As published by the Murfreesboro Post, Sunday, November 8, 2009 By Mike West, Managing Editor One early Rutherford County resident was a hero at the battle of King’s Mountain during the American Revolution. Joseph Dickson served as a major at King’s Mountain with a group of men from Lincoln County,…
Greg Tucker, The Daily News Journal, November 8, 2009 “A man living back in the cedars (in Rutherford County) … has got to scratch and sweat mightily if he wants to starve decent,” according to “Tennessee: A Guide to the State”, a 1939 publication of the Federal Writers’ Project. As…
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, November 8, 2009 Since Operation Enduring Freedom began in 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003, 108 soldiers from Tennessee have fallen on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. Eleven of the fallen heroes had ties to Murfreesboro, Rutherford County and Middle Tennessee State…
November 1, 2009, Sam Stockard, The Dail y News Journal Susan G. Daniel was into genealogical research before it was cool. That desire to delve into the past fueled the writing, compilation and editing of numerous books, work that required years of tedious investigation. Daniel’s efforts have been recognized on…
As published by the Daily News Journal, Sunday, November 1, 2009 By Greg Tucker, President of the Rutherford County Historical Society It was the most dramatic fall from competitive dominance in the history of Southern Interscholastic Athletic Conference football. The 1940 season was to be the “comeback year.” In 1935,…
From the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce: Hundreds of adventures await visitors on the multi-state Civil War Trails program which now includes Tennessee and more specifically, Rutherford County. Nine signs were installed in the county in October and a tenth will be located at the new Chamber of Commerce building.…
Mike West, The Murfreesboro Post, October 18, 2009 Does the ghost of a headless horseman still haunt Stones River Battlefield? Yes, if you believe anonymous witnesses to the sight and postings on the Internet. The rider in question is said to be the ghost of Lt. Col. Julius P. Garesche,…
As published by the Daily News Journal, Sunday, October 25, 2009 This is Part Three of Three Part One, Part Two By Greg Tucker, President of the Rutherford County Historical Society Two sisters, Virginia Wardlaw and Mary Wardlaw Snead, raised in a prominent and wealthy southern family, earned wide respect…
As published by the Daily News Journal, Sunday, October 18, 2009 This is Part Two of Three Part One, Part Three By Greg Tucker, President of the Rutherford County Historical Society Two distinguished educators — sisters Virginia Wardlaw and Mary W. Snead — brought Soule Female College to national prominence by…
Approximately thirty members of APTA, family, and friends gathered at the Alexander-Ready-Cates Farm at Porterfield on Sunday, October 18th, for the unveiling of the APTA (Association for the Preservation for Tennessee Antiquities) marker. The marker was covered with a woven blanket belonging to the home’s builders, Mary Annis Alexander and…