Smith made his mark on primitive Rutherford County
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, June 19, 2016 Bennett Smith is not a proverbial name to historians, yet this pioneering settler shaped our Rutherford County of today. Smith was a man of strengths and weaknesses and was definitely rough-hewn and unpolished as a wealthy and influential leader. Maj. Smith was…
Sam Davis Home Summer Soirée, June, 2016
Friday evening, June 17, 2016 was simply a magical evening for supporters Smyrna’s Sam Davis Home. The food was top shelf, the entertainment was perfect and the weather was almost cool.
Murfreesboro’s Bellwood Neighborhood, 1963
June 15, 2016, Rutherford County Historical Society Bellwood neighborhood, 1963. That is the new Bellwood Elementary School in the foreground. How many of us recall the ‘brand new’ Bellwood neighborhood?
APTA Marker place at the historic Ransom School House
June 13, 2016 The historical Ransom School House was honors by the Association of the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities (APTA) Sunday, June 12 with a marker commemorating the Ransom School House, built c1879, and the stories behind this beautiful building.
Civil War General and Smyrna, Tennessee native William Barksdale
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, June 5, 2016 General Barksdale Drive in Smyrna is a longstanding homage to a man of local heritage, who has been portrayed in the films ‘Gettysburg’ and ‘Gods and Generals’. William Barksdale Sr (1778-1834) and Nancy Lester, immigrants from England, gave life to a…
Hunt’s Hill School/Mud Daub School/Mud College, late 1800’s-1918
HUNT’S HILL SCHOOL late l800’s-1918, also called MUD DAUB and MUD COLLEGE, was on the south side of Hall’s Hill Road about one mile east of the Presbyterian and Christian Churches shown on the 1878 Beers Map. The name of William Hunt, who owned property along the road, is also…
For better or worse: The Hoods stood together
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, May 31, 2016 You probably saw John Hood pushing his bride of 64 years, Marilyn, in her wheelchair at events and gatherings around town. It was always a touching scene to see them together at MTSU events, Chamber of Commerce events and at Kleer-Vu Restaurant nearly…
Murfreesboro Mourns Death of Mary Huhta
Daily News Journal, May 31, 2016 RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Former MTSU history professor James Huhta — the driving force behind the creation of MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation — is being charged in the stabbing death of his wife, Mary Huhta, 79, according to Rose Anne Brown, public information officer…
Small town soldier has big impact
The Murfreesboro Post, May 31, 2016 The Tucker family moved to Rutherford County in the 1930s, settling in La Vergne. Clifford Tucker, the son of a farrier (blacksmith), lived out his adolescent years in the Jefferson Pike area – at that point, only a couple of homes had been built…
Silver Spring Schoolhouse, 1849
SILVER SPRING SCHOOLHOUSE before 1849. On May 3, 1849, Silas Tucker deeded to William D. Neal the one acre on the Stones River which he had reserved for a school lot. The school was known as SILVER SPRING SCHOOLHOUSE and had burned. The lot was no longer needed. The land…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
May 31, 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’s Sewart Air Force Base Highway Dedication
Frank Caperton, May 30, 2016, the Old Sewart Air Force Base It was hot and breezy this Memorial Day, still the festivities contained warmth and memories as approximately 150 people gathered to dedicate a portion of Sam Ridley Blvd. in Smyrna (TN) as the Sewart Air Force Base Highway.
Ewingville School, 1899-1926
EWINGSVILLE SCHOOL 1899-1925 or 1926 was on the North Milton Road just across the Rutherford County line in Wilson County. Students from both counties attended the school. EWINGSVILLE was first a one-teacher and then a two teacher school. Known teachers were Hannibal Jennings, Quixanna Cook, and Herman Rhodes. Maynard Knight…
Brown’s School (Black), 1888-1949
BROWNS SCHOOL BLACK 1888-1949, sometimes called ANTNEY BROWN SCHOOL, was in the woods east of TWELVE CORNERS. There was no road to the school. The site today would be at the dead end of Ball Park Road which runs north off Ruel McKnight Road which in turn runs north off…
Neighbor ‘saddened’ by threat to historic home
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, May 23, 2016 MURFREESBORO — Neighbors are disappointed by a recent Murfreesboro Planning Commission vote in favor of plans for a proposed apartment complex on Manson Pike that could threaten a historic home. “It saddens me for the history. It saddens me for the cave…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
May 24, 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…
Cripple Creek School (Bradyville), 1900-1921
CRIPPLE CREEK SCHOOL c1900-1921 was on the west side of Cripple Creek Road, about two miles north of the Bradyville Road, and a few hundred feet south of the present Presbyterian Church. It was on a farm owned by Russell Patrick. In about 1900 the Standridge Presbyterian Church changed its…
Rockdale School, District 15, 1857-1917
ROCKDALE SCHOOL District 15 1857-c 1917 was located on the south side of Holly Grove Road not far from the Holly Grove Church. On July 18, 1857, Joseph B. Johns and William S. Tune deeded to Trustees William Johns, William S. Tune, and Thomas Hall one acre of land for…
Smyrna’s Sewart Air Force Base Highway Dedication, May 30, 2PM
Lifelong Smyrna resident and State Representative Mike Sparks (R-Smyrna) is hosting a highway dedication Monday, May 30, 2:00PM at the Smyrna Greenway trailhead on Fitzhugh Blvd. on the former Sewart Air Force Base. Just in case you aren’t sure as to the location of the Fitzhugh Blvd. Greenway Trailhead:
Hermitage Academy (Christiana), 1879-1908
HERMITAGE ACADEMY 1878-c 1908 was built on a .75 acre lot in Christiana given by A. J. Brandon, Sr., to Trustees B. N. White, I. M. Miller, C. W. Johnson, R. S. Jameson, J. C. Patterson, A. J. Brandon, and N. C. Miller. Thedeed was dated August 24, 1878. The…