The Murfreesboro Post, June 1, 2013 Quick thinking by Murfreesboro firefighters save Cannonsburgh’s “Telephone House” from a fire Saturday morning, according to a press release from Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue department. Firefighters from District 1 responded to the fire just after 6:30 Saturday morningat Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village located at 312…
The Murfreesboro Post, May 30, 2013 A stretch of Route 266 will be named after Rutherford County Historian Ernest Johns in honor of his service to the community, officials recently announced. Rutherford County Historian Ernest Johns was presented with a proclamation May 20 by state Rep. Mike Sparks in honor…
The Murfreesboro Post, May 25, 2013 1. April 18, 1887 – A powerful F-4 storm moved through Lewis, Maury, Williamson, Davidson and Rutherford counties. The 40-mile path left 10 dead and 50 injured. 2. April 10, 2009 – An EF-4 tornado tore a 23-mile path from Eagleville to Lascassas and caused more…
From the Nashville Banner, March, 21, 1913, Re-published in the Murfreesboro Post, May 25, 2013 Three lives reported lost in Murfreesboro catastrophe. ––––– Tennessee, swept a week ago by a storm, which wrought untold damage to property and exacted a toll of 20 lives, was again visited at an early…
The Murfreesboro Post, May 1, 2013 Stones River National Battlefield will present an encampment and living history programs this weekend at Fortress Rosecrans. These programs will help visitors understand the turbulent times of the Union occupation following the Battle of Stones River. During the winter and spring of 1863, the…
The Murfreesboro Post, April 1, 2013 Stones River National Battlefield presents ranger guided bicycle tours of Stones River National Battlefield at 9 a.m. Saturdays from April 6 through Oct. 26. Get healthy exercise, reduce your carbon footprint, and learn about the major Civil War battle that occurred here in late…
Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, March 24, 2013 Editor’s note: This is an article taken from “The Accent,” published Dec. 9, 1979. Funneling wind swept through Rutherford County and lightning and thunder crashed to awaken and scare residents the morning of March 21, 1913. “It came from the southwest…
Travis Swann, The Murfreesboro Post, March 14, 2013 Spring training has arrived early for a group of local Middle Tennessee baseball aficionados. When speaking of “early,” we’re talking about the early days of the 1860s. Beginning in May, the Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball will be in full swing…
DNJ, Mark Bell, Monday, March 11, 2013 GUM — The community could just as well be somewhere over the rainbow, but instead it’s just a few miles down the road from downtown Murfreesboro, off Manchester Pike and a little past Buchanan. The unincorporated Gum community in southeast Rutherford County is perhaps…
The Murfreesboro Post, March 11, 2013 In celebration of Women’s History Month, The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County will present “Sarah Childress Polk: First Lady of Style.” The featured speaker is Tom Price, curator of the James K. Polk Ancestral Home in Columbia, Tennessee. The free community heritage…