- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- De Soto Trail historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Decatur County
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 27 two miles north of Bainbridge
Text of marker: "DE SOTO TRAIL 1540. In this neighborhood Hernando de Soto and his army discovered the inland waters of the Flint river ("the River of Capachequi") on Friday, March 5, 1540. Leaving the vicinity of the present Tallahassee, Florida, the Spaniards marched northwest, spent the first night by the Ochlockonee River ("the Guacuca"), and reached the Flint two days later at or near the present Bainbridge, where they constructed a barge or "piragua" in which to cross. DE SOTO QUADRI-CENTENNIAL - 1940 [U.S. Works Progress Administration Marker]" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_de-soto-trail
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_de-soto-trail
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
