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Early Quilting in Rutherford County Heralds Ancestral Ties that Bind
September 4, 2020 Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal I have always been fascinated by quilting as an artistic expression in Rutherford County. Both my grandmother Emily Johns and great-grandmother Helen Johns of Smyrna hand-quilted all of their lives. The historical value of these treasures is highly valued as a…
Central High School, 1919-1944
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 1919-1944 was located on the westside of North Maple Street where the MTEMC (ed. 1986 this was the location of the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership, 2020 current location of Murfreesboro Housing Authority) building now stands. On February 9, 1917, the city and county jointly bought the old…
Mystery Marker Memorializes Rutherford Immigrants?
July 9, 2020, July/August Froe Chips, Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker Who were the immigrants and where in Rutherford County is this very substantial cast iron on natural stone marker? This “Immigrant Trail” marker stands at the front corner of the residence at 4949 Woodbury Pike east of Murfreesboro. Placement was apparently…
‘Words of Wisdom’, June 30, 1985
September 11, 1982 Smyrna Activity Center Annual Bean Dinner
The Smyrna Activity Center is celebrating fifty years in 2020 thus RCHS volunteer Frank Caperton has taken on a scanning project involving digitizing 100 (or more) photo albums filled with memories such as this!
Rutherford County soldiers in World War I
Central High School, 1915-1919
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL fall 1915-spring 1919 was a coeducational, public school housed in the old MOONEY School Building on East Main Street. The school is listed by name as CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL in the Biennial Report of Schools of Tennessee 1915-1916. A two-year high school, it became a four-year high…
Cannonsburgh Chapel-Tipperary School, 1915-1925
The Cannonsburgh Chapel in Murfreesboro was at one time TIPPERARY SCHOOL 1915-1925, a subscription school in District 3. It was on the south side of the present Waldron Road about one mile from the railroad in Lavergne. The TIPPERARY SCHOOL was first named GAMBILL SCHOOL in honor of School Director…
Bristol Nelson Physiological School, 1911-1949
BRISTOL NELSON PHYSIOLOGICAL SCHOOL 1911-1949 was located at 512 North Highland Ave., Murfreesboro. The site is shown on the 1878 Beers Map as the home of J. W. Ewing facing High Street and bordered by Burton Street and Liberty Pike. Not only is the building historic, but it has been…
Bradley School, Black 1884-1955
BRADLEY SCHOOL BL?CK 1884-1955 was a reorganization of BRADLEY ACADEMY for the exclusive use of Negroes. The school was located on the east side of S. Academy Street in Murfreesboro. The old BRADLEY ACADEMY building, which was used as a hospital during the war, was turned over to F. G.…
Central High School 1945 – Basketball
February 21, 1945, The Rutherford Courier Wow – look at some of the names from this newspaper clipping: Kneeling: Jack McHenry, James Carter, Collier Crichlow, Will Polk Allen and Nile McCrary. Standing: Jim Sprangler, Junior Cook, Richard Gannaway, Bill Nesbitt, Allen Prince and Butch Young.
Chiggers and Ticks Fight Over Their Next Food Source
July 10, 2020 July/August Frow Chips, RCHS Board Member and accomplished author Pettus Read It looks like July may be its usual self with hot days and the humidity around 125 percent, but which should be totally normal for us country types to be out struggling to get our hands…
American Federation of Government Employees Lodge 1892,
August 13, 1969 Daily News Journal Who remembers Director A.B. Buckner of the Rutherford County Rescue Squad? Leonard Reeves, Jerry Foran or P.B. Smith of the American Federation of Government Employees?
Crosslin and Victory at the Smyrna Senior Citizens’ Center, 1978
July 20, 1978, The Smyrna Senior Center, Smyrna, Tennessee Local historians such as the dedicated volunteers at the Rutherford County Historical Society LOVE treasures such as this!
The Old Children’s Discovery House
November 21, 2001, Children’s Discovery House Pictured are two of the three daughters of RCHS volunteer Frank Caperton, taken by the Daily News Journal, November 21, 2001 at the ‘old’ Children’s Discovery House once located at 503 North Maple Street.
Tom Hoover presents an amazing collection of Civil War Artifacts
The Order of Rainbow for Girls, c1960
August 12, 2020, Submitted by Local Historian Liz Merritt Bouma The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls is a service organization for girls between the ages of 11 and 20. This organization allows young ladies to build self confidence and leadership skills, all while serving their community.
Emily Butler, Daily News Journal, August 13, 1969
August 13, 1969, The Daily News Journal The Rutherford County Historical Society was gifted more than 10,000 photos and newspaper clippings from the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center late in 2018.
Bradley Academy, 1806-1884
BRADLEY ACADEMY 1806-1884 was first located near Colonel Rucker’s place and the present Veterans Administration Hospital on the east side of Lebanon Pike about four miles north of Murfreesboro. By 1811, BRADLEY ACADEMY had moved to Murfreesboro to a site northeast of the 1918 BRADLEY SCHOOL building on South Academy…
Kay Bowen, The Daily News Journal, August 13, 1969
August 13, 1969 The Daily News Journal The Rutherford County Historical Society was gifted more than 10,000 photos and newspaper clippings from the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center late in 2018.