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This cemetery is located on 4354 SE County Road 760, Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida. Joshua Creek Cemetery Website Billion Graves Find a Grave
Fort Ogden is an unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, USA. It derives its name from a fort that was built here in 1841 and abandoned in 1842. When settlers arrived later in the 19th century, they used the name Fort Ogden for the settlement they formed. The Fort Ogden School was built in 1912, but closed in 1946 and the students were sent by bus to the city Arcadia. The community...
DeSoto County, Mississippi, was formally established February 9, 1836. The original county lines included territory now part of Tate County, which was carved out in 1873. The county is named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto . Hernando de Soto, the first European explorer known to reach the Mississippi River. The county seat, Hernando, is also named in his honor. De Soto reportedly died in...
This project is for those who were born, lived, or died in DeSoto County, Florida. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, what is now DeSoto County was within the territory of the Calusa Indians. In 1513, Hernando de Soto sailed into present-day Charlotte Harbor near the mouth of the Peace River to put in for repairs and maintenance on his ships. While there the Spanish encountered Calusa India...