BLACK HISTORY MONTH Bradley hosts conversations, music and photo exhibit The Daily News Journal , January 29, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center, 415 S. Academy St., is hosting events during February in observation of Black History Month. The month-long celebration features discussions of Brown v. The Board…
During the Celebration of Life for Frank Caperton Rutherford County Historical Society President Pettus Read announced that the organization’s board of directors recently voted to honor Caperton with creating a special Media and Research Room at Ransom School. Caperton was an avid photographer of Rutherford County events and had wanted…
During the Celebration of Life for Frank Caperton Rutherford County Historical Society President Pettus Read announced that the organization’s board of directors recently voted to honor Caperton with creating a special Media and Research Room at Ransom School. Caperton was an avid photographer of Rutherford County events and had wanted…
May 1, 2022, Carol Robertson White Barbara Jean Smith was in fifth grade when the death of her Grandmother Dorothy prompted her family’s move into her grandparent’s home in Nashville. Letters, photographs, scraps of fabric and hats were all left behind for Barbara to experience as a child. Fascination with…
March 8, 2022, Local Historian Carol Robertson White The Rutherford County Historical Society gets many requests from various people researching genealogy, photos, and places in Rutherford County and Tennessee. Some people that contact the society will ask specific questions on the services we offer, request copies of specific images, pages…
March 6, 2022, Courtesy of Judy Reis Hailey Click the pic above and enjoy reading about the players, the photos, even box scores between teams such as the Christiana Redbirds, the YMCA team and pitcher ‘Cheeter’ Stockard.
January 13, 2022, research by Carol Robertson White William Roberts enlisted in the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry in Hayes Blackman’s Company of McCann’s Gunners in 1861. Roberts soon became a Coleman Scout under Captain Henry Shaw of Smyrna. His main duty was to follow enemy movement and interrupt communications, operating in…
