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December 2, 1977. South-southwest of St. Petersburg, Florida, Fort De Soto Park is a park operated by Pinellas County on five offshore keys, or islands: Madelaine Key, St. Jean Key, St. Christopher Key, Bonne Fortune Key and the main island, Mullet Key. The keys are connected by either bridge or causeway. The island group is accessible by toll ...
March 11, 1948. 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.
December 11, 1978. Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge and State Park is a National Wildlife Refuge and State Park located on the island of Egmont Key, at the mouth of Tampa Bay. Egmont Key lies southwest of Fort De Soto Park and can only be reached by boat or ferry. Located within Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge and State Park are the 1858 ...
DeSoto Site Historic State Park. / 30.435323°N 84.268811°W / 30.435323; -84.268811. DeSoto Site Historic State Park is a Florida state park located in Tallahassee, Florida. It consists of 5 acres (20,000 m 2) of land near Apalachee Parkway, including the residence of former Governor John W. Martin. The site is intended to initiate ...
State Road 679 & State Road 682 SR 679 highlighted in red and SR 682 in blue Route information Maintained by FDOT State Road 679 Length 4.816 mi (7.751 km) South end Fort De Soto Park North end SR 682 in St. Petersburg State Road 682 Length 3.721 mi (5.988 km) West end SR 699 in St. Pete Beach East end I-275 / US 19 in St. Petersburg Location Country United States State Florida Highway system ...
The oxbow lake is in the upper left. Five days later, a levee breach resulted in the refuge closing after being nearly totally inundated. The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is in the foreground. DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1958, is located along the banks of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Iowa and Nebraska ...
86001409 [1] Added to NRHP. July 3, 1986. Mullet Key is a historic island near Crystal River, Florida. It is located 3 miles south of the main mouth of the Crystal River, and was inhabited by Native Americans in pre-Columbian times. The island was occupied from roughly 500 to 1500 and was inhabited by the Deptford and Safety Harbor cultures.
DeSoto County, Florida. / 27.19°N 81.81°W / 27.19; -81.81. DeSoto County is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,976. [1] Its county seat is Arcadia. [2] DeSoto County comprises the Arcadia, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the ...