GLADEVIEW SCHOOL BLACK 1884-1958 was first located on the west side of Mt. Herman Road at the intersection of Veals Road. F. G. Carney on September 13, 1884, deeded one-half acre to School Directors J. C. Coleman, W. J. Knox, and M. Frank Overall for “schoolhouse now standing on the…
December 2, 2015, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with local historian Toby Francis. 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 and…
December 1, 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…
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, November 29, 2015 Idler’s Retreat, a rare jewel on Oak Street, is situated in the Front Street Historic District in Smyrna. This beautiful home is also known as the Dillon-Tucker-Cheney House or “Cold Chimneys.” After the installation of central heating into the home in 1957,…
PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL 1923-1939, sometimes called “CHIGGER RIDGE” and “PUMPKIN CENTER,” was located on Rocky Glade Road about four miles north of Highway 99. It was on the south side of the road just east of the intersection with Taylor Road. When the LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL closed, the building was…
KELLEY CHAPEL SCHOOL 1886- was on the west side of the Eagleville-Shelbyville Turnpike about three miles south of Eagleville. On August 16, 1886, Enoch Beale Kelley and Sarah Jane Kelley deeded one half acre of land to School Directors F. Oglivie, John B. Crichlow, and Anderson Wilson for twenty-five dollars.…
November 26, 2015, Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society Within this circle lies the remains of over 2,000 gallant Confederate soldiers who gave their lives in the battles in and around Murfreesboro during The War Between the States, 1861-1865. They were first buried on the battlefield where they died defending…
Sam Stockard, Murfreesboro Post, November 24, 2015 Franklin Synergy Bank is negotiating the sale of its East College Street property as it plans to move into a new Rutherford County corporate headquarters slated for Medical Center Parkway. The bank is discussing a potential sale to buyer groups for redevelopment of…
State Representative Mike Sparks (R–Smyrna, 49th District) and State Senator Bill Ketron (R–Murfreesboro, 13th District) passed recently passed legislation to rename a portion of West Jefferson Pike in Smyrna in honor of lifelong Smyrna resident Ernie Johns, Saturday, November 21. Ernie Johns is a well-known member of the Smyrna community with…
County Historian Greg Tucker, Murfreesboro Post, November 17, 2015 Carried off in 1862, Rutherford County’s first national flag of the Confederacy was finally returned in 1940. Another was returned in 1948. Only one remains. Following secession in 1861, Rutherford County’s courthouse flew the “Stars and Bars,” the national flag of…