1 This application will allow you to find voter precinct and taxing district information, as well as your polling place. 2  This interactive map will allow you to view, query and print road information for Blaine County. 3  This page facilitates access to applications for Ketchum and Sun Valley hosted on our server.
Hernando de Soto (c. 1495 â May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas), and the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River.
Spanish Colonization in the North. The Spanish claim to territories that are today the United States rested upon the 16th century exploits of Ponce de Leon, Hernando De Soto, and Francisco VÃ¡zquez de Coronado. St. Augustine in Florida was established as a Spanish fort in 1565, the first permanent settlement in what would become the United States. The impact of this settlement was slight, however, since it served primarily as a base camp for other exploratory ventures and also as the center of efforts to convert the area's natives to Roman Catholicism.