TDW 1597 - Lost Grave of Elvis Twin Brother
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Tupelo, Mississippi.
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here. It
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is a cool, crisp Mississippi morning.
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That's right. I have crossed over
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another state line and I am in the town,
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the little teeny town that I was born
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in. It's my second channel, Daily Vlog
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channel. It's the Daily Woo.
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And I'm not the only person who was born
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here. A gentleman by the name of Elvis
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Aaron Presley
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also got his start in Tupelo.
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This statue is a recreation of a photo
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of when he returned to town to play a
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concert.
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September 26th, 1956.
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The king of rock and roll stood right
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there.
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Love me tender. Love me true. All my
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dreams fulfilled. Oh, Elvis, I love you.
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Check out this rarity. Soda machines for
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50 cents a can. What year is this? 1993.
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You ever think you'd see the day where
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you could buy a soda? Two for a dollar?
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Never.
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There's an arrow pointing to the right
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saying Tupelo, the first TVA
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city. There is a little general store
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here in town by the name of Tupelo
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Hardware Company. And right inside those
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doors, a young Elvis Presley got his
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first guitar.
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The year was 1946, and his mother wanted
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to buy him a bicycle, but once they got
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here, Elvis decided he would rather have
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a gun. They compromised. And the guitar
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was the final purchase.
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And what was Elvis's response to his
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mom's gift? Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you
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very much.
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We are coming up on the cemetery here in
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town.
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Priceville Memorial
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Gardens. This headstone is dated in the
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mid 1800s.
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But check out the grave itself. It is
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above ground with bricks
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and leaves
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all over it. A lot of people do not
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realize that Elvis had a twin brother.
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And there is a lot of speculation and
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debate on where the final resting place
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of the child is. If
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you go to Graceand in Memphis, there is
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a memorial next to the grave of Elvis
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and his parents, but his brother's body
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is not buried there.
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Right here next to his great aunt and
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great uncle is the unmarked
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gravestone.
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The date was January 8th, 1935. And at
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that time, the Presley family was so
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poor, they could not afford a casket,
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and they had to put the child in a shoe
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box into the ground. When Elvis's mother
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died, Elvis had her placed in a tomb in
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Memphis. And then when Elvis died, he
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was put in that same spot. But grave
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robbers changed all that and they moved
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the bodies to Graceand. And then when
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Elvis's father passed away, he was put
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at Graceand. But Elvis's brother is
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still
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right here in Tupelo.
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And even though there is no official
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reason for this, most say it is because
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the body really cannot be removed from
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the ground and transported at this
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point. As a child and as an adult, Elvis
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would return to the cemetery to pay his
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respects to the brother. And it always
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weighed heavy on his heart that his
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brother lost his life and he was still
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alive. There's a little hamburger joint
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here in town by the name of Johnny's
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Drive. He's shaking his hips.
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He's shaking his hips like Satan wants
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him to.
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It's currently closed, but they have a
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booth dedicated to the king himself. And
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there's a photo just above where you can
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sit and it has him eating there, eating
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a cheeseburger
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in that exact spot. Even though this is
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my birth town, it has been 5 years since
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I've been here. Use your Columbbo like
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research skills and find the video I did
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of some of the Elvis spots half a decade
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ago. Here we have some placards to both
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of the twins
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and it happened right here in this
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little teeny tiny house. A very modest
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home for the infant that would become
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the king of rock and roll. Family only
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lived here 4 years before the house was
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repossessed. This is a statue of what he
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would have looked like at age 13 when
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his family moved from Tupelo to Memphis.
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Apparently, 13-year-old Elvis is just
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about as tall as I am.
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You're either about to headbutt him or
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kiss him.
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Let me decide.
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This overlook of downtown and the church
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where Elvis sang as a young boy was one
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of his favorite spots.
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And they have commemorated this spot by
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erecting two statues. One of Elvis at
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the peak of his stardom and one in his
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youth with his very first guitar. Never
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forget your roots. I think that's what
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Elvis is trying to tell us. He has a
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lion necklaceing
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his torso.
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That's the king right there. You know
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it's a small community when they have
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replaced these stop lights with stop
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signs.
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Still hanging from the sky though. And
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check this out. Old movie theater. Got
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to love it. Pure Americana at its
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finest. And in the town square, the
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focal point is this majestic building,
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which I am assuming is the courthouse.
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And in front of it is this monument
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erected in 1908
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by the Women's Christian Temperance
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Union in commemoration of statewide
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prohibition. At one point they felt it
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necessary to decorate the bricks around
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this tree and why they eventually got
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rid of the tree. I'm I'm stumped. I
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wasn't going to use that joke.
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I insist. There's a few old neon signs
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up and down the main drag.
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Jacob has this relic of Florida history
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in his van. It's the Orangebird from
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Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom. And
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when you crossed over the state line
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into Florida, they would give you orange
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juice in these. I never knew that. And
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they have the old school looking
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McDonald's. I think it's a newer
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franchise building, but they took on the
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old school style. That's pretty cool.
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This is the North Mississippi
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Medical Center. And on August 10th,
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1974,
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this guy right here was given birth to.
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In one of those very rooms right up
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there, I started my life. And in the 42
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years on this planet, I've never
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returned to this property to see where I
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was born.
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It's a pretty crazy feeling.
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My dad tells the story that he was so
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happy after he saw me. Later that
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evening, he ate an entire large pizza to
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celebrate. And I have continued that
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tradition.
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Once a week or so, I will consume
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gargantuan amounts of pizza in honor of
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me being born.
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So my daughter was born. I just ate an
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entire ham by myself.
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So my dad ate a pizza. You ate a ham.
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When I have a child, what should I eat?
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What's the celebratory meal for Adam's
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child? strength like 24 Mountain Dew's.
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I like it.
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No freaking way. A bonanza
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still exists.
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I thought those closed decades ago. Off
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the side of the road, we've stumbled on
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this graveyard.
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The graves are so old. The headstones
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are propped up. They've taken cinder
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blocks, leaned them against it to keep
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it from falling to the ground. The date
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on this, 1852.
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Here's another one. They didn't die on
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the same day, but they died on the same
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year. And both of the children are
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buried in the spot. This one has
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completely fallen over. You can see
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where it was cracked from the base.
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1862.
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Whoa. And there is a lot of red ants.
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A lot of these are in really bad shape.
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Back at the birthplace, I picked up a
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taking care of business keychain. I'm
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pretty excited about this. And now we
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have arrived at the Tupelo Automobile
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Museum. This is a pretty fantastic
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mailbox. It's like an old car. In 1911,
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this vehicle, according to the sign, was
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only $350. Isn't it fascinating to see
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how automobiles have changed, how they
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evolved since the start until current
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day? There's even an entire section
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dedicated to CocaCola, the old truck, a
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Coca-Cola worker, a country store. She
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had her order delivered directly to her
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door. Not her house door, her car door.
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And amidst the paraphernalia of CocaCola
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persuasion, there is a metal tin
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disgusting looking hamburger hanging on
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the wall there.
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Are you okay?
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I'm sorry. The hamburger cracked me up.
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You were saying it looks like a pile of
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dung.
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A pile of of material.
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Whoa. Must be Bert Reynolds or
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something. This is a 1946 milk truck.
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I think I'd be pretty happy if I saw
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that driving down the road delivering my
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milk. It's very cool looking. This must
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be something out of a fantasy story.
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Cars cannot really swim in water like
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that, can they? Wait a second. There's
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one in front of me. They do exist.
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This is a Camaro vet. There was only one
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of them made ever in existence in the
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year 1983.
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This car belonged to Liberace. And
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another fun fact is this was created by
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George Barrister out of Hollywood,
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California, who also made the Batmobile.
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And if you look closely, kind of
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resembles that car just a little bit.
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Both of these vehicles belong to the
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legendary BB King. This is one of those
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rare occasions that you can find an
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automobile by the Tucker Corporation.
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The engine's in the back. The trunk is
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in the front. And in 2012, a similar one
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of these sold for $2.65
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million.
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Oh, look at this.
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Thanks for letting me talk to you.
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I You haven't said anything yet. You're
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ending the conversation with a your
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closing remark. What's up with that?
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Thank you very much.
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Well, you're welcome, but what are you
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thanking me for?
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I just want to look at your car.
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Hi, this is Elvis Presley.
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Yes, I know who you are. Can you please
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move out of the way so I can get a good
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shot of this vehicle?
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This guy just met.
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Yes, I heard you the first time.
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I walked past this thing three times
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before realizing the posters
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spell out Elvis. D. It's tire. Tireman.
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It's Tireman.
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Hello, tire man. A 30 foot tall
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gargantuan
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person made out of rubber tires. It's
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good to see you. Cows. All those cows
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down there just grazing and having a
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good day.
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I was just thinking as I stare at this
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road, this is a complete 180 degree
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difference of what the roads in Los
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Angeles look like right now.
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What's up, buddy?
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What's up? It's all right. It's all
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right. Stopped off the side of the road
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in Oxford, Mississippi. And whenever you
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travel around, you always see the
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world's largest things. World's largest
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chair, world's largest ball of twine.
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This place is known for the world's
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largest cedar bucket. I'm not going to
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argue with this fact because who would
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say that this is not the world's largest
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cedar bucket? It's huge.
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I mean, I'm 6' three, but this thing's
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got to be at least 7 feet tall.
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You got to wonder what's inside this
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thing.
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There was actually a larger cedar bucket
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over in Murphy'sboro, Tennessee, and
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someone snuck in at night and burned it
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down.
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Who would want to harm a innocent
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bucket? There seems to be basically what
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looks like
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a bunch of leftover tubs.
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Bathtub graveyard.
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There's like hundreds of them out here.
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Ah, the water doesn't work.
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You ready to go, Mina?
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I guess I
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was pretty comfortable in there, though.
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Do you remember the song The Legend of
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Billy Joe by Bobby Gentry? The
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Talahhatchee Bridge. This is it right
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here.
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It crosses over the Talahhatchee River.
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I believe the original bridge that was
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here when the song was written was torn
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down and replaced with this newer one.
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Not really 100% how new it is, cuz this
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does look kind of old. The song has been
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subject to a lot of interpretation on
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what the meaning behind the lyrics
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really are. And I'm starting to think if
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someone did jump off this bridge, the
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height of it, they could probably
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survive. Supposedly, when the song
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gained all its popularity, they had to
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put a sign up saying anyone that jumped
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off for recreational purposes to swim in
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the water down below would be fined
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$100. That did not deter everyone
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however because this is the bridge that
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Billy Joe Mallister jumped off the hell
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bridge
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on Chuck Ridge.
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The sign says Gurville
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welcomes you. Some old fire trucks.
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Here's a steer.
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And look way off over there in the
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field. It's a dinosaur. There's a face
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in that tree. An old man with a beard
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carved in the tree. some cardboard
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cutouts of the pilgrims. He's just
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hanging out next to the cabin. Can you
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get a good shot of the dinosaur?
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I think so. I can see him.
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Oh, yeah. There he is.
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Yeah. There's like a fullsize dinosaur
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out there in the field.
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It's massive.
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And a lawn mower runs this train.
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I don't know the last time it was used,
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but looks pretty awesome.
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I have to probably put this in my top 10
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sunset category. I'm not taking a poll
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or anything or keeping a list, but if I
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had one, this one would certainly be in
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it. Look at that. It's beautiful.