POINTS OF INTEREST

Click below for local attractions and points of interest in each of the following areas:

• Hernando
• Horn lake
• Nesbit
• Olive Branch
• Southaven

Area Links

• DeSoto County Tourism Association
• Hernando Chamber of Commerce
• Horn Lake Chamber of Commerce
• Olive Branch Chamber of Commerce
• Southaven Chamber of Commerce
• Tunica County Chamber of Commerce
• Tunica Convention and Visitor's Bureau

A brief Hstory of DeSoto County
Courtesy of the DeSoto County Geneological Society

• Founding the County 1836-1840
• Early Indians and Hernando DeSoto
• Days of Expansion 1850-1861
• The Civil War 1861-1865
• Reconstruction Days 1866-1875
• Moving On 1876-1900
• A New Century – 1901
• World War 1 and the 1920s
• Depression Days
• World War II
• Into the Modern Age