With the arrival of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, a Spanish conquistador, the first recorded history of encounter between Europeans and Native Americans in the Great Plains occurred in Texas, Kansas and Nebraska from 1540-1542. In that same time period, Hernando de Soto crossed a west-northwest direction in what is now Oklahoma and Texas. Today this is known as the De Soto Trail. The Spanish thought the Great Plains were the location of the mythological Quivira and Cíbola, a place said to be rich in gold. COUNT 5
QSN1 who was the spanish conquistador who had encounters with europeans and native americans? ANS1 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado QSN2 who crossed a section of oklahoma and texas? ANS2 Hernando de Soto QSN3 what is the section of oklahoma and texas that  Hernando de Soto traveled? ANS3 the De Soto Trail QSN4 who thought the great plains were the locations of Quivira and Cíbola? ANS4 The Spanish QSN5 what did the spanish think the cities of Quivira and Cíbola were rich in? ANS5 gold