Preserve and Promote OUR local history!
‘Words of Wisdom’, June 30, 1985
September 11, 1982 Smyrna Activity Center Annual Bean Dinner
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
Bradley School, Black 1884-1955
Central High School 1945 – Basketball
Chiggers and Ticks Fight Over Their Next Food Source
American Federation of Government Employees Lodge 1892,
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
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
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
Anderson School for Boys, 1908-1912
Rockvale High School, 1927-1972
Murfreesboro Mayors: 36-40
July 8, 2020, A Series by Barry Lamb Overall, John Marcy was born on March 2, 1854 in the Trimble (17th) district of Rutherford County to Nathaniel Sims Overall and Dicey Crutchfield Cartwright Overall. His paternal grandparents were Robert and Mary Espey Overall, who came to Middle Tennessee before Tennessee…