Muna 1819, John Overton, Andrew Jackson, naJames James Winchester vakagadzira guta reMemphis pachina cheChickasaw bluff.
Vakaona bluff senhare yakasikwa nevanopikisa, uyewo nharaunda chaiyo inopesana nemafashamo emuRwizi rwa Mississippi. Uyezve, nheyo yayo parutivi rwizi yakaita kuti ive nzvimbo yakanakisa uye nzvimbo yekutengesa. Pakutanga kwayo, Memphis yaiva nemakona mana akaenzana uye aiva nehuwandu hwe makumi mashanu. Mwanakomana waJakove Winchester, Marcus, akaitwa mutevedzeri wokutanga weguta racho.
Memphis 'vokutanga vaibva kune dzimwe nyika vaiva veIriland neGermany uye vaitarisirwa nehuwandu hwekukura kweguta pakutanga. Ava vatorwa vakazarura mabhizimisi, vakavaka vavakidzani, uye vakatanga machechi. Sezvo Memphis yakakura, varanda vakaunzwa kuti vawedzere kugadzira guta, kuvaka migwagwa uye zvivako nekurima munda - kunyanya minda yekotoni. Shanduro yekotoni yakabatsira zvikuru zvokuti vanhu vazhinji vakanga vasingadi kubvumirana kubva kuUnited States pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika, vasingadi kusiya mapato avo emakambani kumaodzanyemba kweUnited States.
Nevatenzi vemiriro vachivimba zvikuru nebasa revaranda, zvisinei, guta racho rakakamurwa.
Nokuda kwaro, Union ne Confederacy zvose zvakatsigira zvido zveguta racho. Memphis akashanda senzvimbo yekuchengetedza zvehondo kune Confederacy kusvikira kuSouth yakakundwa pakurwa kweShiro. Memphis yakazova hurukuro yehurumende yeGeneral Ulysses S.
Grant. Inogona kunge iri nekuda kwenzvimbo yaro inokosha iyo guta risina kuparadzwa sevamwe vakawanda panguva yeHondo Yenyika. Panzvimbo pezvo, Memphis yakanga ichiwedzera nehuwandu hwevanhu vanenge 55 000.
Pasina nguva refu mushure mehondo, zvisinei, guta racho raitambudzwa nehuvha fever epidemic yakauraya vanhu vanopfuura 5 000. Vamwewo 25 000 vakatiza kubva munzvimbo iyo uye nyika yeTennessee yakabvisa mutemo we Memphis muna 1879. Nzira itsva yekushambidza kwemvura uye kuwanikwa kwemiti yemasikisi inonzi ndeyekugumisa denda iro rakaparadza guta racho. Kwemakumi emakumi emakore akatevera, Makapi akavimbika uye akazvitsaurira akashandisa nguva yavo nemari yavo mukudzorera guta racho. Nokuvakazve hutengeshi hwekutengesa nekudzidzira mabhizinesi, guta racho rakava rimwe rematambudziko uye rakabudirira zvikuru kuSouth.
Muma1960, kurwisana kwekodzero dzevanhu muMemphis kwakauya kune musoro. Vashandi vehutsanana vanoita basa rekutsvaga mararamiro akaita kuti hurumende iwane kodzero dzakasiyana uye nehurombo. Kurwisana kwakakonzera Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. kuti vashanyire guta, achiunza naye nyika nyika yezvinetso zvinotarisana nevaduku nevarombo. Panguva yekushanya kwake, Mambo akaurayiwa pabhandi reLorraine Motel apo aive achitaura neboka revanhu.
Iko motel yakave yakashandurwa kuva National Civil Rights Museum.
Mukuwedzera kuMusimusi, dzimwe shanduko dzinogona kuonekwa kumativi ese Memphis. Guta iye zvino ndiyo imwe yenyika yakanyanya kuparadzanisa nzvimbo uye iri musha kune imwe yenzvimbo dzakakura uye dzakanyatsogadzirirwa zvipatara zvemuhara. Downtown yakagamuchira chiso-lift uye ikozvino iri kumba yeBeale Street yakagadziridzwa, Mud Island, FedEx Forum, uye misha yepamusoro, mabhii, uye mabhizinesi.
Muhupfumi hwavo hwose, Memphis akaona nguva dzekubudirira uye nguva dzekurwa. Kuburikidza nezvose, guta racho rakabudirira uye pasina mubvunzo unozviita munguva yemberi.