Show HISTORIC MOUND AT MEMPHIS on its ita summit do DC soto was received by the chickasaw chief in n 1541 under tho the lend lead ol of the residents ol at the southwest portion of tho the city there Is a renewal ot of activity for the purchase of jackson mound and a small amount of adjacent property as an addition to the public park tobi teiei people favoring the purchase have drawn up a petition which sets seta out why they think that the property should be purchased by the city these mounds have a historical value that Is beyond calculation upon the summit of one of them in may 1541 de soto was received by the chickasaw chief this was twenty ahr three ee years before the birth of shakespeare fi it was sixty six years before jamestown was settled it was sev enty nine years before the pilgrims landed at plymouth rock it Is therefore tho the oldest IRId landmark marh in the united states beneath the bluff here during the civil war the gunboat arkansas was built being such a historical landmark it Is highly important that the city should own and keep sacred forever thlu memorable spot Al memphis emphis corn com gner mercial cial appeal |