Tupelo

Wandered downtown Tupelo today. A highlight is the Tupelo Hardware Store. So the story goes, Elvis' mother took him into this store to buy his birthday present. Elvis wanted a gun. Mom said no, too dangerous. Elvis wanted a bike. Mom said no, you might get hurt. Elvis starts having a bit of a fit. Hardware store owner hands him a guitar. Elvis strums it a bit mostly because Mom is getting angry about Elvis' attitude. Not that I blame him. Can you say helicopter parent? Anyway, that's how he got his start with the guitar.
Later, we saw a pic of the hardware store back in the day. It still looks exactly like it did then. Also, we found stuff in there that we couldn't find anywhere else.Read more