https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty Pick one interesting person, item, artifact, event, etc that you learned about during the field trip to the DeSoto County Museum. Write about how that item impacted DeSoto County and what life would be like without it. en-us 2016-11-27 02:41:13 UTC 2017-05-17 05:42:30 UTC hello@padlet.com mnlam https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty/wish/140356609 The printing press was interesting. It was an old machine used to print newspapers. It impacted DeSoto County by the first newspaper: The Hernando Free Press. If we never had it, we might not have a newspaper.]]> 2016-11-28 22:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty/wish/140356609 mnlam https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty/wish/140357264 There was an outbreak of yellow fever a long time ago. It killed half of the people in DeSoto County. If the disease never came to DeSoto County, then we would have a lot more people.]]> 2016-11-28 22:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty/wish/140357264 mnlam https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty/wish/140357610 James Meredith came to DeSoto County in the 60s. He led a march for Civil Rights before he was shot. He came back later and marched again for African Americans.]]> 2016-11-28 22:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty/wish/140357610 mnlam https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty/wish/140357761 Hernando DeSoto founded DeSoto County. If he didn't we might be called something else, like Washington County.]]> 2016-11-28 22:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mnlam/morningworkdesotocounty/wish/140357761