Chickasaw Heritage Park is an historic Memphis park located adjacent to the city's National Ornamental Metal Museum, originally known as Jackson Mound Park before its renaming in 1913 as DeSoto Park. The park in its current incarnation is constructed around two preserved Paleoindian ceremonial mounds that once serves as the fortress for noted Chickasaw indigenous chief Chisca. Throughout the American Civil War, the mounds were used for munitions storage. They are also believed to be the spot where Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto first viewed the majestic Mississippi River during his expedition through the city in 1541. Visitors can climb atop the mounds and view beautiful panoramas of the city's skyline and riverfront between dawn and dusk.

Chickasaw Heritage Park, Memphis, TN 38106, Phone: 901-576-4200

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