Desoto State Park-Desoto Falls- Lookout Mountain Alabama

The year was 1540 and Hernando Desoto and his Army of Spanish Conquistadors were on their way down the ChattoogaRiver heading toward Cedar Bluff, Alabama. On June 4th, 1540 they arrived and camped for almost a month on an island. It was soon named McCoy’s island, ‘Chiaha” was the name given by Desoto’s historians. As they arrived they [...]