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The Mississippian Indians met Hernando DeSoto when he explored North Mississippi and, traditionally, came through DeSoto County.

Some scholars project that DeSoto discovered the Mississippi River west of present-day Lake Cormorant, built rafts there and crossed to Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas.

The National Park Service declared a " DeSoto Corridor " from the Chickasaw Bluff ( Memphis ) to Coahoma County, Mississippi.