As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Erin Edgemon, Business Editor, March 9, 2009 A greeting card sent in 1953 wishing the president and the entire State Farm Insurance corporation a Merry Christmas sealed the deal to bring the first major white-collar employer to Murfreesboro. But it wasn’t a normal Christmas…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor, March 9, 2008 Editor’s note: This is the final part of a series on the major points of the Battle of Stones River. It was a bitterly cold New Year’s Eve and the wounded from the Battle of Stones River…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West, Managing Editor, March 2, 2008 Editor’s Note: To put our ongoing coverage of the Civil War in perspective, here is a brief recounting of the Battle of Stones River hitting upon some key points. Why fight at Murfreesboro? Only 2,500 people lived…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, December 21, 2007 U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has secured federal funding to protect green spaces and wetlands in Rutherford County. Legislation passed by Congress includes $1.8 million to complete ecosystem restoration work on the grounds of the Oaklands Historic House Museum and protect the…
Erin Edgemon, The Murfreesboro Post, December 16, 2007 Little is known about a marker erected in memory of a Revolutionary War soldier located just 20 feet from South Church north of Barfield Crescent Road. No one living seems to know when this marker, erected by the Midland, Texas Chapter of…
Murfreesboro Post, November 6, 2007 ParkTrust Development, a local community developer since 1974, was recently honored with the 2007 Statewide Preservation Award given by the Tennessee Preservation Trust. ParkTrust received the award for its preservation of the Marymont House located on Rucker Lane in Murfreesboro. The Tennessee Preservation Trust (TPT)…
Kay Morrow, The Murfreesboro Post, November 1, 2007 The Heritage Partnership of Rutherford County partnered with Boy Scout Troop 374 in the Blackman community to clean up a local overgrown cemetery. One of the county’s well known archeologists, Dan Allen, directed the boys to ensure the cemetery and headstones were…
The Murfreesboro Post, October 30, 2007 Rutherford County state legislators presented a $50,000 grant to the Bradley Academy Museum recently. The funds will help renovate the museum. From left are board member Linda Hardymon, state Rep. Kent Coleman, board member Margaret Davis, state Sen. Jim Tracy, board chair Katie Wilson,…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Michelle Willard, Managing Editor, October 25, 2007 Local historians and civic leaders wished Rutherford County a happy 204th birthday Thursday morning at the historic courthouse. “It’s just an exciting day for Rutherford County and the Heritage Partnership to celebrate to county’s history,” said Kay…
By Michelle Willard, Murfreesboro Post, October 21, 2007 Four historic Murfreesboro buildings are honored by the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities (APTA) today. The APTA will place markers outside the East Main Street homes of Matt and Pat Ward, Jim and Marietta Bishop and APTA Rutherford County Chapter…