Daily News Journal, January 17, 2015, Scott Broden SMYRNA – Martin Luther King Jr. completed his march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to speak with protection from National Army Guardsmen such as Dub Raborn. “That was the most intense time,” Raborn recalled. “There were a lot of spectators, and some…
FOSTERVILLE SCHOOL BLACK 1897-1947 was located on the east side of the U.S. 231 Highway between Christiana and Fosterville. It was on the first knob north of the Midland Road, just south of the present Faulk’s sawmill, and across from the home of the Fraziers and Braceys. The land was…
Harber’s History Lesson, Daily News Journal, January 17, 2015, Susan Harber Beesley Primitive Baptist Church is a sparkling diamond placed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 1999. The church and cemetery carry a rich history integral to the early Beesley settlers. The term “primitive” was strictly adhered to,…
Daily News Journal, January 17, 2015, Michelle Willard MURFREESBORO – When a soldier volunteers for the United States Armed Forces, the government makes one promise above all others, to leave no man behind. But that wasn’t the case in the the 19th century when more than 1,700 American soldiers died…
January 13, 2015, WGNS Radio Truman visits with lifelong Rutherford County Historian Gregg 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…
DILTON SCHOOL 1898-1942 was the relocation of the old OAKLAND ACADEMY to a site .3 of a mile east of the Dilton store on the north side of the Bradyville pike. On June 7, 1913, J. T. Bivins and wife Belle, D. M. Bivins and wife Myrtle, and W. C.…
The McBRIDE SCHOOL between 1837 and 1851-1910’s was located west of Midland just over the Bedford County line. It was on the north side of the road about 1/2 mile east of the intersection with Longview Road. In 1837 Charles McBride bought a farm of 137 acres from Zephaniah Anglin…
Remembering Rutherford, Daily News Journal, January 10, 2015, Greg Tucker William “Pumpkin” Crockett was born and raised on the county farm. For him it was “heaven on earth.” Hoping to make the “poorhouse” a self-sustaining operation, Rutherford County in 1892 purchased approximately 175 acres of “good land” between the NC&StL…
January 6, 2015, Mike Browning, City of Murfreesboro (Tennessee) This living history video, captured on the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Stones River, presents two sides of the Battle of Stones River. Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector led an experienced Confederate unit under Maj. Gen. William H.T. Walker’s Division…
Murfreesboro City Television, January 5, 2015 Host John Hood interviews astronauts Dr. Rhea Seddon and Robert “Hoot” Gibson about their lives at NASA and being a part of the space program.