Record #:

15252

Author(s):

Hicklin, J. B.

Abstract:

With movement on foot to celebrate in 1941 the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Mississippi River by the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto, speculation on the possibility that he passed through North Carolina is revived. Not only does the organization sponsoring the celebration, the Colonial Dames of America, plant that the anniversary be observed by the Mississippi Valley states, but also by the states that were crossed on the heroic march, which some say includes North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 36, Feb 1940, p1, 20

Subject(s):

Anniversaries; De Soto, Hernando, 1496-1542

Record #:

43514

Author(s):

Ross, John E.

Abstract:

"On May 21, 1540, Hernando de Soto, with most of his 620 conquistadors and the female chief of a Native American tribe he had taken hostage, arrived at Joara, a village at the base of teh Blue Ridge about 12 miles northwest of today's Morganton. De Soto's band would be the first Europeans to cross the mountains." In 1586,a generation later, Juan Pardo Pardo is credited with founding a Fort at Joara, the first European settlement in the interior of North Carolina,

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Fall 2022, p90-99, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Spanish exploration--North Carolina (1500s); Pardo, Juan; De Soto, Hernando, 1496-1542; Joara (Native American village--North Carolina); Morganton--history