Father Juan de Padilla & Quivira

Father Juan de Padilla & Quivira (HMXIR)

Location: Herington, KS 67449 Dickinson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 38.928', W 96° 56.508'

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In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado marched north from Mexico with 300 Spaniards in search of the "Seven Golden Cities of Cibola." With them were several priests, including Juan de Padilla, a Franciscan friar. When the golden cities proved to be only adobe pueblos the Spaniards went on to explore the Southwest and Padilla was among those who discovered the Grand Canyon. Later he marched with a party of 30 picked horsemen to the land of Quivira in Kansas. For 25 days in the summer of 1541 Coronado remained among the grass-hut villages of the Quiviran Indians, then returned to New Mexico. Padilla went with him, but the following year came back as a missionary. Here he was later killed by the Indians the first Christian martyr in what is now the United States. Although the exact place of his death is unknown there is a monument to Padilla in City Park in Herington.
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Placed ByKansas Historical Society and State Highway Commission
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Date Added Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 3:52am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 679109 N 4279814
Decimal Degrees38.64880000, -96.94180000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 38.928', W 96° 56.508'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 38' 55.68" N, 96° 56' 30.48" W
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Area Code(s)785
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 359 Willow Ln, Herington KS 67449, US
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