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Francisco Vasquez De Coronado

​In 1541, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and his legion of conquistadors began searching for Cibola and the Seven Cities of Gold.  While he did not find what he was looking for, ​this Spanish Conquistador spent over a month with the Quivira in Rice County. 


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