Bragg’s Retreat (Remembering Rutherford, page 26)
Remembering Rutherford, Greg Tucker, Page 26 During a lull in the fighting during the Battle of Stones River, Union General William Rosecrans ‘resorted to a very ancient but a very effective species of strategy. By a heavy division of campfires, and by a feigned line of battle, whose only reality…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
November 17, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits 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…
New STONES RIVER BATTLEFIELD Entrance Is Open!
WGNS Radio, November 16, 2011 The new roadway was completed in time for the anniversary of this Civil War battle. The Battle of Stones River began on the last day of 1862 and was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War. The battle produced important military and political…
Battlefield opens new gate
The Murfreesboro Post, November 13, 2011 Stones River National Battlefield Superintendent Stuart Johnson announced the new entrance to the park will open with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the gate on Thompson Lane across from the New Vision Baptist Church. The public is invited to attend…
Our Beginnings
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, November 13, 2011 If there’s one thing organizers of Murfreesboro’s Bicentennial Celebration want the public to remember, it’s the importance of history. This month’s schedule includes three events that mark the beginnings of three important aspects of Murfreesboro’s history – its first black church, the founding…
2011 Awards Banquet
With some nearly 60 members of the Society gathering on the pleasant evening of November 12, the 2011 Annual Society Banquet was held at the East Main Church of Christ Annex. We express our very warmest thanks to the Church for their wonderful hospitality in allowing us to gather in such…
Ransom Paid – the Eagle Returns!
Rutherford for Real, Greg Tucker, 2011 The eagle mysteriously disappeared in late October, 1967. It returned to its roost fifteen years later in exchange for a brown envelope. No Tennessee college football rivalry was ever more intense than the regional/conference competition between the MTSU Blue Raiders (Murfreesboro, TN) and the…
Traveling the Dixie Highway
Jonathon Fagan, The Murfreesboro Post, November 10, 2011 A pair of local authors is giving readers the chance to see Tennessee as travelers saw it in the early 20th century. Most drivers traveling through Murfreesboro in the ‘30s and ‘40s simply saw just another small town along the Dixie Highway,…
History roundtable continues on CityTV
The Murfreesboro Post, November 3, 2011 City TV continues its Bicentennial Series, Murfreesboro Storytellers, with the November program featuring the theme, “Our Beginnings.” Guests for the month are members of three long time Rutherford county families. The first airing will be Monday, Nov. 7. They are Murfreesboro businessman and Rutherford…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
November 2, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Bill Patterson of the Lamp Gallery. 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
October 27, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Jim Ridley and James Manning regarding the history of Oaklands Mansion. 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…
The Bucket is Back
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, October 23, 2011 Six years later, Murfreesboro is home again to the World’s Largest Cedar Bucket. Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, the rebuilt “New World’s Largest Cedar Bucket” was unveiled Saturday at the 35th annual Harvest Days Festival in Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village. After…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
October 19, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones and Moe Brown Black discuss Lascassas (Tennessee) history. 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
October 18, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones 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…
Murfreesboro is Listening
Jonathan Fagan, The Murfreesboro Post, October 16, 2011 Truman Jones Started work at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office in 1972, before rising to Chief Deputy under Sheriff Craig Snell and being elected Rutherford County Sheriff. He served for 27 years as Sheriff of Rutherford County from 1983 until 2010. Jones…
Odd Itinerants Part of Rutherford History, aka ‘the Goat Man’
As published by the Daily News Journal, Sunday, October 2, 2011 By Greg Tucker, President Rutherford County Historical Society These itinerant hucksters, promoters, entertainers and preachers were an odd lot, but they were good at what they did and Rutherford wasprofitable territory. So they came and we made them a…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
September 29, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Lifelong Rutherford County resident Mike West. 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…
History lives here
Dan Whittle, September 25, 2011, The Murfreesboro Post At old Sewart Air Force Base SMYRNA – History lives here. And living history unfurled with a dramatic military aircraft fly-over for the rededication of a huge monument that marked a milestone day from the old Sewart Air Force Base-era from 1942…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
September 21, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visit with the Albert Gore Sr. Research Center 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
September 20, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visit 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…