DeSotoSiteHistoricStateParkisaFloridastateparklocatedinTallahassee,Florida.Itconsistsof5acres(20,000m2)oflandnearApalacheeParkwayincludingtheresidenceofformerGovernorJohnW.Martin.ThesiteisintendedtoinitiateresearchandeducationonnearlyfourcenturiesofrecordedhistorybeginningwithHernandodeSoto's use of the site as a winter encampment in 1539 to Governor Martin'soccupationofApalacheeinthe1930s