Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal, October 13, 2017 Murfreesboro’s new road plans will avoid cutting through John L. Batey’s 210-year-old family farm. “It’s a whole lot better proposal than what they had before,” said Batey, who operates a 400-acre farm raising hogs and crops on both sides of Baker…
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, October 8, 2017 Members of the local Mormon congregations gathered recently with St. Mark’s United Methodist Church parishioners for a labor-intensive project at the Stones River National Battlefield location off Northwest Broad Street. Battlefield staff members struggle to keep the national park as natural…
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, October 2, 2017 Last Friday (9/29/2017) a special historical marker was placed on the new Rutherford County parking garage built to accommodate the new Judicial Center. County Historian Greg Tucker noted this was to document the historical significance that piece of land has had on Murfreesboro.…
Freya Cartwright, September 27, 2017 Today, the Student Voice is meeting up with Dr. Louis Kyriakoudes of the history department and the Albert Gore Research Center. We’re talking college romance, the tobacco industry, and the experience of history through spoken and written records. Thanks for meeting up with the Voice!…
Rutherford County (Tennessee) Historian Greg Tucker, November 2, 2017 Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker gives a brief ‘history lesson’ each month at the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) City Council meeting. This month, Greg Tuckers shares how the Civil War impacted the Methodist churches of Rutherford County.
Published by the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, March 2004 Lisa Pruitt, former director of the MTSU Gore Center received a set of photos from a couple living in Colorado in 2003. The identity of the photographer is unknown yet the photos are thought to be the oldest photos of…
City of Murfreesboro, September 22, 2017 In September 1973, Murfreesboro built a new police station. The Rutherford County Historical Society placed a wooden box time capsule into the rear stairwell. RCHS president Frank Caperton had the honor to open the time capsule.
Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, September 19, 2017 Crews are demolishing 17 of the former Franklin Heights public housing buildings to clear room for the Doug Young Public Safety Training Center, an official said. “Five of the buildings will be kept,” Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Chief Mark Foulks said Tuesday. “Those five have…
Nancy DeGennaro, The Daily News Journal, September 1, 2017 Much of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County history since since 1937 has been documented by the legendary photographer, Dick Shacklett. Shacklett’s Photography, 105 South Church Street on the Murfreesboro Public Square, will celebrate its 80th birthday this weekend with an exhibit of…
The Murfreesboro Post, August 17, 2017 Sam Davis Home associates and Tennessee State Legislature admirers of Tiffany Johnson were able to surprise her August 7 with House Joint Resolution 523, recognizing Johnson for her work at the Sam Davis Home. Reps. Tim Rudd, Charles Sargent, Tim Wirgau, Dawn White, Bryan…