Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 12, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Rutherford County resident and NFL Hall of Famer Raymond Berry. 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 12, 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 26, 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…
First Documented Execution was in 1813
As published by the Daily News Journal, Sunday, July 24, 2011 By Greg Tucker, President Rutherford County Historical Society In 19th Century Tennessee, the imposition of punishment, including capital punishment, was the responsibility of county authorities. Common law required the death penalty for first degree murder, and permitted the same…
My Pennsylvania Roots
Shirley Farris Jones, Murfreesboro Post, July 17, 2011 Summer is always a good time for family reunions, discovering who we are, and why or how we came to be where we consider “home.” Reconnecting with long-lost relatives can be a discovery in and of itself. This was the case when I…
Rutherford Rifles fire true
Murfreesboro Post, Jonathon Fagan, July 17, 2011 July rarely deviates from its prescribed humid misery and July of 1861 was no exception. Few among us could imagine experiencing the heat of this past week without air conditioning or refrigeration. Fewer still could even fathom donning a heavy wool uniform and…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 12, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Rutherford County Judge Royce Taylor. 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…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 12, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones and local historian Shirley Farris Jones discuss everything from the Civil War in Rutherford County to law enforcement. 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.…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 12, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones and Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker discuss Burney Lee Tucker (Greg’s father) as a member of famed USMC VMA-214 – aka – The Black Sheep squadron of Pappy Boyington fame. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM)…
Group Unveils Bradley Marker
November 1, 2013, The Daily News Journal Local history lovers enjoyed a quick unveiling of the new historical marker at Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center on Saturday before heading inside to the air conditioning. The new marker, provided by the Rutherford County Chapter of the Association for the Preservation…
History to be marked Saturday
The Murfreesboro Post, July 11, 2011 The Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities (APTA), Rutherford County Chapter will hold its annual membership meeting at 11:30 Saturday morning, July 16 with the unveiling of a marker at the 1917 building of Bradley Academy Museum & Cultural Center and include a…
Demolition begins Monday on Red Rose
Murfreesboro Post, July 11, 2011 Just a few days after demolition began on the oldest section of the Middle Tennessee Medical Center building on Highland Avenue, crews began to tear down the old Red Rose Dairy building. The Red Rose Dairies building, on the corner of College and Lytle streets,…
College President Outgunned ‘Assassinators’
As published by the Daily News Journal, Sunday, July 10, 2011 By Greg Tucker, President Rutherford County Historical Society The attempted “assassination” was a near miss with the intended victim taking out two of his antagonists. As it did for most businesses and institutions of that time, the Depression severely…
Teachers Strike, County Court Overwhelmed
As published by the Daily News Journal, Sunday, June 26, 2011 By Greg Tucker, President Rutherford County Historical Society Professionals entrusted with meeting the needs of children do not resort to labor union tactics, strikes and picket lines – except as a last resort. Then they win! In summer of…
Family Business Spans 60 Years
Exactly where was Loafers Rest? How about asking the family who is still running the local grocery store. The Taylor family will know where is was, since the fourth generation is now taking his position to carry on. Hunter Taylor, a student at Oakland High School is working when he…
Walking tour explores old Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro Post, June 22, 2011 Enjoy a summer stroll through the North Maney Avenue Historic District with the staff of Oaklands Historic House Museum and experience the architecture of Murfreesboro’s first subdivision, called Maney’s Addition. Evening walking tours will take place from 6-9 p.m. July 15 and 16 as various…
Historical Signs detail County’s Rich Heritage
MURFREESBORO — Interpretive signs being posted this week around the Rutherford County Courthouse do more than give bits of information about the Public Square predating the Civil War, county grant coordinator Faye Elam says. “You just feel like you’re living the history standing there reading it,” says Elam, describing the…
Old Jefferson was a Stones River port
Dan Whittle, The Murfreesboro Post, July 10, 2011 Jefferson Springs flourished 100 years later Cabins lined Stones River at Jefferson Springs, a health resort in the early 1900s.Multiple trading posts had served as economic hubs of commerce on the river 100 years earlier at what is now called Old Jefferson.…
Recognizing History
Dan Whittle, The Murfreesboro Post, June 19, 2011 Significant Tennessee history was unveiled Saturday, June 18, when Friends of Long Hunter State Park held a ceremony to unveil a Tennessee State Historical Marker honoring the life of pre-Civil War free black Sherrod Bryant, namesake of Bryant’s Grove who owned slaves.…
A ‘Summer Soiree’ at the Sam Davis Home
June 19, 2011 The Sam Davis Memorial Association (SDMA) and the Rutherford County Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee invites you to attend the Rutherford County Remembrance for the Tennessee Secession Day event to be held in conjunction with SDMA annual meeting. At 6 p.m. Thursday, June 23, a Southern-style barbecue…