Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Memphis, TN







We couln't help but dance in Memphis today. What a rich history. There are all sorts of museums here along with all sorts of places to see. We will have to make it to Graceland, the Gibson guitar factory, the Civil rights museum and so much more!! We learned all about the King of Rock and Roll. Elvis lived quite a life and even served his country for 6 years. We met Samantha Presley and she told us all about his life.

There is a rich history here with music and the Civil Rights Movement. The more you explore this city the more amazing it becomes!

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River.

As of 2006, Memphis had an estimated population of 670,902, making it the largest city in the state of Tennessee, the second largest in the southeastern region (only to Jacksonville, Florida), and the 17th largest in the United States.

The greater Memphis metropolitan area, including the adjacent counties of Mississippi and Arkansas, has a population of 1,260,581. This makes Memphis the second largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, surpassed only by metropolitan Nashville.