OB-H2550
CORONADO STARTS FOR QUIVIRA
Disappointed at finding no gold in the Seven
Cities of Cibola in New Mexico, Francisco
Vasquez de Coronado, spent the winter there
and in the spring of 1541 started for Quivira
(Kansas), also reputed to be a region of gold.
Āgain he was disappointed but he and forty
companions stayed six weeks with the Quiviran
Indians and wrote King Charles of Spain that
what is now Kansas was a fair and productive
land and advised its colonization at an early
period.
Kansas celebrates this event of 400 years
ago with a statewide fiesta from April to
November, 1941. Visitors from other states
are warmly welcomed and many things are
planned for their entertainment.
(PAINTED BY N. C. WYETH FOR JOHN MORRELL & co.
AND PRESENTED BY THEM TO IOWA STATE COLLEGE THROUGH
WHOSE COURTESY IT IS REPRODUCED
CORONADO CUARTO CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.)
BY
KANSAS
