A family poses with their overturned wagon. Oregon Historical Society, #023973
Railroads and other companies used land advertisements to attract settlers.
Library of Congress, rbpe.1340
A girl and her family migrate from Florida to New Jersey in search of work, 1940. Library of Congress, LC-USF34-040841
JOURNEY STORIES EVENTS
July 18 10:00 a.m Journeys Exhibit Grand Opening Reception.
10:30 Bluegrass with the Medders Family
10:00-5:00 Antique car show in library parking lot
July 22 2:00 p.m. “The Railway Children” family movie about children, a train and a mystery.
July 23 2:00 p.m. Craft: Children make boxcars and write a summer journey on it. The boxcars will be displayed in the children’s area as one large train.
July 26 2:00-5:00pm Walking Tours of Edmondson Cemetery Every 15-20 minutes led by Curator Hunter Johnston.
July 28 2:00 p.m. Iron Horse – Program and displays of “trains across America” with
Dr. Mike Condren.
July 29 2:00 pm Journey Down the Yellow Brick Road – Attend the Wizard of Oz movie, receive a yellow brick from our walkway to the movie. Write your favorite journey on the brick and place it in the time capsule at the library.
July 30 6:00 pm Gone with the Wind A discussion of the movie and how it impacted our community will follow.
August 1 2:00pm “Trail of Tears” presented by Dr. Robert Connolly, curator for Chucalissa Indian Village and Museum. Description and artifacts of local Indian tribes and those who faced the forced removal from western homelands.
August 5 10:30 a.m. Storytime with the Memphis Cotton Exchange and The Cotton Quilt.
They will also help put together a quilt.
August 8 3:00 pm Mississippi – the Birthplace of America’s Music Dr. Jim Brewer will speak
about musicians, music and instruments from our area. He will have instruments, photos and recordings
August 13 7:00 pm Dr. Deanne Nuwer and The Yellow Fever Epidemic and Other Epidemics of 1899. These had a great impact on the early growth in DeSoto County.
August 14 11:00 a.m. Dr. Deanne Nuwer repeats her Yellow Fever Epidemic discussion.
August 15 2:00 p.m. Bonnie Jamerson, National Storyteller and Local Educator and Administrator, will present African Treasures, Traditions, and Cultures, many of which became part of the American culture as well
August 22 6:30 pm Family Dinner Theater with Harriet Tubman. A Sharecroppers Dinner will be served with Harriet Tubman (Storyteller Akiba Shabazz) shareing the story of the Underground Railroad in the Midsouth. Pre-Registration is required for this program.
August 27 10:30 a.m. Memphis Cotton Exchange presents What is Cotton: From Field to Fabric School age children discover the steps taken in the journey of cotton from the
seed to the finished product! (for grades K-5)
August 27 1:30 p.m. Memphis Cotton Exchange presents –Cotton of Our Lives (grades 4-8) Students will learn the history of the product and the fascinating tales of Front Street in Memphis and the Cotton Exchange.
August 28 10:30 a.m. Memphis Cotton Exchange presents – The Cotton at the Exchange (grades K-5) Students will track cotton on its journey from the Mississippi River to Memphis with a fun poster game.
August 28 1:30 p.m. Memphis Cotton Exchange presents – Memory and History (grades 6-8)
Share your memories and learn cotton history with this unique program designed to put history into students’ hands through a fun game of charades with a twist
August 30 2:30 p.m. Musical Journey through Mississippi Folklore with Andy Cohen and Larkin Bryant.
Journey Stories has been made possible in Southaven by the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Journey Stories is part of the Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation
of State Humanities Councils. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the the United States Congress.
