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GRACELAND

Took two shuttles from our Graceland hotel to the Graceland Mansion, where Elvis lived with his family. Here is a  long video of the tour  i found on You Tube, and a  shorter one. My version will be a few spotty photos and a short video, Here is  Wikipedia' s description. Graceland Farms was originally owned by Stephen Toof, founder of the oldest commercial printing firm in Memphis, and named the site after his daughter, Grace. She inherited the property from her father in 1894. She passed away, and niece Ruth Moore inherited the property. Moore built the  10,266 square foot mansion in 1939. Elvis in 1956 purchased a Memphis $40,000 home for his family in 1956.   Here with his parents.  Caught fire  in 2017. When his fame increased, he gave his parents, Vernon and Gladys Presley (the two restaurants at Graceland are called Vernon and Gladys), $100,000 to find a farmouse-like property with a lot of buffer space so as not to irritate his neighb...