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De Soto National Memorial
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- Designation
- National Memorial
- State
- FL
- Park address
- Bradenton, FL
- Entrance fee
- No entrance feeNPS data as of 2026-08-25
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Notes
Designation Date: 03/11/1948
In May 1539, Conquistador Hernando de Soto’s army of soldiers, hired mercenaries, craftsmen, and clergy made landfall in Tampa Bay. They were met with fierce resistance of indigenous people protecting their homelands. De Soto’s quest for glory and gold would be a four year, four thousand mile odyssey of intrigue, warfare, disease, and discovery that would form the history of the United States.