Caddo Gap Montgomery County, Arkansas

Caddo Gap Indian originally made in 1936, was rebuilt by Guy Tillman in 1979 after the original was severely damaged in a storm.

De Soto at Caddo Gap In this area in 1541 a Spanish expedition from Florida commanded by Hernando De Soto encountered fierce resistance from the Indians, whom they described as the best fighting men they had met.  De Soto then turned to the southeast and descended the Caddo and Ouachita Rivers into what is now Louisiana where he died.

De Soto 1541 - A.D. Here De Soto reached his most westward point in the United States.  Here was the capitol of the warlike Tula Tribe of Indians who fiercely fought De Soto and his men.  Relics found in this vicinity suggest the romance of past centuries about which history will ever be meager and incomplete.

The Caddo People This region was once the home of the Caddo Indians, whose settlements and towns were scattered over what is now southwestern Arkansas, northeastern Texas and northwestern Louisiana.  The Caddo River, which flows near this point, and Caddo Gap itself were named for the intelligent and gifted native American people.

Montgomery County | Caddo Gap One | Two

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