This is part 2 of post 41 in my series on Kansas history! Today’s story is a continuation of yesterday’s post on some of the first explorers of Kansas, which is included below in case you missed it and want to catch up. Enjoy! Part one of Explorers of Kansas!

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This is post 41 in my series on Kansas history! This post is so massive that it has to be broken up into two parts so that it isn’t 3,000 words long and so part 2 will come out tomorrow morning! Today’s story is on some of the first explorers of Kansas, enjoy! Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a Spanish Conquistador and was born in 1510 in Salamanca, Spain. He was born into a wealthy family, and when he was 25 he moved across the Atlantic Ocean to New Spain (now known as Mexico). By 1539 he had become the Governor of New Galacia and learned that to the north where he had sent a small exploratory force there was supposedly a golden city that was called “Cíbola”. On February 23rd, 1540 he along with his force of over 2000 Spanish and Mexican Indians along with 4 Franciscan friars set out on their journey to find Cíbola. On this journey they would become the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and after fighting the Zuni tribe he learned from a Native American called “The Turk” (who was either Pawnee or Wichita) that there was a wealthy nation far to the northeast called “Quivira”.

Hello everyone! This is post 30 out of 200+ in my series on Kansas history. Today’s story is on a small community in Douglas County that is rumored to be home to one of the “gateways to Hell”. Enjoy! The community of Stull was established in 1857 by Pennsylvania Dutch settlers in the region. Originally it was called Deer Creek (which flows about 1/2 mile to the south) but was later changed to Stull after its postmaster Sylvester Stull (1863-1931) who is buried in Santa Ana,