The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “After Escalante: The Spanish Speaking People of Utah,” pp. 437–68 by Vicente V. Mayer Poor Mexico! So far from God and so near to the United States. ..Attributed to Porfirio Diaz To the Spanish is owed the distinction of being the first Europeans to explore, map, and describe the area …