Historic Selfie Scavenger Hunt
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Month: June 2016
Loafer’s Rest, Smyrna, TN
This photo was taken looking southeast, towards Murfreesboro down old Highway 41 (Old Nashville Hwy.) near the intersection of of Rock Springs Road. Note the white sign in the right side of Old Nashville Hwy., “Sam Davis Home’.
Salem Male Academy, 1837-?
SALEM MALE ACADEMY 1837- may have been the school marked on the 1878 Beers Map at the intersection of Windrow Road and Salem Pike in District 12. Trustees of the school were: John S. Russwurm, James M. King, Elias King, Benjamin Johnson, Benjamin C. Ransom, John Rawson, and William Ledbetter.…
Stones River National Battlefield, 1933
This photo of the entrance to the Stones River National Battlefield on the Old Nashville Highway, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was taken in 1933.
Springfield Apartments given final approval
Michelle Willard, The Daily News Journal, June 23, 2016 Developers say they intend to preserve this historic house at 3726 Manson Pike and make it an amenity for a proposed upscale apartment. MURFREESBORO – The Murfreesboro Planning Commission unanimously approved the final design review for a controversial 270-unit apartment complex…
150th Anniversary of Big Holly
150th Anniversary of Big Holly — VIP Murfreesboro Magazine 1866-2016: One and a Half Centuries of Murfreesboro History Travel down Maney Avenue to the 700 Block and you will find an impressive brown brick three story home. The home has been here for one hundred and fifty years. It is…
Couple in 80s finds it’s never too late for love
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, June 19, 2016 MURFREESBORO — To hear John Oldham and Frances Victory talk about their first meeting is almost like listening to teenagers. With his arm wrapped around her tightly, he grinned from ear to ear as she spoke. She giggled as they shared…
Faynes Haynes Arrangesments
Elmer Fayne Haynes, age 94, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Saturday June 18, 2016. A native of Murfreesboro, TN, he was the son of the late James Monroe, and Mattie Russell Haynes. Mr. Haynes was also preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Eva Beatrice Crosslin Haynes, brothers,…
Smith made his mark on primitive Rutherford County
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, June 19, 2016 Bennett Smith is not a proverbial name to historians, yet this pioneering settler shaped our Rutherford County of today. Smith was a man of strengths and weaknesses and was definitely rough-hewn and unpolished as a wealthy and influential leader. Maj. Smith was…
Sam Davis Home Summer Soirée, June, 2016
Friday evening, June 17, 2016 was simply a magical evening for supporters Smyrna’s Sam Davis Home. The food was top shelf, the entertainment was perfect and the weather was almost cool.
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Loafer’s Rest, Smyrna, TN
This photo was taken looking southeast, towards Murfreesboro down old Highway 41 (Old Nashville Hwy.) near the intersection of of Rock Springs Road. Note the white sign in the right side of Old Nashville Hwy., “Sam Davis Home’.
Salem Male Academy, 1837-?
SALEM MALE ACADEMY 1837- may have been the school marked on the 1878 Beers Map at the intersection of Windrow Road and Salem Pike in District 12. Trustees of the school were: John S. Russwurm, James M. King, Elias King, Benjamin Johnson, Benjamin C. Ransom, John Rawson, and William Ledbetter.…
Stones River National Battlefield, 1933
This photo of the entrance to the Stones River National Battlefield on the Old Nashville Highway, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was taken in 1933.
Springfield Apartments given final approval
Michelle Willard, The Daily News Journal, June 23, 2016 Developers say they intend to preserve this historic house at 3726 Manson Pike and make it an amenity for a proposed upscale apartment. MURFREESBORO – The Murfreesboro Planning Commission unanimously approved the final design review for a controversial 270-unit apartment complex…
150th Anniversary of Big Holly
150th Anniversary of Big Holly — VIP Murfreesboro Magazine 1866-2016: One and a Half Centuries of Murfreesboro History Travel down Maney Avenue to the 700 Block and you will find an impressive brown brick three story home. The home has been here for one hundred and fifty years. It is…
Couple in 80s finds it’s never too late for love
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, June 19, 2016 MURFREESBORO — To hear John Oldham and Frances Victory talk about their first meeting is almost like listening to teenagers. With his arm wrapped around her tightly, he grinned from ear to ear as she spoke. She giggled as they shared…
Faynes Haynes Arrangesments
Elmer Fayne Haynes, age 94, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Saturday June 18, 2016. A native of Murfreesboro, TN, he was the son of the late James Monroe, and Mattie Russell Haynes. Mr. Haynes was also preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Eva Beatrice Crosslin Haynes, brothers,…
Smith made his mark on primitive Rutherford County
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, June 19, 2016 Bennett Smith is not a proverbial name to historians, yet this pioneering settler shaped our Rutherford County of today. Smith was a man of strengths and weaknesses and was definitely rough-hewn and unpolished as a wealthy and influential leader. Maj. Smith was…
Sam Davis Home Summer Soirée, June, 2016
Friday evening, June 17, 2016 was simply a magical evening for supporters Smyrna’s Sam Davis Home. The food was top shelf, the entertainment was perfect and the weather was almost cool.