"DeSoto Trail"- Bainbridge, Ga.
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N 30° 54.382 W 084° 34.549
16R E 731685 N 3421743
Located at NE corner of Town Square in Downtown Bainbridge, Ga
Waymark Code: WM76Y8
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2009
Views: 11
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.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 27 R-6-A
Date: 1940
Sponsor: DE SOTO QUADRI-CENTENNIAL
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