic Composers: Mattias Tell Audio source: Epidemic Sound Adobe Stock Asset ID Afternoon In Funchal Artists: Howard Harper-Barnes Composers: Howard Harper-Barnes Audio source: Epidemic Sound Adobe Stock Asset ID: Artists: Andrés Cantú Composers: Traditional Audio source: Epidemic Sound Adobe Stock Asset ID: Facing East Audio source: Jamendo Adobe Stock Asset ID: Echoes Of The Canyon Audio source: Jamendo Adobe Stock Asset ID: Crackling Fire Sound Effect by JuliusH from Pixabay Celebrations_AdobeStock_

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