After spending the morning at Tumacácori National Historical Park, we cut cross country through the Patagonia area toward Sierra Vista, and then south to the Coronado National Memorial.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was one of many names that I remember learning about in American history class growing up. A quarter century and 2500 miles separated from those classes, the name of this Spanish conquistador came back to me with a new appreciation for who he was, where he went, and what he was after.
