Ellen Snell Coleman, the Summer of 1984 When Giles Scales Harding and Mary Hollowell Blackman married they movedto their two story log house. It was located in the Blackman area just offthe Manson Pike. This house served the family well for many years. Sometime before the War between the States,…
November 24, 2002, Dan Whittle, The Daily News Journal Before there was a Nashville International Airport and historic Sewart Air Force Base in Smyrna, there was Tennessee’s Sky Harbor on the Old Nashville Hwy. Today boats are manufactured at the site between Murfreesboro and Smyrna. In fact, before there was…
October 13, 2021, Ransom School House Wow – 1999. Seems only a couple of months ago. Yet, look how the Old Fort Parkway/North Thompson Lane area has changed. Outlined in red is the proposed ‘Avenue Project’. There is no Medical Center Parkway.No hospital.No The Oaks Shopping CenterThere isn’t even a…
The Rutherford County Historical Society has an amazing digital archive. Please be patient – the staff of the RCHS are unpaid, volunteering their time and skills to preserve and promote Rutherford County history. Initially our digital collection will consist of photographs. Our digital collection will continue to grow as more…
November 5, 2021, Carriage Lane Reception House (MURFREESBORO, CARRIAGE LANE RECEPTION HOUSE) An organization that is dedicated to preserving facts, photos and memorabilia from past generations gathered Friday night (11/5/2021) at Carriage Lane Inn for its 2021 Awards Dinner. The Rutherford County Historical Society had the exchanging of the gavel…
July 1, 2021, Dr. Steven Murphree, President Sam Davis Memorial Association There are many mature trees on the campus of the Historic Sam Davis Home and Plantation, many that are well over 100 years old. Visitors to this historic site are attracted to the stately tulip or yellow poplars along…
It seems the old metal water tanks or our youth are disappearing. Warm summer days spent climbing atop the old tanks, perhaps with a can of paint, are disappearing. The 2,000,000 gallon water tank on Mill Street, behind McFadden School of Excellence near Cannonsburgh, was built in 1970.
Researched and by Barry Lamb and Carol White, Froe Chip, March/April, 2021 The impressive Greek Revival style home of William Ralph McFadden, formerly located at 632 East Main Street on western corner of Hancock Street, was built for McFadden and his wife, Clementine Brock McFadden, around 1860. Mr. McFadden was…
Carol Berning, RCHS Frow Chips, January/February, 2021 Just outside the Hazen Brigade Cemetery wall at Stones River National Battlefield stand two military grave stones. They mark the resting place of William Holland (1834-1909) and William Harlan (1895-1979). William Holland began his life as a slave. I have created a brief…
January 14, 2021 RCHS Board Member Bill Wilson My father played basketball for Kittrell High School as shown in this 1948 photo. Metal detector enthusiast Wayne Reed is behind the ball and my father – Floyd Wilson – is to the right of him. Coach Jack Jarrett is top left.…