Written by James L. Chrisman for the Rutherford County Historical Society publication no. 16, Winter, 1981 All of us who love to refresh and enlighten our minds by breaking away from the cares and tensions of the day, and glance back over the pages setting forth the history of the trials…
The following is from ‘Hearthstones, the story of historic Rutherford County Homes’, by Mary B. Hughes, 1942. The long train of wagons bearing supplies for the Federal army moved down the Nashville turnpike toward the little village of LaVergne. Now and then the steady crunching of the wheels rolling…
August 30, 2004, Doug Davis, The Daily News Journal Rutherford’s agricultural events remembered fondly, but lack of money, interest ended them Rutherford County once held weeklong agricultural fairs and some would like to see them return, but many feel the obstacles and competition would be too great. Some of those…