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Entrance to the memorial
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Parking area
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Replica of Spanish Camp
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View of memorial marker
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Katie at memorial entrance
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Spanish Hut
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Visitor Center water front
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View of Gumbo-limbo trees which are indigenous to this part of Florida
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Hernando de Soto Memorial
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Plaque at De Soto Memorial
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About De Soto's journey
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De Soto visitors center
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Display inside visitors center
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Full suit of Spanish Armor
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Armor plaque
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Double-edged-sword plaque
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16th-Century Spanish helmets
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Tactics of Conquest
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De Soto's approximate 4,000 mile route in the southeastern United Sates that took 4 years
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Beginning of the De Soto Memorial Trail
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Replica of some indians that De Soto met
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Spanish soldier replica along trail
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Which way did those indians go?
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The trail going through mangrove swamp
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One of many creatures you might see in the mangrove swamp
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