Memphis Timeline By jlancas2 Feb 28, 1500 Chickawas Indian Tribe The Chickasaw Indians lived for 10,000 years on the bluffs of the Mississippi River. Feb 28, 1600 De Soto, Cavelier & La Salle French and Spanish explorers. Feb 28, 1819 Memhis Founded John Overton, James Winchester and Andrew Jackson founded Memphis.
