Category: Rutherford History in the News
Harber’s History Lesson: Fosterville once thrives with turnpike and railroad
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, Sunday, May 31, 2015 Fosterville, also known as Jordan’s Valley, brims with 182 years of a long, deep history; yet we will glimpse into the earliest days of the community and explore the tragedy and triumph. The community is in the southernmost section of Rutherford…
General guest speaker at ceremony
Stones River National Battlefield getting bigger
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, May 24, 2015 MURFREESBORO – For more than 80 years, Murfreesboro residents have had a national park in their backyard. And it just got bigger. Recently the Civil War Trust purchased two tracts of land, approximately 2 acres total in size, which will help protect…
Remembering a Hero: A Fallen Marine
ruNancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, May 24, 2015 MURFREESBORO – Choking back tears, biting his upper lip, 8-year-old Christian Golczynski looks into the eyes of the Marine colonel who hands the boy the folded American flag that was draped over his father’s coffin. That moment of strength was captured…
Harber’s History Lesson: Sam Davis’ Brothers also suffered Losses
MTSU receives $80K from Historic Preservation Fund
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, May 10, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Several programs at Middle Tennessee State University were awarded Historic Preservation Fund grants, which were announced Thursday by Gov. Bill Haslam and the T ennessee Historical Commission. “Protecting Tennessee’s historic places is critical to preserving our state’s heritage,” Haslam said in…
Harber’s history Lesson: Forrest overcame personal hardship to gain Civil War fame
Central Magnet School Exhibit is open till the end of the school year
(excerpts from the Daily News Journal, February 7, 2015, www.dnj.com/story/news/local/2015/02/07/central-magnet-seeks-connections/23061923/) Murfreesboro native and Central Middle School graduate Dr. Bren Martin of MTSU’s history department has collaborated with the faculty and staff of Central Magnet School to create an exhibit celebrating the history of the old Central High School and Central Middle…
Just over the hill to Gilsville! Gil’s Ace Hardware founded in 1975 celebrates 40th anniversary
Harber’s History Lesson: Fosterville once thrives with turnpike and railroad

Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, Sunday, May 31, 2015 Fosterville, also known as Jordan’s Valley, brims with 182 years of a long, deep history; yet we will glimpse into the earliest days of the community and explore the tragedy and triumph. The community is in the southernmost section of Rutherford…
General guest speaker at ceremony
Stones River National Battlefield getting bigger

Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, May 24, 2015 MURFREESBORO – For more than 80 years, Murfreesboro residents have had a national park in their backyard. And it just got bigger. Recently the Civil War Trust purchased two tracts of land, approximately 2 acres total in size, which will help protect…
Remembering a Hero: A Fallen Marine

ruNancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, May 24, 2015 MURFREESBORO – Choking back tears, biting his upper lip, 8-year-old Christian Golczynski looks into the eyes of the Marine colonel who hands the boy the folded American flag that was draped over his father’s coffin. That moment of strength was captured…
Harber’s History Lesson: Sam Davis’ Brothers also suffered Losses
MTSU receives $80K from Historic Preservation Fund

Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, May 10, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Several programs at Middle Tennessee State University were awarded Historic Preservation Fund grants, which were announced Thursday by Gov. Bill Haslam and the T ennessee Historical Commission. “Protecting Tennessee’s historic places is critical to preserving our state’s heritage,” Haslam said in…
Harber’s history Lesson: Forrest overcame personal hardship to gain Civil War fame
Central Magnet School Exhibit is open till the end of the school year

(excerpts from the Daily News Journal, February 7, 2015, www.dnj.com/story/news/local/2015/02/07/central-magnet-seeks-connections/23061923/) Murfreesboro native and Central Middle School graduate Dr. Bren Martin of MTSU’s history department has collaborated with the faculty and staff of Central Magnet School to create an exhibit celebrating the history of the old Central High School and Central Middle…