Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
February 24, 2015, WGNS Radio 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 and…
Reclaimed land offers new development opportunities
Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, February 22, 2015 “We as a community would want every property to have the maximum potential for redevelopment,” said Sam Huddleston, an environmental engineer for the Murfreesboro government. The city has had other factories joining Chromalox in getting torn down through the years, including General…
Remembering Rutherford: County place names have real personal histories
Remembering Rutherford, Daily News Journal, February 21, 2015, Greg Tucker Two uncommon surnames, Bilbro and Linebaugh, are familiar place names in Rutherford County. The namesake individuals, however, are relatively unknown. Bilbro North Bilbro Avenue is the eastern boundary for the Central Magnet School (formerly the Central High School) campus in…
Fosterville High School, 1903-1928
FOSTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1903-1928 was at first a private or subscription school and then a public junior high school. The school was on the east side of the railroad tracks, across from the depot, behind the Presbyterian Church and Mrs. Alice Hoover’s house. This school was a consolidation of the…
Central Magnet seeks connections
MTSU professor, school plan research on campus history By Mealand Ragland-Hudgins, Daily News Journal, February 8, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Educators at Middle Tennessee State University and Central Magnet School are working to develop an exhibit highlighting the history of Central’s East Main Street campus. MTSU history professor Brendan Martin got…
Milton residents fight to keep Milton’s community identity
Daily News Journal, Brian Wilson, February 16, 2015 Michelle Eastman needed to stop by the Milton post office one afternoon last week, but knew she had limited time to do so. The community post office with its original P.O. Boxes and wooden front is only open two hours each weekday.…
Harber’s History Lesson: Reconstruction era, as Civil War, proved devastating for County
Harber’s History Lesson, Daily News Journal, January 17, 2015, Susan Harber Reconstruction in Rutherford County was tedious, complicated, disfranchised and far-reaching with massive social and economic disaster. The emotional distrust among neighbors was highly fueled by acrimonious unrest in a succession of political missteps. The town folk referred to this time…
Lee Jacobs School, (Hoovers Gap) 1915-1940
LEE JACOBS SCHOOL 1915-1940 was on the east side of the Manchester Highway just south of the intersection of Fox Hollow Road. On August 20, 1915, Lee Jacobs and wife Lightie Hoover deeded 2.5 acres of land to the Rutherford County Board of Education. Presently the site is behind theold…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
February 10, 2015, WGNS Radio Truman is LIVE at the City Cafe, celebrating 115 years in business. 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
February 24, 2015, 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
February 10, 2015, WGNS Radio Truman is LIVE at the City Cafe, celebrating 115 years in business. The City Cafe is 115-years old today (Tuesday). Patrons enjoyed specials and even birthday cake was served. In addition, Truman Jones broadcast his show from the restaurant on East Main Street. Please click…
Hoovers Gap Academy, 1872-1897
HOOVERS GAP ACADEMY 1872-fl. 1897 was at the intersection of Hoovers Gap Road and the Manchester Highway. It was on the east side of the Manchester Highway on a hill across from the Methodist Church. It was not far from a Civil War trench and a spring of water. The…
Remembering Rutherford: Song tells of good food, hospitality at Miss Ann’s
Daily News Journal, Greg Tucker, February 7, 2015 A local “good time house” is immortalized in song. Mrs. Lillie Ann McClellan owned her home at 535 Hancock St. in Murfreesboro. She lived there from the mid-1950s to at least the end of the 1980s. She was the widow of John…
BLACK HISTORY EVENTS SET
By Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, February 5, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Black History Month will be recognized in a variety of ways in the coming weeks. Quiz bowl As a friendly competition among middle school and early high school youth, the annual Black History Quiz Bowl will be held…
African American Celebration
Murfreesboro City Television, February 5, 2015 Murfreesboro City Schools team up with Murfreesboro’s Parks and Recreation department to celebrate a night of African American heritage and culture.
Astronauts Rhea Seddon and Hoot Gibson, Murfreesboro Story Tellers
Readyville, a rural destination
Brian Wilson, Daily News Journal, January 29, 2015 READYVILLE – The 13-mile move from Murfreesboro seemed short enough for Goodness Gracious restaurant owner Karen Ford. But three years after she and her husband moved to a historic Readyville home, turned it into The Corners at the River event space and…
Rutherford County archaeology society holds first meeting
The Daily News Journal, By Michelle Willard, January 31, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee’s past was present Thursday night at the inaugural meeting of the Rutherford County Archaeological Society as local history buffs gathered to hear from an MTSU professor. Rutherford County has a rich history and prehistory, organizer Laura…
Bradley hosts conversations, music and photo exhibit
BLACK HISTORY MONTH Bradley hosts conversations, music and photo exhibit The Daily News Journal , January 29, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center, 415 S. Academy St., is hosting events during February in observation of Black History Month. The month-long celebration features discussions of Brown v. The Board…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
January 27, 2015, WGNS Radio Truman visits with lifelong Rutherford County Historian Gregg 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…