The unearthing of a Creek in Murfreesboro Confirmed
WGNS Radio (www.wgnsradio.com), September 5, 2016 Town Creek in Murfreesboro is currently underground. It travels via a concrete pipe (culvert) between the Discovery Center and Lytle Creek behind Cannonsburgh. However, that creek will soon see daylight and a new walkway. The creek was originally placed underground by way of culverts…
Murfreesboro City Hall
Page 13, ‘Pictures and the Stories they Tell’, by Frank Caperton and Susan Daniel, 2008 The old Murfreesboro City Hall and Fire Hall was located on the corner of South Church and Vine Street till razed in the early 1940’s to make way for the expansion of Murfreesboro’s Goldstein’s Department Store.…
The Mediterranean Restaurant
May 29, 1988, The Daily News Journal, John Howze Mike Skordallos and Peter Pisonos have share the adventures of life since they were childhood friends on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean. They attended school and high school together, both entered the Cypriot military at the same time and…
A History of the Town of Jefferson
Susan Daniel/Kevin Markuson, September 1, 2018 (For photos and maps of Old Jefferson, please click here) The town of Jefferson was located within the forks of the Stones River. This land was part of an assignee land grant to Robert Weakley and Thomas Bedford from the state of North Carolina. The original…
Rutherford County Churches of Christ
Susan Daniel, Rutherford County Historical Society, September, 2016 RUTHERFORD CO. CHURCHES OF CHRIST From “The Daily News Journal” dated Sunday Morning, October 21, 1962. Antioch Church of Christ congregation on the Halls Hill road near Porterfield is noted for still meeting in the same building that was constructed in 1854.…
Overall Family of Rutherford County
Susan Daniel, Rutherford County Historical Society, September, 2016 In the spring of 1779 Robertson and a small party of Wataugans, traveled to a site along the Cumberland River known as French Lick. There they selected a suitable location for a new settlement. Late that same year, Robertson returned with a group of men…
Class of ’43 recalls ‘Rock School’ days
Connie Esh, The Murfreesboro Post, August 31, 2016 Saturday afternoon was definitely “old school” for four of the five remaining 1943 graduates of the “Old Rock School.” The Smyrna High School Class of ’43 gathered at O’Charley’s in Smyrna for their 73rd class reunion. All four graduates who attended are…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
August 30, 2016, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
Carnation Milk Plant
Ever wonder why there is an old smokestack behind Haynes Bros. Lumber on the corner of Broad Street and Old Fort Pkwy.? One of the largest milk plants in the southeastern United States was the Carnation Milk plant.
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
August 23, 2016, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
Salvage from city streets now a display of history
Greg Tucker, The Murfreesboro Post, August 21, 2016 Jack Jones supervised the removal and replacement of Murfreesboro’s concrete street markers in the early 1970s, and built some unique steps for his home at 503 North Maney Ave. The earliest known road markers were part of the system of paved roads…
Murfreesboro’s Daddy Rabbits
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
August 16, 2016, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
Harber’s History: Pickard achieved great heights in film
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, August 13, 2016 Lights! Camera! Action! Today’s story centers on glamour, sophistication and the lure of Hollywood. Lascassas was home to one of the greatest character actors to grace the big screen. This performer was cast by his original name, John Pickard, and attained…
Former KFC Property to be part of reconstruction towards Town Creek Culverts
WGNS Radio (www.wgnsradio.com), August 11, 2016 Murfreesboro city council approved purchasing three lots of property at the corner of Southeast Broad and South Church Street for the purpose of making improvements on Town Creek Culverts. The city’s plan calls for a conceptual design of stream restoration segments to develop a…
Who remembers the old Castlewood home?
Who remembers the old Castlewood home? How about Riverside? The Tarpley House? Evergreen? This is page 94 from ‘Pictures and the stories they tell’, Frank Caperton & Susan Daniel, 2008, available for only $45 by clicking on the ‘Publications’ tab at the top of this page.
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
August 9, 2016, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
Smyrna Rosenwald School was excellent center for learning for 33 years
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, July 17, 2016 “Take what you have and make what you want” is my favorite all-time phrase for community, workplace and family. These famed words were the anthem of acclaimed principal Anderson D. Washington and can be viewed on the Hilltop Park Trail today. Smyrna…
Smyrna native Jess Neely was legendary Hall of Fame coach
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, Sunday, July 31, 2016 Jess Claiborne Neely, a Smyrna sports legend, was born January 4, 1898, to William and Mary Gooch Neely. Jess was the grandson of John Gooch, a farmer and breeder of thoroughbred horses at Goochland. John was well-known and highly respected as…
Elam Mill
Dr. Thomas Jefferson Elam (great grandfather of Ed ‘Sonny‘ Elam) was the surgeon for the 45th Tennessee (Confederate) during the Civil War. After the war he returned to the Rucker Community to continue his medical practice and raise his eight children with wife Elizabeth Snell Elam. He opened the original…