On-topic trivia about Coronado (conqueror of Cibola).

Posted by Fall Guy from pool0002.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net (216.244.42.2) on Saturday, April 20, 2002 at 11:20pm :

Wool is one of man's oldest fabrics. Babylonians used woolen clothes as early as 4000 B.C, but it was unknown in America until 1540 when Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's expedition brought a few Spanish sheep to soutwestern North America. British sheep were imported in 1609 by the colonists at Jamestown, and wool became, with flax, the basis for home-made linsey-woolsey (rough linen and wool) frontier garments.
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PS: Coronado (1510 -1554, I think) was by the way governor of New Galicia, and his exploits took him all the way up into the area of the Grand Canyon. He was after gold and riches, but didn't find much. Especially Cibola (western Mexico) was a diasppointment. All his expedition found was poor Zuni. Still, it's possible that an artifact like the Cross of Coronado might actually have turned up in the Four Corner's region.
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And an on-topic postscriptum! - Fall Guy 6:16am 04/21/2002

And here's another book for you all... - graml 7:44am 04/21/2002

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: Wool is one of man's oldest fabrics. Babylonians used woolen clothes as early as 4000 B.C, but it was unknown in America until 1540 when Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's expedition brought a few Spanish sheep to soutwestern North America. British sheep were imported in 1609 by the colonists at Jamestown, and wool became, with flax, the basis for home-made linsey-woolsey (rough linen and wool) frontier garments. : FG : PS: Coronado (1510 -1554, I think) was by the way governor of New Galicia, and his exploits took him all the way up into the area of the Grand Canyon. He was after gold and riches, but didn't find much. Especially Cibola (western Mexico) was a diasppointment. All his expedition found was poor Zuni. Still, it's possible that an artifact like the Cross of Coronado might actually have turned up in the Four Corner's region. : : : :

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