WRAY’S SCHOOL fl. 1880’s-1924 was located in the community of Snell. The school was first on a dirt road about one-half mile south of the old Franklin dirt road and just west of the present Coleman Hill Road. It was built in a wooded area on land owned by Thomas…
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, December 30, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Franklin Synergy Bank is entertaining “several offers” for its downtown Murfreesboro property, including one from the city of Murfreesboro, an official with the bank said. “We have several offers, and we think one of those will become a buyer, but…
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, December 27, 2015 On a cold evening of Dec. 20, 1869, a man of integrity took the oath of office as Smyrna’s very first mayor. Maverick, trailblazer, pioneer, innovator and pacesetter all define the universal persona of one amazing individual Joseph Engles. He was an…
PATTERSON SCHOOL 1896-1953 was located first on the south side of the present Coleman Hill Road and about 1/2 mile east of its intersection with Patterson Road. On October 31, 1896, R. L., W. G., and Evie Pate signed a deed for two acres for a school in the 47th…
Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society, December 24, 2015 Perhaps my favorite Christmas song is an old gospel/Bluegrass song titled ‘Beautiful Star of Bethlehem’. I’m certain you’ve heard this song hundreds of times and never realized the song’s connection with Rutherford County. Please click below and listen and you too…
KNIGHT SCHOOL 1893- was on the southwest corner of the intersection of Barfield Road and the Shelbyville Highway. Because of the interest that James M. Knight had “in the education of the white children of his neighborhood,” he sold one on acre for one dollar for as long as there…
Nancy DeGennaro, Daily News Journal, December 23, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Holloway High School Class of 1965 held it’s 50th reunion celebration earlier this year. The main event was held over the Memorial Day weekend at Garden Plaza Hotel. Theme was “The 50th Reunion Prom.” Cclass president Jack Winsett as the…
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker, the Murfreesboro Post, December 22, 2015 “I’d kiss you but I just washed my hair.” Spoken with a heavy Hollywood-style southern drawl, this classic putdown spurred the career of a movie starlet who became a Hollywood icon. It was written by Harry Harrison Kroll, a…
December 22, 2015, 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…
Nancy DeGenarro, Daily News Journal, December 19, 2015 MURFREESBORO — At age 19, Bill Allen of Murfreesboro looked death in the face when his ship went down during the Invasion of Normandy, France, in June 1944. “The bow was going down, and I was on the bow, and I stayed…