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Important Indian town for over 250 years and capital of Coosa province. Visited by DeSoto in 1540, and later by Spanish, French, British colonial explorers and traders. Early writers tell of abundant food crops, wild and cultivated, supporting…
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1492 - Columbus visits Caribbean islands1519 - Pineda visits Mobile area1528 - Narv?ez reaches Mobile area1540 - De Soto explores Alabama1559 - De Luna retraces De Soto's route in Alabama1702 - French establish first permanent colony at Dauphin Is…
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Childersburg traces its heritage to the Coosa Indian village located in the area. DeSoto, accompanied by 600 men, began his march across North America in June 1539. Traveling from Tampa Bay, Florida, northward through what became the Southeastern …
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Named for the famous Spanish explore who traveled through this area in 1540. Over its rich history it offered shelter for native Indians for centuries (a 2,000-year-old Woodland Period burial was excavated by archeologists in the mid-1960s), becam…
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Two milesnorth of this spot wasthe Indian townCosavisited byDe SotoJuly 16, 1540 This stone erected bythe National Society ofColonial Dames of Americain Alabama1936
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