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10 unusual facts about tupelo


Claude Feemster Clayton

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Clayton received an LL.B. from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1931.

He was in private practice in Tupelo, Mississippi from 1931 to 1935, and was a prosecuting attorney for Lee County, Mississippi from 1935 to 1938.

Elaine Dundy

As part of her research for the Presley book, Dundy moved from her luxurious suites in London and New York to live for five months in Presley's birthplace of Tupelo, Mississippi.

Exbury Gardens

Exbury holds the national collection of Nyssa (Tupelo) and Oxydendrum under the NCCPG National Plant Collection scheme run by the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens.

Hod Lisenbee

Lisenbee joined the Tupelo, Mississippi minor league team of the Tri-State League in 1925, and was traded to the Memphis Chicks, minor league team of the Southern Association in 1926.

Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's

Lee Williams and The Spiritual QC’s is an American quartet gospel group originating from Tupelo, Mississippi which has been in existence since 1968, but did not start recording until the 1990s.

Mississippi Business Journal

Ownership changed back to a Mississippi company in August 2012 after the newspaper was sold by Dolan to Journal Inc., parent company of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Mobile-Tensaw River Delta

The delta is ecologically important and includes a wide variety of habitats, including Mesic flood plains, cypress-gum swamps, tidal brackish water marshes, bottomland forests and submersed grassbeds.

Stuart Ewen

After working in Columbus, he and Isaac Coleman, who was the project director, opened up a new field office in Tupelo, Mississippi.

United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, 2008

This district covers the northeastern part of the state, including the cities of Columbus, Grenada, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo.


Bird-voiced tree frog

Its favored habitat is wooded swamps near streams and rivers where the dominant species include cypress, birch, tupelo, and buttonbush.

Bulldog gravy

It is mentioned in the lyrics of the Appalachian lament Man of Constant Sorrow (or Girl of Constant Sorrow, depending on the performer.) It is also mentioned in the lyrics of Sarah Ogan's "Come All You Coal Miners," covered with the title shortened to "Coalminers" by the alt-country group Uncle Tupelo, on their album, "March 16-20, 1992."

H.L. Lewman

The firm's work includes the county courthouse in Monroeville, Alabama; Claiborne County Courthouse (1903) in Port Gibson, Mississippi; Lee County Courthouse (1904) in Tupelo, Mississippi; and Lamar County Courthouse in Purvis, Mississippi.

Max Johnston

Following the departure of Jay Farrar in May, 1994, the remaining members of Uncle Tupelo, including Johnston, Ken Coomer, and John Stirratt, formed the band Wilco under the leadership of Jeff Tweedy.

Mike Heidorn

Heidorn married and left Uncle Tupelo after the recording of their third album, March 16–20, 1992.

Phillips Recording

This Memphis studio was originally a division of a larger corporation, Sam Phillips Recording Service, Inc., which also briefly included under its umbrella a Nashville studio, where famed CBS Records producer Billy Sherrill got his start, and a studio in Tupelo, Mississippi for demos.

Ralph J. Roberts

In 1963, he and his partners, Daniel Aaron and Julian A. Brodsky, purchased for $500,000, a 1,200-subscriber cable TV operator in Tupelo, Mississippi called American Cable Systems.

Tupelo Chain Sex

Graphic artist Art Chantry called Tupelo Chain Sex one of the "... best fucking bands I've seen in my life" and compared them to contemporary groups such as Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Butthole Surfers and the Cramps among others.

Tupelo Press

Notable authors published by Tupelo Press include Mark Halliday, G.C. Waldrep, Larissa Szporluk, Dan Beachy-Quick, Ellen Doré Watson, Ilya Kaminsky, Jennifer Militello, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Rigoberto González, Annie Finch, Matthew Zapruder, Natasha Sajé, Joan Houlihan, and Ted Deppe.

Tupelo also publishes a series of poetry in translation, including the work of such internationally respected authors and translators as Polina Barskova (translated by Ilya Kaminsky, Matthew Zapruder and Katie Farris), René Char (translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson), and Joumana Haddad (translated by Khaled Mattawa).

Tupelo Soul

Tupelo Soul is rock band, in post-punk style from Rouen formed in 1984 which had a great influence on local scene.

The newly formed quartet hesitates between several names before finally choosing Tupelo Soul, referring to Presley brothers and to a John Lee Hooker song, covered by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Ultimate Indoor Football League

Of these markets, five (Rome, Tupelo, and Lakeland) previously had teams in the AIFL, while Estero previously had a team in arenafootball2; The Cincinnati Commandos and Marion Blue Racers have come previously from the Continental Indoor Football League; and the Erie Explosion moves from the Southern Indoor Football League.

Uncle Tupelo discography

The discography of Uncle Tupelo, an alternative country band from Belleville, Illinois, consists of four studio albums, two compilation albums, three demo tapes, and five singles.

WCBI-DT2

In addition to its main studios, the station operates a Tupelo Bureau on Main Street/U.S. 278/MS 6/MS 178.

WTVA

However, several NBC executives believed Tupelo was not a desirable place for a local station because of its rural location, even though most viewers in northern Mississippi could only get NBC via grade B coverage from WMC-TV in Memphis, Tennessee and WAPI-TV (now WVTM-TV) in Birmingham, Alabama).

WTWV

For the television station in Tupelo, Mississippi that used the WTWV callsign from 1957 to 1979, see WTVA.