January 27, 2015, WGNS Radio Truman visits with City Cafe owners Tammy Greer and Teresa Kellogg. 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…
Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, June 29, 2015 MURFREESBORO – A Sons of Confederate Veterans monument to honor 26 killed cavalrymen with a Nathan Bedford Forrest-led raid will be erected where they’re buried at Old City Cemetery. “It’s going to mark graves that were previously unmarked,” Rutherford County Historian Greg…
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, June 29, 2015 KITTRELL COMMUNITY — Probably the most famous person to reside in the Kittrell Community is the late Grand Ole Opry star Uncle Dave Macon. During the second weekend of each July, Uncle Dave Macon Days Old-Time Music Festival honors the memory…
Greg Tucker, Daily News Journal, June 28, 2015 Twenty-six died to save a hundred. The Texas Rangers and the Georgia Cavalry made the sacrifice. It was July 13, 1862. After surprising victories at Forts Henry and Donelson on the lower Cumberland River in early 1862, the federal army took control…
June 25, 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…
Few realize we have a highly decorated World War I veteran in our historical past. James Allison Ridley, first lieutenant (Infantry), received the Distinguished Service Cross for his outstanding action during the heat of battle in the 11 3 th Machine Gun Battalion, 30 th Division, American Expeditionary Force in…
June 16, 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…
Greg Tucker, Daily News Journal, June 14, 2015 OUSTER—a putting out, ejection or removal from possession or enjoyment of an estate, franchise or office. See Black’s Law Dictionary (4 th ed. 1968), page 1253. Sam Ridley in 1980 was believed to be the longest serving city official in Tennessee. He…
Daily News Journal, Brian Wilson , June 14, 2015 SMYRNA — A six-month celebration of Smyrna’s past 100 years kicked off Friday in a historic neighborhood where town leaders have focused improvements and redevelopment. The centennial event at the Simply Smyrna celebration was geared to recognize the town’s history and consider…
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, June 7, 2015 When I research William Reade Rucker, the term ‘honorable’ always comes to mind. At age 30, William was mayor of Murfreesboro from 1822 to 1823 in an exciting day when our town was state capital of Tennessee; and all was moving along…