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DeSoto In Georgia

Many Schorlars belives this was the general area where De Soto spent March 5-10 1540 after crossing the Capachequi River,probably the Flint. The party cut trees,sawed boards,build a barge and...

Many Schorlars belives this was the general area where De Soto spent March 5-10 1540 after crossing the Capachequi River,probably the Flint. The party cut trees,sawed boards,build a barge and crossed the river with the aid of a rope.From here the expedition traveled northward to Chiefdom of Toa on the same River.

G0HM 047-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Renegade Legend.

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