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The park, which bears the name of 16th-century explorer Hernando de Soto, was developed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The park then known as State Park No. 5 was established in 1935. When it was dedicated as Desoto State Park on May 24, 1939, it was the largest state park in Alabama. [4]
Little River Canyon National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located on top of Lookout Mountain near Fort Payne, Alabama, and DeSoto State Park.Created by an Act of Congress in 1992, the 15,288-acre (6,187 ha) preserve protects what is sometimes said to be the nation's longest mountaintop river, the Little River.
DeSoto Falls is a 104-foot (32 m) waterfall located on the West Fork of the Little River near Mentone, Alabama, United States, in DeSoto State Park. The falls have carved their own small canyon. The falls have carved their own small canyon.
Mentone is located in eastern DeKalb County at (34.572360, -85.580283 It is bordered to the west by the town of Valley Head . The center of town is located on the crest of Lookout Mountain at an elevation of 1,736 feet (529 m).
DeSoto Scout Trail, 16 miles (26 km) (Also traverses through Little River Canyon Wildlife Management Area and DeSoto State Park.) Eberhart Trail, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) Little Falls Trail, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) Lower Two-Mile Trail, 0.1 miles (0.16 km) Path To Learning Trail, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) Powell Trail, 0.75 miles (1.21 km)
A map showing the de Soto expedition. This section shows Moscoso's route through Arkansas, and Texas, and then to Mexico after de Soto's death. Based on the Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. All the peoples which the expedition encountered in Texas were the ancestors of the modern Caddo, especially the Hasinai and Kadohadacho confederacies ...
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Childersburg is a city in Talladega County [2] in the U.S. state of Alabama.It was incorporated in 1889. [3] At the 2020 census, the population was 4,754.It has a history dating back before 1540, when it was noted as a village of the Coosa Nation visited by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.