Quivira was a province of the ancestral Wichita people,[1] located near the Great Bend of the Arkansas River in central Kansas,[1] The exact site may be near present-day Lyons extending northeast to Salina.
The Wichita city of Etzanoa, which flourished between 1450 and 1700, is likely part of Quivira.[2]
Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado visited in 1541.
- ^ a b Wedel, Waldo R. (August 1970). "Coronado's Route to Quivira 1541". Plains Anthropologist. 15 (49): 161–168. doi:10.1080/2052546.1970.11908566. JSTOR 25666935.
- ^ Tanner, Beccy (April 21, 2018). "Mysterious 'Lost City' of Etzanoa in south-central Kansas now open to tours". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved December 8, 2018.