5 mi. W of Bradenton, Bradenton, Florida. County/parish: Manatee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000078.
1 contributing site. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
De Soto National Memorial is a national memorial located in Manatee County, approximately five miles (eight kilometers) west of Bradenton, Florida. The national memorial commemorates the 1539 landing of Hernando de Soto and the first extensive organized exploration by Europeans of what is now the southern United States. The memorial site comprises 26.84 acres (10.86 ha), where the Manatee River joins Tampa Bay. It has 3,000 feet (910 m) of coastline; eighty percent of the area is mangrove swamp.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77843048