Upcoming Events
Monday, August 19, 7:00PM
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Ransom School House Old School Remembrance Celebration, Saturday, September 14, 9AM till noon
Saturday, September 17, 12:30PM – Board Meeting
Preserve and Promote OUR local history!
Sylvester Chambers, Master Clock Maker
Monday, September 16, 2019, Rutherford County Archive Sylvester Chambers has been a member of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors since (1985). Sylvester has a broad range of experience in collecting, building and repairing mechanical clocks of all makes, especially antique clocks. He has been repairing clocks for…
Blue Raider Bridge nods to ‘town-and-gown’ partnership with MTSU, Rutherford County
September 5, 2019, Nancy DeGennaro, The Daily News Journal “Bridge Over Broad” was christened Blue Raider Bridge in a special ceremony Thursday that welcomed local, state and Middle Tennessee State University dignitaries. Blue Raider Bridge, the name chosen as a nod to MTSU’s Blue Raider mascot, is representative of the…
Former La Vergne Mayor A.C. Puckett dies
September 5, 2019, Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal LA VERGNE — Former Mayor A.C. Puckett, a founder for the La Vergne government, died Wednesday, the city reported. He was 94. “His impact on the city is huge, being one of our city’s founding fathers,” Mayor Jason Cole said in the news…
Holloway High School Marking
August 24, Holloway High School, Murfreesboro, TN Saturday saw a crowd of more than 200 celebrate the old Holloway High School. Holloway High School, aka, ‘The School on the Hill’, was so much more than a school. Holloway was a place of empowerment for the African American community.
Developers granted $6M tax deal to help fund garage for Murfreesboro church project
August 28, 2019, Daily News Journal, Scott Broden Developers obtained a $6 million property tax break agreement Wednesday to help fund a public parking garage as part of the mixed-use redevelopment of a historic downtown Murfreesboro church. “We are extremely excited about this project,” said Brian Davis, president and chief…
1982 – Auctioneer Larry Sims
July 16, 1982, The Daily News Journal Larry sims looking fine in this 1982 Daily News Journal photo. You never know what – or who – we will come across when we research a topic.
Jack Hinson’s One Man War
August 19, 2019, Rutherford County Archive More than 110 attendees enjoyed the narrative of Jack Hinson of Civil War fame Monday night at the Rutherford County Archive Building, 435 Rice Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Judge Ben Hall McFarlin shared how Jack Hinson of Dover, Tennessee was never a man with whom…
1954 Murfreesboro Community Concert Association
From the collection of Ernie Johns, November 9, 1954 The Murfreesboro Community Concert Association was organized March 11, 1931. P.A. Lyon was elected as the first president with other officers including vice president J.A. Kirtley, Mrs, Clarence Bruner (also listed as Vice President), C.B. Bell as treasurer, and Mrs, john…
2019 Blue Raider Sports Hall of Fame: Jimmy Martin
August 8, 2019, www.GoBlueRaiders.com, Josh Vardaman, MT Athletic Communications MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – In 1971, Middle Tennessee State University started construction on a brand new, 11,500-seat basketball arena to house the Blue Raiders’ budding men’s basketball program (the women’s program didn’t start until 1975). To help make the first year in their new…
Monday, August 19, 7:00PM
Monday, August 19, Rutherford County Archive, 435 Rice Street: Judge Ben Hall McFarlin will share the story of Civil War sharpshooter Jack Hinson and how Mr. Hinson’s one-of-a-kind Civil War rifle made its way to Rutherford County…
Ransom School House Old School Remembrance Celebration, Saturday, September 14, 9AM till noon
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Saturday, September 14, 9AM till noon at the historic Ransom School House – the Ransom School House Old School Remembrance Celebration! Come and join us at the Historic Ransom School House for a class reunion! View Miss Eliza Ransom’s classroom of days gone by. Bring your yearbooks and/or school pics…
Saturday, September 17, 12:30PM – Board Meeting
Saturday, September 17, 12:30PM, Ransom School House – RCHS Board meeting All members in good standing are invited to the bi-monthly RCHS Board meeting.
Oldest county resident, 107, honored
August 5, 2019, The Murfreesboro Post, Jason Reynolds Rutherford County’s oldest known resident, at age 107, was honored with several proclamations and a reception at NHC Murfreesboro recently. Martha Etta Dudney Jones on July 25, Centenarian Appreciation Day, was inducted into the Century Club of Rutherford County. She was presented…
The Old Goldstein’s and Murfreesboro Bank and Trust Buildings on the Square Saved from the Wrecking Ball
August 1, 2019, WGNS Radio The old Murfreesboro Bank and Trust building that most recently housed the Rutherford County District Attorney’s office may soon be purchased. The building is vacant since the county built the new Judicial Center and moved the courts. Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron stated… Another building…
Happy Hill Remembered
Wendi Watts, the Daily News Journal, February 22, 1995 Black education changed through the years in Rutherford County Black Education in Rutherford County has gone through a lot of changes in the past 50 years. In the 1930s and 1940s, Thelma Marie Turrentine Marshall went to class in a one-room…
Medlock Baptism on the Stones River near Salem Pike
July 23, 2019, Bill Jakes From Bill Jakes: “I was given this wonderful photo by a cousin today. It was supposedly taken shortly after a family member’s funeral so it is believed to be from April of 1947. The preacher who performed these creek baptisms was Woodrow Medlock.”
The First Battle of Murfreesboro at Oaklands Mansion
July 13, 2019, Oaklands Mansion, Murfreesboro, Tennessee The time was 0400, 13 July, 1862. The place was the Maney Plantation, north of the sleepy town of Murfreesborough, Tennessee. Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest used surprise, daring and military genius to surprise and defeated the 9th Michigan in the shadow of Oaklands…
Local couple wants to turn Marymont Mansion into a wine bar
July 9, 2019, Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Voice Marymont Mansion may be getting a new lease on life. Local couple Jeff and Sherri Brown want to turn the historic house into Black Crow Wine Bar. Built in the 1860s, the antebellum home has slipped through many fingers and into decline…
Rocky Fork’s Dustin Brannon named state history teacher of the year
July 10, 2019, WGNS Radio Dustin Brannon always knew he was going to be a teacher. He just did not always know he was going to teach history. More specifically, the Murfreesboro native didn’t know he was going to teach eighth-grade history, but he had two younger sisters and he…
Interview at Monkey woman Bridge
July 8, 2019 Scott Broden of the Daily News Journal interviewed Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker at ‘Monkey Woman Bridge’ at Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village. More on ‘Monkey Woman Bridge: Monkey Woman Bridge, June 15, 1957 A piece of Smyrna folklore: The legend of ‘Monkey Woman Bridge’