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On this date… May 21, 1542… Mississippi River

On this date in 1542, Hernando De Soto, the explorer, the invader, the pillager, the rapist, died somewhere along the Mississippi River.  Fearing his grave would be desecrated, his body, bedecked in armor, was released into the current to sink … Continue reading

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