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Quivira

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Qui·vir·a  (k-vîr, k-vrä)
A legendary city of fabulous wealth sought by Francisco de Coronado and thought to be located near what is now the city of Great Bend in central Kansas.


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Ardeth Baxter Santa Fe Cows not welcome If the Quivira Coalition really wants to celebrate legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold, it would support cow-free wilderness and condemn illegal killing of endangered wolves by renegade ranchers.
We hope that it will be soon, but we don't want to say two weeks, because that would create a deadline"; Prosecutors describe the probe of Casa Quivira, considered one of Guatemala's best adoption agencies, as their first serious attempt to investigate a US$100 million industry that has made Guatemala the largest source of adopted U.
Police spokesman Carlos Calju said the children, ranging from a few days to three years old, were found on Saturday at the Casa Quivira children's home in Antigua, a colonial city popular among foreign tourists near Guatemala City.
 
 
 
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