Graceland Before Elvis!
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- Long before Elvis Presley was the king of Graceland, it belong to the Moore family who named it after Grace Toof. Let's discuss their story!
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The story was very interesting....
I loved it Ashley. I didn't know the story about the Presley's buying the church back and turned it into Elvis Presley's Enterprises. It's always so interesting to hear these stories about Graceland. Thank you Ashley !! You always do such a great job !!! 👍❤
@@brandynoisey9568 thanks so much Brandy!
@@bonniebrown6960 yay, glad it was helpful! Thanks Bonnie!!
Amazing information as Always Ashley
Thank you 😃👍💕
Wow 😯. It’s seriously such an awesome thing that you’re doing researching, documenting and sharing all of this. So great to see pics inside the place before Elvis. Thanks 🙏 so much yet again.
It’s so much fun! Happy you enjoyed it, thanks Lawrence!
I find the history so interesting. Love History and especially historic houses. Plus being a big Elvis fan, it’s twice as interesting. Thanks Ashley. Love your videos. Always check thumps up but am I’ll at times, so unable to comment. So I usually toss in emojis just so you know I’m watching. Bless you and all the hard work you’ve put into all your videos. You’re sooo observant, you could have been a detectable!!👍🏻
Thanks so much for the support, Jeri!
Love this Ashley, so interesting. Loved the old photos of Graceland.
Glad you enjoyed it! Loved creating it, thanks Nancy!
Wow, that was one of your best adventures! I really enjoyed the history of Graceland. Monthly maintenance of $1,000 was a whole lotta money back in the day. I can only what Elvis paid every month in the 1970’s. Thanks Ashley, you’re the best! God bless.
So happy you enjoyed it because I looooved creating it! Thanks, Nooner!
Thanks for watching!
Brilliantly done Ashley!!! I have read about Graceland’s history before but you have uncovered so much more and the pictures are amazing! Watching this video Ashley has indeed brought to light Graceland’s “Fine Heritage of The Past”. 👏👏👏👏
P.S. You put enough info in this video it would take at least month of Trivia nights to cover it all. LOL
Awww that’s so kind, thank you Mama Jo! I’m so happy you liked it because I loved creating it.
LOL as soon as I published it I was like umm not sure this is a trivia candidate 😆
See you tomorrow!
It's always interesting to learn the history of any home. Ice always wondered who lived in the house I now own. Its history goes back to 1945. Nice work on Geaceland. Little did the Moore's know that their home would become the most visited after the White House.
I allllways wonder that! Thanks for tuning in!
I think this is your best story so far. I wonder why Elvis didn't put a small pond in the pasture. It would have really looked good. The giant lake where the neighborhood is now is fascinating. I bet he later wished he had bought more of the available property that became a subdivision. Great story Ashley. Really good work👍
I really appreciate that! I was excited to create this one for a long time and I'm happy you enjoyed it. Yeah, you're probably right. Thanks a lot Michael!
Great video well done in finding all the information about Graceland really enjoyed it. 👍
Thanks so much! I’m happy you enjoyed it MEC! ☺️
Love Elvis, Graceland and History, so this video is a 3fer!! 👏👏👏. By the way girl, love your outfit tonight. Looking GOOODD!! 🤩
A 3fer!! That's so cool. Thanks so much, Linda!
Enjoyed the old photos along with the extremely thorough timeline of Graceland's history. You explained things well, as always. Well done Ashley Drew!!
Hey Joan! So glad this made sense - I know it was jam packed but I was excited to create it. Happy you enjoyed it, thank you!
Thanks for another awesome video, Ashley ! 🤗
It was written somewhere in the stars that Graceland was to be forever linked to music and animals.
The continuity of this destiny is quite awesome.✨
I love this mansion and the feeling of peace and protection that you get when you visit it.
I also like its honeyed scent: that of weathered wood ❤️
If only its walls could talk ...
Great point, it's amazing how Graceland is linked to music and animals. The smell of Graceland is divine!!
Thanks a lot Shoneys!
Ashley, you did a wonderful job presenting this for us to see. I met Elvis in 1956 and it is one of my most precious memories.
Thank you Connie! 🤯 I'd love to hear your memory!!!
@@ashleysadventures My cousin, who was with me, was president of his fan club in Coral Gables, Florida and we called Olympia Theater where Elvis was to perform and spoke to Col. Parker, Elvis' manager, and when we asked if we would be able to meet Elvis, he said we would. When we got to theater, we saw Col. Parker in the lobby and introduced ourselves and asked if we would now be able to meet Elvis. He said no. Right then, I turned around and saw Red West, Elvis's cousin and friend, and I asked if he wasn't Red West and he said he was. I told him how Col. Parker changed his mind about us meeting Elvis and Red said, "Come with me." He took us up the stairs to Elvis' dressing room and introduced us to Elvis and we gave him a gift of a teddy bear which made him smile. He said he was going to call it Jitney Gene. Then he took time to write about 50 autographs for the fan club. You can imagine how thrilled we were.
HOLY COW! That’s amazing!!! Thank you for sharing that! I wonder what Jitney Gene means? I can’t believe you met him in 56! 😍
@@ashleysadventures I can hardly believe it as well .
I’m not sure I’ve ever talked with someone who met him so early on, thank you for sharing that Connie! ❤️⚡️
Great job pulling all of this info together. I enjoyed this vid!
Glad you enjoyed it! It was jam packed so I'm glad it made sense. THanks 3!
I enjoyed learning about the history 🙌 of Graceland. I don't know why they'd be upset if it doesn't feel like home anymore. It's not their house anymore if they sold it 🤷 it Elvis. He could do what he wanted with it 😏. He did take care of it though.
Great point, Cindy! That is so true. If their chandelier was important they should've taken it with them.
He added his own flair and taste and thoroughly loved it. Thank you for tuning in!
@@ashleysadventures Yes he did. You don't have to like it, it was his home. If he liked it that's what matters.
I thought it was the best story on Graceland before Elvis bought it. I thought the mansion was much older. Your one great detective. 👍🏼😎
☺️❤️ I’m so glad you enjoyed it, thank you Liz!
This was very interesting Ashley, you must of put a lot of time in rounding up all this info. I wonder what kind of trouble Elvis and his boys would have got into if the lake was still there? Thanks a bunch Ashley, take care.
Thank you, Nat, I'm happy you enjoyed this one! Oh yes, its a lot of time rounding it all up but it's so fun to create. LOL, good point - I'm not sure the gang could be trusted with a lake!
GK had some stories about the things they did when the lake was there. I think guns were always involved. Lol.
Thank you so much Ashley, for all of this history on Graceland. I'm glad Elvis chose Graceland, especially knowing that the house belonged to a very musical family. Graceland lives on today and is so famous.
It was the perfect fit huh? Thanks Jackie!
Great research, I lived in Memphis 30; years and didn’t know all of that. I did know some Toofs.
Awesome, I’m glad this was helpful! Thank you for watching!
Pretty cool. I wonder if Elvis ever drove past Graceland pre fame?!.
Fantastic fact finding, Ash. 👍
I wonder that too! He must’ve, right?
Thanks a lot Vash!
Hi Ashley! I'm Elvis Presley's biggest fan! Let me when you want to talk.
Thanks for watching!
thanks ashley hope all well and sharing this great video for us to share in england stay safe look forward to more
Thank you! You too!
I enjoyed the history behind Graceland, good job.
Thanks so much, Kathy!
I’m a huge fan of elvis Presley’s and I love 💕 elviss music and flims too elvis will always be the king 👑 and rock and roll 🎸 my dream is to visit Graceland and communicate with elvis 1:44pm
You’re in the right place! Thanks for watching!
@@ashleysadventures that’s my pleasure anytime tcb ⚡️🎸my dream is to visit Graceland and communicate with elvis 2:32pm
Thanks Ashley that was amazing you really work hard gathering all that information together.I think .Elvis was meant to live there because of the music connection.
It’s so much fun to create so I’m happy you enjoyed it! Totally meant for Graceland 🎶 Thanks, Sheila!
Another fantastic video, Ashley 👍You come up with some really interesting stuff. I don’t know how you find it, but I’m glad you do. I can’t wait for your next one ❤️
Thanks a lot Dave! I appreciate it and happy you enjoyed this one. It was supper fun to make. Part 2 coming soon!
Very interesting and informative video about Graceland. I enjoyed it very much.
Glad to hear that! Thanks a lot David!
you are big fan of Elvis?
Of course!
this is VERY interesting !!
I’m glad you think so! I waited a long time to make this to gather everything and was super excited to share it. But now I have even more and will have to make a part 2! Thanks for watching!
Very interesting!! Your research is amazing!! I especially enjoy your attention to detail!! Absolutely fascinating!!
Thank you so much! I appreciate that, Rob! This one was extra fun to create
That Elvis beat out Sears and the restaurant owner for Graceland because he didn't mind a church next door. It is a shame for all that subdivision being around Graceland though. Maybe Elvis should of kept more of the land, lol !
Thank you Ms Ashley for sharing the history of Graceland.
You're so right, I bet Elvis was bummed he didn't buy more surrounding land when he had a chance, not realizing in just 10 years it would be totally developed. Thanks Lynne!
Wow, that’s REALLY interesting about the history of Graceland! Thanks for doing all the research and video
My pleasure! This was a lot of fun, so happy you enjoyed it! Thanks Bruce!
Daniel thanks ❤.
Thanks Daniel
I noticed Elvis middle name only had one a in Aron
"Elvis didn't like our chandelier. He put up some garish thing". LOL! Fun video. Always interested in finding out more about Elvis' past.
Lol I was like dang, Ruth! Thanks a lot, Gloria!
I’d love to know what she thought of the carpet on the walls 😂
@@Sara-706 Haha! I can just hear her reviewing all of Elvis' changes to the house. ;)
So interesting! I loved seeing all of the old photos…especially the one with everyone around the table!
I love the old family photos! Thanks for watching, AK!
What a great little story - love hearing things about Graceland and its history TCB, TCE with TLC xXx
Happy you enjoyed it!
Graceland location is America ?
Yes, in Tennessee
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Ashley Love you from india..I just found you channel through Your comments in some video...Thank for the video...I can't imagine that death of elvis 😢Old photos and the story make me Emotional..Indeed worthy and interesting
All the way from India! How awesome. Thank you for watching! ⚡️
Well what can I say Ashley, this was amazingly interesting seems like Graceland was a outstanding home before Elvis move there interesting. to hear about the three family members Ruth Tooth Brown and Ruth Brown Moor and Ruth Marie . i`m getting a little confused, but that is okay.is there a special reason for you doing research on Graceland in September you did the last years too . Do you feel an extra link to Graceland in the Fall Ashley you`re making me curious or is it just a coincidence ?🕵🏻♀️⚡️
I know! So many Ruth’s. Grandma Ruth Toof Brown (Grace’s sister), daughter Ruth Brown Moore, and granddaughter Ruth Marie Cobb. I hope that helps!
That’s so funny - pure coincidence! Great observation. Thank you for watching! ⚡️
Graceland was truly destined to become Elvis's home. Thank you Ashley for the great work you did ! 😍💯👏
It really was! Thanks so much Miranda!
Interesting video Ashley. The style of the mansion certainly suggests an older property than it actually is. I daresay the New Orleans chandelier would be a desirable nowadays! Interesting too; the Audoban Dr property was part included in the Graceland purchase.
It's a shame how the immediate area outside the mansion has been built up over the years and can at times look pretty slapshod and tired.
Excellent Work!
Les
Happy you enjoyed it, thanks a lot Les!
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Elvis. Brought. Graceland's. Because. His. Mom. Gladys. Loved. It. So. Much.
Thanks for watching!
so interesting , i heard so many stories like that about land and how big it was before time comes and everthing gets smaller and things just disapear over the years , in my family in my area here i have super old deeds for family land from the 1700's some also had private lakes and even a castle on one deed with a big story to it , its like i can feel just how it is to know about it and how its all gone and now hundreds of thousands of people live on the lands and the past is totaly forgoten and only what the local history has put in books but so much is missing especialy the early 1800's and prior , there is so much left and lost and or the people from those early families are gone long ago , this vlog is so cool to learn about the early pre graceland and how it was and 3 ruths omg a spoiled cow ! lol i have to watch this vlog 3 times theres so much going on
It’s jam packed! Thanks for watching
Elviis. Had. A. Lot. Of. Decorating. Done. At. Graceland's. Over. The. Years.
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Great video! Very interesting and lots of good historical information. I’m now a subscriber. Thanks for posting.
Welcome to the channel! Thank you, so glad you enjoyed this one :)
Great video Ashley. But are you sure it was 41462 thousand dollars?🙂😉. Just kidding but that will make a great blooper. Thanks you.
Very sure! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing the history of graceland the second most visit home beside the white house.god bless you young lady,❤The GOAT 💯☝👍👌🇵🇷🇺🇸🎸🎵🎼🎶🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I loved creating this so I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Christine! Thank you for watching!
So cool to see inside Graceland before Elvis. Ruth, Ruth, Ruth !
So many Ruths!!!! Haha! Glad you thought it was interesting!
Excellent video Ashley, thank you so much for sharing
Thanks Sue! ⚡️
Wow😮 that was very interesting Ashley 🤔
I liked that Graceland Herenford sing on the Barn 😊 to didn't know that Graceland once had a 25 Acer pond on the property 🤔 before Elvis, I did hear about the cattle and some other farm animals and 600+Acer's that Graceland mansion once stood on....cool beans 😊
Thanks for watching!
It’s a wonder that gentleman wasn’t buried on the Graceland property! Hummm. Do you know where any of the Toof family buried?
Grace is buried at a historic cemetery in Memphis that’s beautifully maintained
Oh wow!
That was so interesting!
Quite remarkable and very fitting that it should become Elvis's home. Some things are just meant to be aren't they.
Thanks again Ashley for another amazing video and pictures.
Yes, some things are meant to be! Thanks Lulu
Glad to meet another Elvis fan! Great video!!❤
Hey girl, happy to meet another fan! Thanks for tuning in ☺️
I enjoy your videos very much always very informative
Thanks so much Bert!
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Yay thank you! 🇧🇪
I wonder how much Elvis knew about it being designed for music ? Or perhaps Gladys when they looked at it for sale? I would like to think Gladys and Elvis both knew it was built fir music!
I wonder, too!
The plans were given to Dr Dyer of Houston Mississippi. The only thing he couldn't do was use the multi color brick outside. In Houston the house is red brick. Beautiful
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Ashley you did it again! Great story on the Moores. I'd love to watch that video of Ruth's interview wouldn't you? Love the history of Graceland ~~❤
So happy you enjoyed this one! It was a blast to create. Thanks, Diane!
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I have seen some of these old “pre Elvis” photos of Graceland. I always felt that the property looked better before Elvis bought it … but, given the growth of Memphis around Graceland, the house would probably been razed long ago and either subdivided for housing or used for commercial purposes. Elvis likely saved it by purchasing it but I think he largely outgrew it quickly and probably should have moved into a larger home on more property (that would have given him more space and privacy) by the early 1960s but he probably would have (or did) refused to because this was his mother’s final home.
This as a lot of fun to create, thanks for watching!
A very interesting history of "Graceland." Thanks for sharing it.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks a lot Robert
Thank you so much for this! Such a wonderful video! So interesting and so much has been learnt x
Thank you, Johnny! Happy you enjoyed it!
Another amazing video! That sketch of Graceland is amazing... but is it me or is the sketch of Grace herself a little scary, lol. So much wonderful information and history you uncover for us... enjoyed that immensely! Thanks for your hard work Ashley.
LOL unfortunately it’s the only one out there and she’s so spooky!
Yay thank you so much! ⚡️
@@ashleysadventures I have no doubt you tried your best for Graceland's name sake, lol.
I like Elvis idea or ,Linda’s whoever , of the beautiful peacocks stained glass! Another fun video Ashley! I love the history of that old house!
You know my grandmother died in her house in Austin and I’ve heard there’s ghost of a old lady
That wanders in it! It was the only home my grand parents had for a very long time
After they left the farm in Roundrock Texas. It wouldn’t surprise me if it were my grandmother.
She was a lovely stylish woman for her time who made beautiful clothes for herself and us when we were children. A lovely old Swede woman.
She’s just remaining where she loved to be ❤️
I am married a Moore who is Irish and Very Happy she was always active and I am Glad she.had music in her life as well as being into fishing and knowing about cattle too she was really well traveled knew much and Very Happy she’s a Christian too I think she was Happier than Elvis was wish she could have influenced him!!
Thank you for watching! ⚡️
This is a super research! Thank you very much. Graceland is a mesmerizing feature of Memphis in its own right and you show it by giving an insight into its history.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Your research on the Presley home is phenomenal. Really behind the scenes historical facts. Many thanks for this
I really appreciate that and thrilled you enjoy it!
You are the undisputed champion of Graceland History. Thank you so much. As I said on your Face Book piece that picture with the women off to the left kind of creeps me out.
Wow, thats so nice thank you! I just love Graceland so much and hope that in sharing it, other fans can geek out with me.
Haha definitely the creepiest Graceland pic!
The history of Graceland is very interesting and the family who lived there .The Moore family love getting to know thing that I would have never
Known about Elvis thanks Ashley
So glad it was helpful! Thanks Brenda
hey in your other video, the one where you talk about Graceland with an architect, there is a odd image of a woman in one of the old photos of the interior of the house, shown 2-3 minutes into the video, and you couldn’t explain the image- the figure standing in the corner is this lady - Grace touf- 0:54 who owned the property originally in the late 1800’s - it is a fake image that someone doctored onto the photo
No it’s real and likely a bust. It was published in the newspaper in 1940
I thought it was interesting that Elvis covered the glass block walls of the music room with curtains because he didn't like the glass blocks. He did the same thing with the wall at the top of the stairs.
He sure did! Thanks for watching!
I did enjoy it allot! I like the way Graceland looks today too. I just didn’t like those
Square blocks glass things! It reminds me of a old gas station that had them in its windows in Austin as a child!
Lol! Elvis hated them, too! Thanks for watching
That was really fun to watch, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Mustang
Very interesting all the small details you put into every video. I can agree with how Grace felt visiting her childhood home and it not feeling the memories she had growing up there.
Thank for watching! Grace herself actually died before Graceland was built but her great niece Ruth grew up there ✌️
Great job Ashley thank you for this video love the history. I want to know all i can about Elvis and Graceland
Hey Charlotte, you and me both! I just can’t get enough either. Thanks so much, I have tons more on the way!
@ma ma jo Scott, yeah, we couldn't do it in one trivia night for sure. What great history ~ ❤
Can you imagine!! lol
Very interesting thanks for sharing Ashley 😁
Happy you enjoyed it, thank you Branka!
Fabulous before pix... love them!
Aren't they so cool! Thanks for watching!
Wow Ashley you have found a gem with this one very interesting of the history of this beautiful home and the people that owned it before Elvis I think it was meant to be that elvis brought this home and it was a musical family lived there so glad that elvis brought this house so glad that Ruth got to visit the house her home I bet it brought lots of memories back for her
I definitely agree that it was meant to be for Elvis! So glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
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Great piece, just watched it. Trivia is going to be tough one tonight.
Haha true.. you got this! 💪
Great video..Thank you for the info!!
Absolutely, thank you Vickey!
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thank you for watching! ⚡️
thanks for all your hard work !! can't wait for part 2😀
woo hoo! Thanks guss!
Thank u I so enjoyed it the pics wear awsum
Thank you Cinda!
Wonder if it would still be there if Elvis did not buy it.
Great point!
How was Graceland heated, prior & after It became the Elvis home ?
Graceland has central heating + a few fireplaces
Thanks for watching
@@ashleysadventures back inThe 50’s & 60’s it had to be oil, maybe
Este capítulo no lo había visto, es fantástico ver cómo era la casa y como era su gente antes de comprarla Elvis.... fantástico vídeo!!!😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Just brilliant - fascinating!
Thanks a lot, Lance!
Very interesting!
Glad you think so! Thanks, I like your name
a great history lesson !!! :)
Thanks for tuning in, Nancy!
I loved the story so interesting
Happy you enjoyed it, thank you Donna!
Excellent video. Well researched and all the information was laid out so smoothly even a country boy like me could keep up.
LOL! I was worried it was too jam packed and bland so thank you for saying that, Stephen!
Another TOTALLY AWESOME AND INTERESTING VIDEO ASHLEY! YOU NEVER FAIL TO DISAPOINT! TCB AND GOD BLESS
Aww I’m so happy you enjoyed it! I was excited to create this one. Thank you Anita!
@@ashleysadventures Oh you're so welcome! Keep them coming! TCB!!!!
This was very interesting.
Thanks a lot, Betty!
Loved the video Ashley , great job on your detective work ☺️
Awesome! Thank you, Ian!
Interesting - must visit!
Thanks for watching!