Wright’s Mill near Halls Hill Pike

J.N. Wright‘s Mill was located just off Halls Hill Pike behind the old Kerr‘s Grocery.  It collapsed in (c) 1978.  Note the dam constructed of timber. From ‘Pictures and the Stories they Tell‘, the Rutherford County Historical Society. From Denise Johnson: “I thought some of the more recent folks that…

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Nice’s Mill

Between Murfreesboro and Smyrna, just to the east of today’s US Hwy. 41 (Nashville Hwy.) sits Nice’s Mill.  Nice’s Mill was once known as Ward‘s Mill.  Mr. J.E. Nice, Sr. and son J.E. Nice, Jr. came to Rutherford County from Coffee County circa 1923 and purchased Ward‘s Mill near the…

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Old Log Home on Old Nashville Hwy.

This old log home is located just south of the Stones River United Methodist Church on the Old Nashville Hwy., and approximately 1/3 of a mile north of the historic entrance to the Stones River National Battlefield.      

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Loafer’s Rest, Smyrna, TN

This photo was taken looking southeast, towards Murfreesboro down old Highway 41 (Old Nashville Hwy.) near the intersection of of Rock Springs Road.  Note the white sign in the right side of Old Nashville Hwy., “Sam Davis Home’.

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