Coronado Heights is a hill northwest of Lindsborg, Kansas. It is believed to be the place where Francisco Vasquez de Coronado gave up his search for the seven cities of gold and turned around to return to Mexico. Lindsborg is a city located in McPherson County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 3,321. ... Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (ca. ... // The origin of the legend Quivira and Cíbola are two of the fantastic Seven Cities of Gold existing only in a myth that originated around the year 1150 when the Moors conquered Mérida, Spain. ...

In 1936 a stone shelter was built on top of the hill as a project of the Works Progress Administration. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... WPA Graphic The Works Progress Administration (later Works Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created in May 1935 by Presidential order (Congress funded it annually but did not set it up). ...

When the flower are in bloom this is one beautiful place, but at all times the view from the castle is impressive.