DeSoto Obelisk - Helena, Arkansas
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N 34° 31.727 W 090° 35.182
15S E 721526 N 3823434
This 10 foot obelisk is across Cherry Street from the Phillips County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WMY5C2
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2018
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This 10 foot obelisk is across Cherry Street from the Phillips County Courthouse. The obelisk is marble. The south face text reads:
De Soto
June 25, 1541
Erected by
the National Society
of the
Colonial Dames of America
in Arkansas
June 25, 1951
Text on North Side:
(picture of cross)
June 25, 1541
Cross Erected and
First Christian Service
Held West of the
Mississippi River
Date Created/Placed: 1951
Address:
Cherry and Perry Streets
Helena. Arkansas 72342
Height: 10 Feet
Illuminated: no
Website: Not listed
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