Spirits make presence known at Sam Davis Home
Dan Whittle, The Murfreesboro Post, October 13, 2014 Tullahoma resident Justin Turner said he gets a “special feeling” each time he comes to the birthplace home of Sam Davis, “boy hero” of the Civil War’s Confederacy. SMYRNA – Tullahoma resident Justin Turner said he gets a “special feeling” each time…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
October 8, 2014, WGNS Radio Truman visits with Pettus Read. 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 friends share fun…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
October 7, 2014, 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…
WWII B-17 Bomber Takes Flight over Rutherford County
The Murfreesboro Post, October 6, 2014 The Liberty Foundations 2014 Salute to Veterans tour will be arriving in the Nashville area at the Smyrna Airport on Monday Oct. 6. On display will be the famous Boeing B-17 “Memphis Belle” celebrating the 71st anniversary of its historic last mission. The Liberty Foundation’s…
Pastime Barber Shop celebrates 110th birthday
Sam Stockard, The Murfreesboro Post, October 6, 2014 The sign on the sidewalk advertises $12 haircuts and 50-cent pool. But for 110 years, Pastime Barber Shop and Pool Hall has been selling more than a cut and a game on the Public Square. “Everybody’s always in such a rush. We…
Harber’s History Lesson: Patterson spied to aid Confederate Cause
Harber’s History Lesson, Daily News Journal, October 4, 2014, Susan Harber The word “spy” has an Old French etymology meaning “look out” and “watch closely.” Our story today centers on an individual who performed this role exceptionally well. Mary Kate Patterson was a beautiful, young woman with a slender frame and…
Jersey butter led to ‘Dairying Center of the South’
Remembering Rutherford, Daily News Journal, September 28, 2014, Greg Tucker “Rutherford County—Dairying Center of the South” declared the Daily News Journal on April 9, 1944. For nearly a decade thereafter every edition of the newspaper repeated this boast at the top of page one. The path to this distinction likely…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
September 23, 2014, 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…
Murfreesboro Central High School’s ‘Lovely Lady”
September 14, 2014, The Murfreesboro Post, Gloria Shacklett-Christy There are times that life does not turn out the way we anticipate and living life is simply a bewildering adventure. We rarely know what’s coming next. There are times that life does not turn out the way we anticipate and living…
The House That Love (Re-)Built
Scott Kimberly, Daily News Journal, September 17, 2014 When city councilman Green Burham “Sap” Sawyer built his East Main Street home in 1927, he drew inspiration from arts-and-crafts-style architecture, but ultimately built the home however he pleased. Today, the home retains its unique curb appeal: Stone pillars and assorted shrubbery…
History Break “Slaughter Pen” – Stones River National Battlefield
Murfreesboro City Television, September 11, 2014 The Stones River National Battlefield presents “The Slaughter Pen” which occurred during the Battle of Stones River.
History Break “Pioneer Brigade Chicago Board of Trade” – Stones River National Battlefield
Murfreesboro City Television, September 11, 2014 The Stones River National Battlefield presents “Pioneer Brigade Chicago Board of Trade”.
History Break “A Vast Storehouse” – Stones River National Battlefield
Murfreesboro City Television, September 11, 2014 The Stones River National Battlefield presents “A Vast Storehouse”.
Brandon Training School, 1895
BRANDON TRAINING SCHOOL 1895 was founded by Alfred J. Brandon, Jr., in Christiana. It is thought that this school for older students occupied one room at the HERMITAGE ACADEMY before relocating in Wartrace. According to Gilbert Gordon’s book, “In 1895 when he was about sixteen, Alf Gordon began going to…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
September 9, 2014, 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
August 26, 2014, 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…
Rutherford County bank routinely issued three-dollar bills
Remembering Rutherford, Daily News Journal, August 24, 2014, Greg Tucker The old expression “phony as a three-dollar bill” indicates that something is believed to bogus, counterfeit, false, odd or peculiar. The obvious source for the phrase was familiar paper currency. There were ones, twos, fives, tens, twenties, fifties, hundreds and…
Webb’s Chapel (Black) Barfield, late 1910s
WEBBS CHAPEL BLACK (late 1910’s) was on the west side of the Barfield-Crescent Road near the Webbs Chapel Methodist Church. The frame building had one room. Mattie Butler Bracey was a teacher here after she taught at MORTON SCHOOL in about 1913. When the school was torn down, classes were…
Remembering Rutherford: Central High girls won first state basketball title
Greg Tucker, Daily News Journal, August 22, 2014 The Blackman High girls’ basketball team made history in March 2014 winning the school’s first state team championship. This convincing display of athletic dominance came exactly 90 years after the girls of Central High School (CHS) brought Rutherford County its first state…
Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center
Murfreesboro City Television, August 21, 2014 Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center offers the opportunity to learn about Murfreesboro in the 1800’s, the legacy of African American education in our county and the importance of the United Sates Colored Troops during the Civil War.