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may 08 Learn More Hernando de Soto Reaches the Mississippi River
Explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River on this day in 1541. Just 387 short years later, Chrysler named a car after him. Its logo featured the explorer in his signature morion (that's the metal helmet that was all the rage with explorers of De Soto's era). If you're a mega De Soto fan, we suggest tracking down a Chrysler De Soto, donning your own fashionable morion, and taking a ride across the mighty Mississippi on the Hernando de Soto Bridge. It links Memphis, Tennessee, to West Memphis, Arkansas.
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