Ngo-1819, uJohn Overton, u-Andrew Jackson, noJames Winchester basungula umuzi waseMemphis ngesine sesine-Chickasaw bluff.
Babona ukuthi i-bluff iyinqaba yemvelo ngokumelene nabahlaseli, kanye nomgoqo wemvelo ngokumelene nozamcolo eMfuleni iMisissippi. Ukwengeza, iphuzu layo emfuleni lenza kube yindawo enhle yokuthutha kanye nendawo yokuhweba. Ekuqaleni kwawo, iMemphis yayinezingqimba ezine futhi yayinabantu abangamashumi amahlanu. Indodana kaJacob Winchester, uMarcus, yenziwa ngumbusi wokuqala womuzi.
Abafuduki bokuqala baseMemphis babengabokuzalwa base-Irish naseJalimane futhi babephethe ubuningi bokukhula komuzi. Laba basuki bavula amabhizinisi, wakha izindawo, futhi baqala amasonto. Njengoba i-Memphis ikhula, izigqila zalethwa ukuze zithuthukise umuzi, zakha imigwaqo nezakhiwo kanye nokulima umhlaba - ikakhulukazi amasimu ekotini. Ukuhweba ukotini kwaba nenzuzo kangangokuthi abantu abaningi abazange bafune ukuphuma eNyunyana ekuqaleni kweMpi Yombango, bengathandi ukuyeka imikhonto yabo embonini enyakatho ye-United States.
Njengoba abanikazi bezitshalo bexhomeke kakhulu emisebenzini yesigqila, nokho, idolobha lahlukaniswa.
Ngenxa yendawo yayo, i-Union kanye ne-Confederacy bobabili bafaka izimangalo kulo muzi. UMemphis wayesebenza njengezempi ephethe i-Confederacy kuze kube yilapho iSouth ihluliwe empini yaseShilo. UMemphis waba yindlunkulu yeNyunyana kaGeneral Ulysses S.
Isibonelelo. Kungenzeka ngenxa yendawo yayo ebalulekile ukuthi idolobha alibhujiswa njengabanye abaningi ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango. Esikhundleni salokho, i-Memphis yayikhulume nabantu abangaba ngu-55 000.
Kungakabiphi emva kwempi, lo muzi wawuhlushwa isifo se-yellow fever esabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-5 000. Abanye abangu-25 000 babalekela endaweni futhi isimo saseTennessee sichitha isivumelwano sikaMemis ngo-1879. Uhlelo olusha lokuthuthwa kwamanzi kanye nokutholakala kwemithombo yobuciko buchazwa ngokuqeda lesi sifo esasiqothule idolobha. Emashumini ambalwa ambalwa alandelayo, ama-Memphians athembekile futhi azinikezele athengisa isikhathi sabo nemali ekubuyiseni umuzi. Ngokuvuselela ukuhweba ukotini nokuthuthukisa amabhizinisi, umuzi waba omunye wababi kakhulu futhi ocebile kakhulu eNingizimu.
Ngawo-1960, umzabalazo wamalungelo omphakathi eMemphis wafika enhloko. Isiteleka sabasebenzi bezokuhlanza amanzi sabangela umkhankaso wamalungelo alinganayo nokulwa nobubha. Umzabalazo wabangela uDkt. Martin Luther King, Jr. ukuba avakashele umuzi, ephethe ukunakekelwa kukazwelonke ezinkingeni ezibhekene nabancane nabampofu. Phakathi nokuvakasha kwakhe, iNkosi yabulawa emgodini weLorraine Motel lapho ekhuluma nesixuku.
I-motel isuke ishintshiwe yaba yiMicrosoft Rights Rights Museum.
Ngaphandle kweMyuziyamu, ezinye izinguquko zingabonwa yonke iMemphis. Idolobha manje liyisinye sezikhungo zokusabalalisa kakhulu kunazo zonke futhi likhaya kwelinye lezikhungo zezokwelapha zesifundazwe esikhulu kakhulu kunazo zonke. I-Downtown ithole ukuphakanyiswa ubuso futhi manje isendaweni yeBeale Street, i-Mud Island, i-FedEx Forum, namakhaya ase-upscale, ama-galleries, nama-boutiques.
Kuwo wonke umlando wayo ocebile, uNomphis ubonile izikhathi zokuchuma kanye nezikhathi zomzabalazo. Ngalokhu konke, idolobha liye lakhula futhi ngokuqinisekile lizokwenza esikhathini esizayo.