History · De Soto
De Soto’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of De Soto yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
What stands out about De Soto’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start De Soto’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how De Soto’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How De Soto came to be From Wikipedia’s history of De Soto.
Read it all → The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1889 as the "Town of De Soto". The community is named for Hernando de Soto, the explorer who discovered the Mississippi River.
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De Soto, decade by decade
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