Cities of Gold
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Merri Melde
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This is the kind of ride I'd love to do if I had the horse and the time: a thousand-mile exploration across the desert Southwest over some of the most rugged and remote country I'd never get to see otherwise.
Preston and a partner retrace as best they can the journey of the 1540s Spanish explorer Coronado in his search for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold, experiencing some of the same misadventures and encountering some of the same Pueblo tribes.
I learned much about the history that is seldom told – how tribes were invaded and subjugated by Coronado…
From Merri's list on adventures from a traveling Endurance horse rider.
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