You know, we come across some fun and interesting items at the Rutherford County Historical Society. Everyday reminds me of Christmas. We opened a time capsule from September 27, 1973 at the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) Police Department this past September (September 22, 2017). We since have digitized a two-foot thick stack…
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, TN, November 10, 2017 Lascassas icon Ben “Buddy” Brown, Jr. has passed away. Brown and his wife Linda operated Brown’s Store on Lascassas Highway, a community meeting place, complete with regulars, gossipers and bologna sandwiches. Buddy and Linda operated the store from 1981 until the store closed…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, November 6, 2017 Brown’s Chapel Church is a diamond that sparkled in our county for more than 80 years. The original church for Blackman Methodists was built in 1876 and named Brown’s Chapel to honor its first minister, Allison Brown. Brown’s Chapel Road also…
October 24, 1976, Sherry Hale, The Daily News Journal Do you believe in tales about the supernatural or do you think they are just silly stories conjured up by grandmothers and grandfathers to entertain the children? We may never know for sure if the spooky legends and ghost stories we…
Dan Epright, the Murfreesboro Post, October 24, 2017 Marty Luffman is a character, no two ways about it, and a Smyrna fixture with lots of irons in the fire. At least two of the State Farm Insurance agent’s irons are “shootin’ irons” as he competes in mounted shooting competitions, or at…
Greg Tucker, ‘Rutherford For Real’ Ed Note: ‘Rutherford for Real‘ is available through the Rutherford County Historical Society for only $20. It has been often said and written that Murfreesboro was first named ‘Cannonsburgh’. Technically, this is NOT correct. Indeed, the only location or entity in Rutherford County to ever…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, September 7, 2017 Beloved environmental advocate Bertha Chrietzberg of Murfreesboro has died. She was 97. Chrietzberg was instrumental in preserving some of what are now considered Rutherford County’s most popular natural resources, including the Stones River Greenway System. The analogy of planting seeds is a…
Murfreesboro City Television, September 6, 2017 Host John Hood interviews county historian Greg Tucker.
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, August 28, 2017 Ben McCulloch, a military maverick, was born in Jefferson on November 11, 1811. He gained fame in the Texas Revolution, Mexican War (as a Texas Ranger) and as a Confederate general in the Civil War. Ben’s parents were Maj. Alexander McCulloch…
