Ocale was the name of a town in Florida visited by the Hernando de Soto expedition, and of a putative chiefdom of the Timucua people. The town was probably close to the Withlacoochee River at the …

The Ocale Tribe, possibly related to the Timucua tocala, was part of the Muskhogean linguistic family. Located in Marion and Levy Counties, they are first documented during the De Soto expedition in …

Ocale was the name of an old town in Florida that was visited by the Hernando de Soto expedition. It was also the name of a powerful group of Timucua people, who were Native Americans living in Florida.

Nov 6, 2024 · Ocale was the name of a town in Florida visited by the 'Hernando de Soto Expedition' and of a putative Chiefdom of the Timucua People.

Located in Marion County in north central Florida, present-day Ocala was first inhabited by the Ocale Indians as early as the 16th century when Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto recorded the …

Jun 11, 2019 · In 1539 the Hernando de Soto expedition heard fabulous stories about a province in Florida called Ocalé (pronounced Ocala, the namesake of modern-day Ocala, Florida.) It was the …

By 1984 Ocale became the established city of Ocala, and it developed around Fort King. Agricultural development and slave labor prevailed the entire region, as well as becoming the primary center of …

The Ocale Tribe, possibly related to the Timucua tocala, was part of the Muskhogean linguistic family. Located in Marion and Levy Counties, they are first documented during the De Soto expedition in 1539.

Most historians agree that the name Ocala is a form of the name of a city named Ocale which was inhabited by Native Americans long before the Spanish explorers of the 1500s. Hernando de Soto …

Ocale was the name of a town in Florida visited by the Hernando de Soto expedition, and of a putative chiefdom of the Timucua people. The town was probably close to the Withlacoochee River at the …