When the Spanish expedition of Hernando de Soto crossed the Mississippi River on June 28, 1541 (June 18 on the Julian calendar, which was used at the time), it entered what is now Arkansas. It spent ...
The Hernando de Soto expedition and Spain's effort to colonize North America / Jerald T. Milanich -- Archeology and the population of Arkansas in 1541-1543 / Dan F. Morse -- Reconstruction of the de ...
DeSoto County Sheriff Thomas Tuggle said the former youth pastor and convicted sex offender is now in federal custody.