Nick Saenz

Professor of History, Adams State University

Dr. Charles Nicholas Saenz is professor of history and assistant vice president of academic affairs at Adams State University. He has advised on Expedition 1776: The Journey of Domínguez & Escalante and serves as a member of Colorado’s State Historian’s Council. 

Nick Saenz

Written by Nick Saenz

  • A lithograph of the Zuni Pueblo

    The Domínguez-Escalante Expedition in Ute Country

    Two Spanish priests launched a pivotal chapter in North American history just weeks after American colonists declared their independence from Great Britain. Their journey through what became Colorado was a harbinger of changes to come for the state’s Native peoples.