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Many knew his voice, but he was a great dad also
June 17, Monte Hale, Jr., The Murfreesboro Post I’d like to tell you a story about the son of a coal miner, whose dad was a hard-working, grizzled and Christian man who lived by his brains and wits in rural West Virginia. He raised his son old school, which few…
Lunette Thomas and Lunette Palmer remain Integral Earthworks in Stones River Battlefield
June 22, 2020, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal Stones River Battlefield was chartered on April 28, 1896 and is a treasure untold in our community. High action was bitterly fought over an expanse of 3,000 acres. Through the years, I have witnessed military reenactments that are quite extraordinary to…
Kittrell High School, 1926-1972
KITTRELL HIGH SCHOOL 1926-1972 was on the same site. On July 1, 1927, Mollie Tilford, J. O. and Verna Abernathy, Mrs. L. D. Bowling, Bertha Puryear, and Mrs. J. P. Gilley deeded to the County Board of Educationone acre. The Rutherford County School Commission was deeded 2.91 acres by J.…
Hickory Grove School, Kittrell (Black) 1880’s-1930’s
HICKORY GROVE SCHOOL BLACK 1880’s-1930’s was also called SEED TICK SCHOOL. It was on the east side of Cripple Creek Road and just south of the Woodbury Highway. In the 1900’s the lane to the school was through private property owned by the Swaffords and the school, as well as…
Academy lauds hero from war in Vietnam
July 30, 1982, Jenny Tenpenny, The Daily news Journal Heroism takes many forms especially on the battlefield, and one of Rutherford County’s most decorated Vietnam War heroes will be honor Saturday in ceremonies at the Tennessee Military Academy in Smyrna. The honors for Army Captain James Timothy Luscinski come posthumously,…
Ice Man Likes Summer Heat
July 30, 1982, Jane Hamlin, The Daily News Journal The scorching summer days have got a lot of hot, sweaty people wishing autumn was already here – what with its dewy mornings and nippy nights. But there is one man in Murfreesboro who would probably like to hover around 95…
Kittrell School, 1889-1912
KITTRELL SCHOOL 1889-1912 was opened on the same site as the former 1880 school and the present school. On November 11, 1889, P. M. Puryear and C. O. Abernathy deeded one acre of land to School Directors W. R. Jamison, William Arnett, and M. E. Pitts. The deed located the…
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with Eddie Smotherman
May 16, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features Murfreesboro City Council member Eddie Smotherman. Filmed May 16, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Morning at Ransom School House
June 10, 2020 Rutherford County Historical Society volunteer and photographer Frank Caperton stopped by the venerable and loved Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, early one October morning in 2018.
76 YEARS LATER: A SOUTHERN BOY’S D-DAY SURVIVAL STORY
June 6, 2020, Megan Cole, MTSU Sidelines Boom. The explosion from the detonated underwater mine blew a hole in the ship and split it in two. The LST-523, a 328-foot-long, brand-new American ship that was less than a year old, began to immediately sink. On top of the deck, four…
Squirrel Hill School, (Black) 1910-1944
SQUIRREL HILL SCHOOL BLACK 1910’s-1944 was on the west side of the Hall’s Hill-Kittrell Road and about one mile south of the Hall’s Hill store. Land for the school, which was also called HALL’S HILL BLACK, was givenby Jim T. Richardson. The schoolhouse was a one-room frame building with one…
Murfreesboro Bank & Trust Open House
December 4, 1957, The Daily News Journal Murfreesboro Bank & Trust was once located on the northwest corner of the historic Rutherford County Square, also known as the former Rutherford County Clerks Office. The following is from The Daily News Journal, December 4, 1957:
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with John Jake Verge
May 16, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features lifelong Rutherford County resident John Jake Verge. Filmed May 16, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro,…
19th Century Opera House Prevailed as Sensation in Murfreesboro
June 1, 2020, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal By the end of the Civil War, popular entertainment was paramount in our country, and small towns built their own Opera Houses during the new prosperity. Rarely were there bona fide operas in these early venues. The concept of this leisure…
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with Pettus Read
May 16, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features Rutherford County Commissioner Pettus Read Filmed May 16, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Second Historic Property Gets Tax Abatement
The Rutherford County Historic Property Review Board has recently approved the tax abatement application for the historic home of Alan and Beth Morris at 406 North Academy Street in Murfreesboro. The antebellum (1857) original structure is now undergoing extensive renovation and addition. Identified as the H. B. Crockett home on…
Marymont Photo Day
May 29, 2020 RCHS Volunteers Frank Caperton and Brett Garner For a wonderful article regarding Marymont Mansion, please click here. RCHS volunteers Frank Caperton and Brett Garner stopped by the Marymont Mansion on Rucker Lane, just west of Murfreesboro and got a few pics…
Glorianna School, 1900-1941
GLORIANNA SCHOOL 1900-1941 was on the Wilson side of the Rutherford-Wilson County line with the playground on the Rutherford side. It was on the north side of the Oregon Road and three miles east of the Cainesville Pike. The GLORIANNA SCHOOL took the place of the OREGON SCHOOL. E. S.…
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with Marty Luffman & Mr. Murfreesboro
May 23, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features Bill ‘Mr. Murfreesboro’ Wilson and Smyrna, Tennessee historian Marty Luffman. Filmed May 23, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North…
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with RCHS President Walter White
May 23, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features RCHS President Walter White. Filmed May 23, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.