Springerville, Arizona

[sksvlad]

In my recent crossing of the entire USA, I stayed in some of the least known places in the country. Here is one of them. This is what I've found after waking up in Howard Johnson in the morning.
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Vázquez_de_Coronado.

 

[sksvlad]

La conquista del Colorado, by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, depicts Coronado's 1540–1542 expedition. García López de Cárdenas can be seen overlooking the Grand Canyon.