Daily Memphian launches newsletter for new, prospective Shelby County residents
Fireworks fly up from Mud Island River Park over the Memphis skyline July 4, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The City of Memphis is located along the Mississippi River. (Daily Memphian file)
The Hernando-DeSoto Bridge, which locals call the “new bridge,” opened to automobile traffic in 1973. Though it’s definitely not new, the bridge is much younger than the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge, which opened in 1949. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Daily Memphian’s “Make Me a Memphian” newsletter is designed to help new and prospective Mid-Southerners learn about the history, government, sports, food and neighborhoods of their new home.
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