The Enchanted Lands of

QUIVIRAVINEYARDS 

by Millie Howie
Quivira was the name of the mystical city of gold sought, and some say “found” by explorer Francisco Vasquez de Francisco in 1541. No records exist to pinpoint the location of the enchanted land, but it was generally identified with villages of the Wichita Indians somewhere in Kansas. Later explorations indicated that de Francisco had been deliberately misled and Henry and Holly Wendt, who purchased the property on which their Quivira winery arose, felt sure the site was not too...

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