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Preserve and Promote OUR local history!
Smyrna/La Vergne History Series
Smyrna Outdoor Adventure Center, Smyrna, Tennessee, February 2, 2019 Today saw 61 attendees at our first Smyrna/La Vergne History Series. The topics were wide and varied – and VERY enjoyable!
Remnants of Fortress Rosecrans on Medical Center Pkwy.
February 2, 2019, Frank Caperton & Eddie Smotherman RCHS member and retired Chief Ranger of the Stones River National Battlefield Gib Backlund recently invited Murfreesboro City Council Member and RCHS Board member Eddie Smotherman, Chief Ranger Jim Lewis of the Stones River National Battlefield, Scott Broden of the Daily news…
Monday, March 18, 5:30PM
Monday, March 18, 5:30PM, Oaklands Mansion, 900 North Maney Ave.: Our annual Show & Tell dinner banquet. Bring a piece of YOUR local history! Cost is only $15 per person which included dinner. Please click here to buy your ticket today!
Late Doug Young Honored at Murfreesboro City Schools Gala
iframe> January 30, 2019, Murfreesboro City TV Channel 3 Late Vice Mayor Doug Young was honored at the 2019 Excellence in Education Gala. We hope you enjoy the video from this year’s event.
Video Day at the Benevolent Cemetery (South Church Street)
Frank Caperton, January 28, 2019 Michael Nevills of Murfreesboro’s City TV 3 is producing a piece regarding the history and importance of the ‘Benevolent Cemetery’ located on South Church. The video will air on Murfreesboro City TV Channel 3 in February. I met Michael at the Benevolent Cemetery and found…
The Human Fly and other stories from around the Rutherford County Courthouse
Mike West, The Daily News Journal, June 29, 1975 If the old courthouse clock could talk, think of the tales it could tell. A public hanging, the tragic demise of ‘The Human Fly’, and Nathan Bedford Forrest’s famous raid are only a few of the events the old brass clock…
County Courthouse improvement estimated at $563K
Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal, January 27, 2019 Landscapers started the initial work Saturday for an improvement project of the historic Rutherford County Courthouse, Mayor Bill Ketron said. ‘We’re just trying to make the Courthouse what she should be, the beautiful place that everybody respects and kind of one…
Wedding Dresses through the Decades at Oaklands Mansion
Michael Linn White, Murfreesboro City Channel 3, January 24, 2019 Murfreesboro CityTv’s Michael Linn White visits Oaklands Mansion and gets a quick tour of the very popular Wedding Dresses Through the Decades exhibit.
Interesting Laws from Early Murfreesboro
Rutherford County Historical Society Monthly Meeting, January 21, 2019 Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker shares a few interesting laws from early Murfreesboro…
WGNS Radio at the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center Patient Carnival, c1968?
Alvin C. York Hospital Collection, January 16, 2019 The Rutherford County Historical Society acquired thousands of photos from the Alvin C. York Veterans Hospital in December, 2018. Bart Walker of WGNS Radio helped identify Jerry Brown, WGNS Sales Manager Neil Lancaster, Carl Tipton (operating the equipment). We need your help…
WGNS Radio at the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center Patient Carnival
Alvin C. York Hospital Collection, January 14, 2019 The Rutherford County Historical Society acquired thousands of photos from the Alvin C. York Veterans Hospital in December, 2018. Bart Walker of WGNS Radio helped identify Jerry Brown and WGNS Sales Manager Neil Lancaster as the two gentlemen on the right. Can…
Monkey Woman Bridge, June 15, 1957
The Daily News Journal, June 15, 1957 You know, local history it is truly rewarding. Just today, we were browsing through the June 15, 1957 edition of the Daily News Journal and came across an article regarding ‘Monkey Woman Bridge’ as it stood on Almaville Road in 1957. The bridge…
Tank ‘N’ Tummy
Frank Caperton, January 2, 2019 Who remembers the ‘Tank ‘N’ Tummy’, later the Huddle House at the Buchanan Road Exit and I-24?
1972 Polk Hotel Ad
The Daily News Journal, October 3, 1972 The James K. Polk Hotel operated at 200 East Main Street, current site of SunTrust bank, from 1927 till razed in 1977.
Lookie what I found: The Bavarian Lounge, 1975
The Daily News Journal, March 30, 1975 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. Do YOU remember the old Bavarian Lounge once located at the Holiday Inn, Old Fort Pkwy. and I-24???
Sharing the ‘Dixie Dewdrop’ Story
Ken Beck, the Murfreesboro Post, December 26, 2018 “And now friends we present Uncle Dave Macon, the Dixie Dewdrop, with his plug hat, gold teeth, chin whiskers, gates-ajar color and that million-dollar Tennessee smile. Let her go Uncle Dave!” To his sons and grandchildren he was known as “Pap,” but…
Bonnie Golightly: Author still living in shadow of her name
Wendi Watts, The Daily News Journal, August 30, 1998 Did ‘Holly Golightly’ of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” fame have a Murfreesboro connection?
Lookie what I found: 1998 Junior Cotillions
The Daily News Journal, August 30, 1998 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. Do YOU recognize any from our recent history???
Lookie what I Found: Jason & Elise Simmons
The Daily News Journal, August 30, 1998 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. I was browsing through the August 30, 1998 edition of the DNJ and came across RCHS members Jason & Elise Simmons –…
Merry Christmas from the Ransom Rowdies!
December 21, 2018, Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Each Saturday morning a dedicated group of local historians gather at the Ransom School House for what we call ‘Coffee & Conversation’. We call the regulars the ‘Ransom Rowdies‘. Stop by one Saturday morning and you too entered…