Elvis Comes to Texas and Goes Home the King

Eighty- eight thousand paying customers packed the Astrodome on Mar. 3, 1974 for Elvis Presley’s two soldout performances, his last at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. “He went off to Texas and came home famous,” Elvis’ mother once marveled early in her son’s incredible career. The Lone Star State was not only his launching pad to stardom, but also where the King of Rock and Roll got his…