University of Evansville Men’s Basketball Tragedy
Rockvale Public School, 1910-1927
ROCKVALE PUBLIC SCHOOL 1910-1927 was located halfway between Concord and Rockvale and was a consolidation of the two schools. The school was built on the west side of State Road 99 on the present campus. It opened as ROCKVALE CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL on Sept. 10, 1910 and finished the year…
50-Years Ago: Undefeated Murfreesboro Central marches to Class AAA football title in 1970
December 7, 2020 WGNS Radio At the time, Gene Windham wasn’t even sure it was his best team. Fifty years later, the 1970 Murfreesboro Central squad, Class AAA State Champions in year two of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association football playoffs, is still considered by many as perhaps the…
Rockvale School, 1874-1910
The first known ROCKVALE SCHOOL -c 1874 was a subscription school held in a two-story frame building believed to have been near the old telephone office. School quarters were on the lower floor; the upper floor was the Masonic Hall. Records of a school in the area date back to…
Jackson Ridge School (Rockvale), 1890-1913
The JACKSON RIDGE SCHOOL 1890-c 1913 was located about two miles northwest of Versailles on the Jackson Ridge road. On August 13, 1890, T. L. Hendrix and wife deeded 151/160 acre of and for a school. The site was adjacent to the G. W. Burns or Ivey Phillips Burns farm…
College at Maple Closed for Demolition of Pinnacle Financial Partners
December 7, 2020 WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (MURFREESBORO) Demolition of the old five-story Pinnacle Financial Partners building on the corner of College and Maple Streets is underway. Murfreesboro Transportation Department’s Deputy Director Ram Balachandran told WGNS that College Street will be closed between Church and Maple Streets so that the…
Chadwick School, (Cedar Grove) 1860-1936
CHADWICK SCHOOL 1860-c 1936 was on the Manchester Highway about two miles north of the Rutherford-Bedford County line. It was on the east side of the road and about 100 yards south of the Chadwick cemetery. On April 2, 1860, Alexander Downing deeded to B. L. Chadwick, Trustee, one-half acre…
1977 MTSU Summer Graduation
Wow, 1977. Seems like only yesterday! (Thank you Bob Lamb of Exit Realty for the loan of these memories)
Placement Namesake of Communities have Fascinating Historical Significance (part 2)
November 30, 2020 Local Historian Susan Harber My dad Paul Rogers always stated that heritage and culture within a community determines the essence of your soul, as deep, established roots bring you back home to live in peace. Today, we will continue our journey of identifying placement namesake dwellings within…
Cedar Grove School (Black), 1901-1967
CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL BLACK 1901-1967, also called the JOHN E. WINDROW SCHOOL, was near the Williamson County line. It was on the John Windrow Road about one-half mile north of its intersection with the Rocky Glade Road and across from the Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church. On July 27, 1901,…
Millersburg School, (Hoovers Gap) 1873-1907
MILLERSBURG SCHOOL 1873-1907 was located on the south west corner of the intersection of the Hoovers Gap Road and the Millersburg Road. On July 11, 1873, Will N. White deeded one acre of land to the School commissioners S. J. Cobb, John Hale, and B. G. White. The site is…
Soule College, 1851-1917
SOULE COLLEGE 1851-1917 was located on Depot Street to the east of the present MTEMC building on the south side of Maple Street. It was on the site of the old Methodist Church and is shown on the 1878 Beers Map. The college was named for Methodist Bishop Soule of…
Union University, 1848-1873
UNION UNIVERSITY 1848-1873 was organized by Charter February 5, 1842 by the Baptist General Association of Tennessee and the Tennessee Baptist Educational Society and was located first in Somerville, Tennessee. It moved to Murfreesboro in 1848. The campus is shown on the Beers Map of 1878. On December 4, 1847,…
Family reunion? No, it’s Veterans Day for Christiana woman
November 11, 2020 – Jason Reynolds, The Murfreesboro Post A Christiana woman often thanks veterans for their service – and she has known a great many because her family has made serving in the military a tradition. Barbara Jackson keeps mementos of her father’s service and a list of all…
City Cafe Closing after 120 years in Business
November 12, 2020, WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tennessee A staple of Murfreesboro is closing its doors after 120-years. The City Cafe will close for good on Saturday. The restaurant is owned by Rollin and Teresa Kellogg. The announcement was made Wednesday on their Facebook page. They say they tried to hang…
Beech Grove School (aka Eagleville School Black), 1917-1953
BEECH GROVE SCHOOL BLACK before 1917-1953, also known as EAGLEVILLE SCHOOL BLACK, was on the south side of the Allisona Road about one mile from Eagleville. Emmett M. Johnson and wife Odie deeded to the County Board of Education one-fourth acre of land for a school house. The deed was…
Eagleville High School, 1924-1972
EAGLEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1924-1972 is on the same site as the concrete and stucco building which burned in August of 1923. By a deed signed October 28, 1963, W. Melvin Claxton and wife Elizabeth Sullivan sold an additional eight acres of land adjoining the school to the Rutherford County School…
Union University Served as Baptist Institution from 1841-1873
November 2, 2020 The Daily News Journal, Susan Harber Union University was a dynamic and innovative college thriving in Murfreesboro in the mid-19th century. No one could foretell the affliction to come through the fate of the Civil War and World War II. The university began under the direction of…
1926 Campus School
The Homer Pittard Campus School has been the ‘training school’ for future educators from Middle Tennessee State University since 1911. Please click here and enjoy more information concerning the Campus School.
Mary Ellen Vaughn Marking
October 31, 2020 Mary Ellen Vaughn was one tough lady. Born February 24, 1893 near Montgomery, Alabama, Mary Ellen Vaughn moved to Murfreesboro as a young lady to become a force in the local early civil rights movement. From The Murfreesboro Post: “Mary Ellen Vaughn was an entrepreneur and skilled…