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When Coronado Came To Kansas

 
Kansas State Historical Marker
Seward County
 
KS, USA
 
 
      Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, with 36 soldiers and Father Juan de Padilla, marched north from the Rio Grande valley in the spring of 1541. Coronado's objective was the land of Quivira, described to the Spaniards as a fabulously wealthy kingdom where gold was commonplace. In June the expedition entered the Arkansas River to what is now Rice and mcPherson counties. The Spaniards found no gold, only the grass lodges of the Quiviran Indians, and the guide who misled Coronado was killed.

    US-54, Seward County
    Jewel Avenue in City Park, Liberal