De Soto

De Soto
With 500 Spanish and Portuguese soldiers and with 200 Cherokee burden bearers
Passed here about May 30th 1540 twenty six years before the founding of
St Augustine

Erected A.D. 1923 by
Tomochichi Chapter, D.R.A

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.