The Murfreesboro Post, May 3, 2009 This summer Linebaugh Public Library System is sponsoring a series of programs about the Federal Writers’ Project. The FWP was one small part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s mammoth Works Progress Administration, designed to get America back to work after the Depression. Probably the most…
Murfreesboro Post, August 5, 2015 The discovery of a Native American cemetery at the Black Cat Cave archaeological site has led the City of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University and other public and private partners to secure the cave area and discuss plans for its future. Well known among Rutherford…
The Murfreesboro Post, August 3, 2015 The councilors approved a Memorandum of Understanding taking responsibility for operating the museum located in the historic old Bradley Academy and using bond issues to pay the bills for recent renovations to the building. The original plan had been to pay for the work…
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, August 2, 2015 Clergyman John Berry McFerrin was one of the most charitable and outstanding men to live in Rutherford County. His family was derived of politicians, soldiers and ministers. He was born on June 15, 1807, to the Rev. James and Jane Campbell McFerrin.…
Macaela J. Bennett, [email protected], The Tennessee, August 1, 2015 With great attentiveness, Carol Roberts and Kat Trammell are delicately piecing together Tennessee history. For decades, heaps of land records laid untouched in the state Capitol’s attic before being moved to the Tennessee State Library and Archives when it was built in…
The Daily News Journal, July 31, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center will be under the management of the Murfreesboro Parks & Recreation Department beginning Aug. 1, according to a news release from the city. “The city of Murfreesboro and the Bradley Academy Historical Association Inc. have…
A partnership between the department of history at Middle Tennessee State University and Sports*Com, one of the City of Murfreesboro’s health and wellness sites, the Historic Selfie Scavenger Hunt is a walking/running program that combines a little mystery, a little history, and the chance to take a selfie (who could…
July 28, 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, July 26, 2015 “The natural tendency of all such organizations is to violence and crime, hence it was that Gen. Forrest and other men of influence by the exercise of their moral power, induced them to disband.” (See U.S. Congressional Committee Report “Ku Klux Klan,”…
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, July 24, 2015 MURFREESBORO — On Sunday, Allen Chapel AME Church will celebrate 155 years as a congregation, and News Channel 5 meteorologist Lelan Statom will serve as keynote speaker for the event. “We’re celebrating a ‘Legacy of Service’ by serving others. To have…