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Grantlands

Middle Tennessee State University, Spring 2011 Explorations in Public History Class In the dawning years of the 1800s, the Murfree family built Grantlands, a beautiful antebellum mansion and estate on over 1,000 acres of land in Rutherford County, Tennessee.  By 1863, the plantation was in ruins, the house was destroyed, and the area was…

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Memories of Cotton Days a reminder of simpler times

Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, November 10, 2012 A morning fog lifted leaving billowing white clouds and a soft blue sky – a simply breathtaking view above the grand columns of the Rutherford County Courthouse. As falling leaves rustled and scampered across the lawn leaving a blanket of crimson…

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Walking tour features downtown treasures

The Murfreesboro Post, October 29, 2012 Facades abound around the world, but none are as steadfast, substantial and stately as the historic Rutherford County Courthouse. Against a soft blue sky, these fall days the courthouse is backlit by the brilliance of autumn light – crimson and amber stream across the…

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Haunting history in Murfreesboro

Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro post, September 30, 2012 Ghost hunting is not your average hobby. Most of the time hunters sit in the dark, ask questions to air and take photos of nothing. Sometimes, if they are lucky, something unexplainable occurs. It could be an odd bang, creak or shuffle.…

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Shacklett’s Celebrates 75 Years

Murfreesboro Post, Sunday September 9, 2012 — On a July day in 1935, Dick Shacklett walked into Leo Ferrell’s Photography shop and asked if there was anything he could do. Ferrell offered him a job processing roll film. Sometime between 1936 and 37, at the age of 16, Shacklett became…

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Murfreesboro City Hall celebrates history

The Murfreesboro Post, August 5, 2012 The Murfreesboro City Hall Art Committee announced the opening of the exhibit: “Our Stories – Mapping the Growth of Murfreesboro – Historical Maps and Murfreesboro: Through the Artist’s Eye.” Sponsored in cooperation with the Bicentennial Our Stories Committee the exhibition features a collection of…

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House finds a new home

Greg Campbell, The Daily News Journal, May 22, 1983 Time, weather and vandals were taking a toll on a stately house on East Main Street, most often called the ‘old Elrod House.’ After developers bought the 1.5 acre site at 926 East Main Street, the house itself was given to…

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Black Confederate in General Forrest’s Raid

Jonathan Fagan, The Murfreesboro Post, July 12, 2012 As Confederate cavalry re-enactors thunder down East Main street Saturday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s successful raid on the Rutherford County Courthouse, spectators may see an elderly black gentleman in the crowd wearing a confederate flag necktie, looking…

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Murfreesboro Bicentennial lecture focuses on Dixie Highway

The Murfreesboro Post, June 19, 2012 In celebration of Murfreesboro’s Bicentennial “Rivers, Roads, Rails, and Trails Month,” the Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County invites the public to attend a free lecture at 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 22. Leslie N. Sharp, author of Tennessee’s Dixie Highway: From Springfield to…

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