The Linebaugh Library & MTSU History Department, Spring 2009 Murfreesboro’s Linebaugh Library and the Middle Tennessee State University Department collaborated on a tri-fold brochure regarding the Great Depression’s ‘New Deal‘ in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Mike West, The Murfreesboro Post, September 20, 2009 Millionaire couple helped save Judy Garland’s dad – The Murfreesboro Post In the turn of the 20th century days, a millionaire husband and wife dominated the social scene in Murfreesboro. Tempe Swoope and George M. Darrow were their names. Neither were Rutherford…
The Murfreesboro Post, September 13, 2009 The Heritage Partnership of Rutherford County invites everyone to Get To Know Rutherford with an opportunity to celebrate the county’s collective stories of the unique people, places and things. This annual three-day event will be a free public event where we will gather, tell…
August 6, 2009, The Murfreesboro Post Evergreen Cemetery is offering a $1,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individuals responsible for vandalizing headstones in Evergreen Cemetery earlier this week. A few of the desecrated stones have been cleaned and crews are working to restore the…
The Murfreesboro Post, August 9, 2009 The Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center in Murfreesboro is starting a new project to record all of the African American cemeteries in Rutherford County. This unprecedented project has never been accomplished before, and we feel a strong urgency to record those that have…
Carol White, The Murfreesboro Post, July 25, 2009 Is Watkins Cemetery in Further Danger? In addition to being overgrown and having stones down, Watson Cemetery may be in further danger. Watkins cemetery is located just off Memorial Road at Cedar View Drive. It’s such a peaceful little family cemetery. The…
Mike West, The Murfreesboro Post, April 19, 2009 Next to Stones River National Battlefield, the Sam Davis Home in Smyrna is probably the most interesting and best-preserved Civil War site in Rutherford County. Born on Oct. 6, 1842 in Rutherford County, Sam Davis grew up in the upper middle class…
The Murfreesboro Post, April 3, 2009 Stones River National Cemetery: The federal government established Stones River National Cemetery by means of an order issued by Major Gen. George H. Thomas to Brig. Gen. Horatio Van Cleve on March 29, 1864. Assistant Quartermaster Captain John Means selected the site, designed the…
The Murfreesboro Post, March 11, 2009 During the month of April, Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center will present The African American Female Experience, which is a month-long celebration of the African American female and the essence of who she is. The African American female has suffered, endured, struggled, and…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor, February 1, 2009 Col. Robert M. Martin looked the part of a Confederate war hero. He was one of Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s stalwarts who stood 6-feet-tall with steely blue eyes and mustache and goatee. Martin, in his mid-20s, was…