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2 unusual facts about Escalante


Escalante, Cantabria

Diego de Guevara, son of the Lord of Escalante, courtier and art collector

Escalante, Negros Occidental

It is bounded on the north and west by the City of Sagay, on the south by the town of Toboso and on the east by Tañon Strait.


Cristián Escalante

In September 2011, Escalante was named the flag bearer for the Chilean team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Dolores, Colorado

The BLM-Anasazi Heritage Center, and the on-site Domniguez and Escalante Pueblos are listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties and the National Register of Historic Places listings in Montezuma County, Colorado.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

The Monument stretches from the towns of Big Water, Glendale and Kanab, Utah on the southwest, to the towns of Escalante and Boulder on the northeast.

Jaime Escalante

Escalante received visits from political leaders and celebrities, including then-President Ronald Reagan and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Jay Mathews

Mathews’s book Escalante: The Best Teacher in America traces Jaime Escalante’s career from his native Bolivia to Garfield High School in East Lost Angeles, where he taught advanced mathematics courses to disadvantaged high school students, mostly Latino.

Kiva Koffeehouse

The area is popular with plein air painters, and the Kiva is a regular feature of the annual Escalante Canyons Art Festival's Everett Ruess Days.

Mara Escalante

Although Escalante still works in Mexico City, she now lives in Veracruz.

Nelvin Solíz

Nelvin Solíz Escalante (born November 3, 1989 in Cercado) is a Bolivian football (soccer) player, who is currently playing for The Strongest in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

Rumpsville

A reference to Rumpsville can be found in the book Rat Fink: The Art of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Last Gasp Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-86719-545-2 by Douglas Nason, Greg Escalante, and Doug Harvey.

The Last Trackers of the Outback

The documentary, co-directed by Eric Ellena and Vanessa Escalante, won the Public’s Choice Award 2008 FIFO - Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti.

WDVV

Anderson, an owner of several McDonald's franchises, started Praise Broadcasting Network Inc., with Escalante as vice-president.


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