Coronado Monument - Junction City, KS
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kilroy18
N 39° 00.954 W 096° 49.779
14S E 687901 N 4320782
A monument to the early Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado.
Waymark Code: WMV5XY
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2017
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This obelisk is a monument to the early Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, who is believed to have explored the area of Junction City Kansas in the mid 1500s.
The inscription reads "Quivira and Harahey" "Discovered by Coronado 1541" "Jaramillo Pauilla Tatarrax" "Rediscovered by J.V. Brower 1996" "Erected for Quivira Historical Society by Robert Henderson 1902" "John T. Keacy, Chairman; Edward A. Kilian, Secretary" "Kansas U.S.A."
Date Created/Placed: 1902
Address:
716 S. Washington St.,
Junction City, KS 66441
Height: Approximately 10 feet
Illuminated: no
Website: [Web Link]
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