Tupelo, Mississippi is all about southern hospitality, southern history, southern cooking and southern fun. Located in northeast Mississippi, Tupelo was spared the wrath of Hurricane Katrina that devastated much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Designated an “All American City,” Tupelo holds a store of unexpected surprises.
Tupelo is probably best known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley. The tiny “shotgun” house where Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935 sits in the center of the 15-acre Elvis Presley Park. In addition to his birthplace, there’s a museum, chapel, story wall, and a life-sized statue of Elvis at age 13 and a gift shop with everything Elvis. Need more Elvis? There’s a driving tour around town to see Elvis’s youthful hangouts. Not a fan? There’s much more than Elvis in Tupelo.
There’s furniture and fish and automobiles, art and animals and important Civil War history. The Tupelo Furniture Market is the one of the largest and the fastest growing furniture market facilities in the industry. Pvt. John Allen National Fish Hatchery, run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hatches millions of fish each year in Tupelo. Tour the hatchery, grounds and 1903 Victorian home of the former hatchery superintendent. The Tupelo Automobile Museum displays over 100 antique and classic automobiles from an 1899 Knox three-wheeler to a never-driven Dodge Viper. Nearby, the Tupelo Buffalo Park is where the buffalo roam, 250 buffalo to be exact, along with dozens of other exotic animals and reptiles. Step back in history at Tupelo National Battlefield, the site of the last major engagement of the Civil War or visit Brice’s Crossing National Battlefield and Interpretive Center in nearby Baldwyn, MS. When activity whets your appetite, Tupelo is serves up plenty of good food. There’s crispy fried chicken served grits and fried green tomatoes and there’s fresh home-grown fish, tender Black Angus steaks and exotic wild game. You won’t lack for entertainment in Tupelo and you won’t go hungry!
Written by: Lynne Christen
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