- Driven by tales of the mythical Seven Golden Cities of Cíbola, his journey brought Europeans into contact with the region and its Indigenous peoples for the first time
- Though he failed to find the gold he sought, his expedition provided significant information about the geography and cultures of the American Southwest
-While Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's expedition did not pass directly through the modern city of Tucson, his route in the 1540s led him and his men through the region that is now southern Arizona
- Tucson and the surrounding area are connected to Coronado through archaeological research and the naming of the Coronado National Forest, which encompasses the mountain ranges surrounding Tucson
- Coronado National Memorial is located southeast of Tucson near Hereford, Arizona ... this park was established to interpret the Coronado expedition and marks the point where Coronado's party likely entered what is now the US