DeSoto Trail
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
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Coinseekers.