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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR3_shake-rag-community_Tupelo-MS.html
From 1943~47, Elvis' father, Vernon, worked for L.P. McCarty & Son's local wholesale grocery company making deliveries to various parts of the City. Shake Rag, a historically black community, was one of his delivery areas. It was here that Elvis w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR2_shake-rag_Tupelo-MS.html
Marker Front:Shake Rag, located east of the old M & O (later GM & O) railway tracks and extending northward from Main Street, was one of several historic African American communities in Tupelo. By the 1920s blues and jazz flowed freely from perfor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ED_birthplace-of-elvis-presley_Tupelo-MS.html
Elvis Aaron Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in this house built by his father. Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined American popular music. He died on Aug. 16, 1977, at Memphis, Tennessee.