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A city of northeast Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Population: 46,000.

de So·to (d

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), Hernando or Fernando 1496?-1542.

Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. For the next three years he explored much of southern North America, discovering and crossing the Mississippi River in 1541.

De Soto [də ˈsəʊtəʊ (Spanish) de ˈsoto]

(Biographies / De Soto, Hernando (?1500-1542) M, Spanish, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer) Hernando (ɛrˈnando). ?1500-42, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Mississippi River (1541) Also called Fernando De Soto [fɛrˈnando]

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Carolina Journeys informs the reader of such occurrences and places as the tales of Tom Dooley, Hernando de Soto, the shad fish, the Great Indian Trading Path, and grand old trees and rock carvings that still dot the Carolina landscape.

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And after much legal wrangling, the Department of Labor decided to consider compensation for any employees who worked in Area 4 at the Field Lab or at Rocketdyne's Canoga Park, De Soto Avenue and Downey facilities.

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