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In 1539 Franciscan friar Marcos de Niza set out to explore the region north of Sonora, Mexico, fabled to contain untold riches. Fray Marcos found no gold, but he is credited with being the first European to set foot on U.S. soil west of the Rockies. Following in Fray Marcos’ footsteps in 1736, Jesuit priests …
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