{"id":1729,"date":"2017-11-21T04:33:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T10:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desoto-ia.org\/?page_id=1729"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:03:33","slug":"history-of-de-soto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/desoto-ia.org\/?page_id=1729","title":{"rendered":"History of De Soto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">De Soto is a city with a rich history that was founded in 1868 following the construction of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad through the territory.  The City was named after a railroad official with the last name of De Soto who set up the train depot that used to be a feature of De Soto in years past.<br><\/span><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">One of our long time citizens &#8211; Carol Lee, researched extensively and wrote a book in celebration of our 150th Sesquicentennial Celebration in 2018.<br><\/span><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">You can purchase the <strong>History of De Soto &#8211; 150 Years <\/strong>book at City Hall\u00a0for $20.00.<br><\/span><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Take a moment to click on these links to view historical newspaper clippings that provide a look into De Soto&#8217;s history from long ago.<\/span><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/desoto-ia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan38OrigColor.png\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#4292dd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SCAN 1<br><\/span><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/desoto-ia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan39.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#4292dd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SCAN2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"javascript:window.history.back();\">Back<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Soto is a city with a rich history that was founded in 1868 following the construction of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad through the territory. 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