A bunch of pregnant women carrying Elvis impersonators colonized what we know as Mississippi, so that their babies could impersonate the King, right down to his state of birth.
They established a capital and named it after the first one to give birth, Lisa-Marie Jackson.
The rest of the state was named after the other mothers-to-be: Barbara Biloxi, Annie Tupelo, Martha Vicksburg, Janet Meridian, Holly Springs, Bella Westpoint, Lois Yazoocity, ...
