Quivera

Quivera Chapter

Fairbury, Nebraska

Meetings are the second Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m.
Organized December 3, 1902

Chapter Officers

Regent
Nancy Bettin

Vice Regent
Janice Cohorst

Chaplain
Rita Anderson

Recording Secretary
Connie Turner

Treasurer
Janet Stokebrand

Registrar
Janet Stokebrand

Historian
Rita Anderson

The name "Quivera" was selected because of its historical significance. Francisco Coronado and his Spanish band set out to find the city of untold wealth. They landed on Mexican shores and went up through Arizona and Colorado and then into Nebraska. One proof that they were in Nebraska is that they spoke of the Sioux Indians. On arriving in Nebraska, Coronado allegedly exclaimed, "Good tidings, Quivera lies at hand." Quivera means "untold wealth."

Charter Members

Mrs. Annie Strickland Steele
Miss Lelia May Avery
Mrs. Lucy L. Wilder Correll
Miss Ivy Correll
Mrs. Polly Bronson Clark
Mrs. Minnie B. Palmer Coughran
Mrs. Lurene Leavitt Howell
Mrs. Susie Purdy Kesterson
Mrs. Sylvia Clark Mounce
Mrs. Rachael Mann McAnulty
Mrs. Martha B. Coolidge Palmer
Mrs. Lula Correll Perry Merrell
Miss Minnie M. Pease
Mrs. Anna Palmer Smith
Mrs. Mary Caldwell Weidner
Mrs. Minnie Clark Thompson
Mrs. Althera Pike Letton