Turning to the true meaning of Easter
Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, April 6, 2014 The calendar can say it is spring. But in Idaho, it is not unusual to have a warm spring day, then the next day a cold gray cloud will cover the mountain range darkening the Western sky. Then suddenly, without warning,…
Looking for Cemeteries
Daily News Journal, March 28, 2014 SMYRNA — For most of its history, Rutherford County has been rural with family farms dotting the landscape. Over the past 200 years, families, farms and entire communities have come and gone leaving little in their wake. The one exception is cemeteries. Most are…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
March 27, 2014, WGNS Radio Truman visits with Dr. Hugh Berryman, Dr. P. Wiley and Dr. Douglas Scott 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…
Brown’s Mill Dam Removal
Murfreesboro City Television, September 6, 2017 Brown’s Mill Dam, owned by the City of Murfreesboro, will be removed during the summer of 2014.
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
March 25, 2014, WGNS Radio Truman visits with local historian Shirley Farris Jones. 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 Preserved On The Cripple Creek Farm
WGNS Radio (www.wgnsradio.com), March 19, 2014 An important part of preserving details of local history is to keep the markers in area cemeteries in good repair. Local historian Steve Cates updated WGNS on recent work at a burial ground on the Cripple Creek farm. He noted that the rural burial…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
March 11, 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…
Job Shadow: Pastime Barber Shop
The Daily News Journal, March 4, 2014 MURFREESBORO – There are many places in Rutherford County to get a good haircut but there’s only one place that also gives patrons a free game of pool. And Charlotte Crockett from Pastime Barber Shop & Billiard Room is willing to throw in…
Lascassas Church of Christ Dedication, 1956
This photo was contributed by Judy Adamson for the 2009 Rutherford County Historical Publication ‘Pictures and the Stories they Tell‘, page 123.
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
March 3, 2014, WGNS Radio Truman talks to members of the class of 1964 at Central High School. Guest include Judy Dickerson, Danny Jones, Rodney Hayes and Joe Nunley… Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
February 25, 2014, 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…
Vernon Stevenson finds escape to Murfreesboro
Gloria Shacklett, The Murfreesboro Post, February 23, 2014 It has been said, “adversity doesn’t build character; it reveals it.” Fear can paralyze a man, causing him to flee irrationally and selfishly without considering the consequences. Vernon K. Stevenson, foremost visionary and wealthy entrepreneur of the railroads in antebellum Tennessee, had…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
February 14, 2014, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker and author James Solomon, talking about his book “The Murder of Sam Davis…”. 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
February 11, 2014, 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, 2014, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Jim Lewis of Stones River National Battlefield concerning about a Civil War Battle in Tullahoma, Tennessee. 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…
Christiana or Jordan’s Valley School
CHRISTIANA or JORDAN’S VALLEY SCHOOL 1850’s was in the center of the village about where the present post office now stands. It was built soon after the N.C. & St. L. railroad was run through in 1849 and before HARD START SCHOOL was built in about 1872. The school was…
Big Springs School (1860’s)
BIG SPRING SCHOOL or CARLOCKSVILLE SCHOOL, 1860’s was west of the Big Spring. It was on a road that ran east of the Manchester Highway. Its exact location is not known. Alline Kelton was told by her father that the school was a brick building. The only brick building Quinton…
Joe B. Jackson Pkwy. Bridge Construction
Murfreesboro City Television, January 31, 2014 Information regarding the installation of I beams at the bridge construction connecting the old County Farm Road and Joe B. Jackson Pkwy.
Bringing communities together through recreation
David Hunter, Murfreesboro Post, January 30, 2014 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Four decades ago, Rutherford County was going through several changes within the area. Many people were transferring in from the big cities, and new schools were either being expanded or added to handle the growth. At the same time, Ben…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
January 28, 2014, 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…