June 15, 2016, Rutherford County Historical Society Bellwood neighborhood, 1963. That is the new Bellwood Elementary School in the foreground. How many of us recall the ‘brand new’ Bellwood neighborhood?
June 13, 2016 The historical Ransom School House was honors by the Association of the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities (APTA) Sunday, June 12 with a marker commemorating the Ransom School House, built c1879, and the stories behind this beautiful building.
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, June 5, 2016 General Barksdale Drive in Smyrna is a longstanding homage to a man of local heritage, who has been portrayed in the films ‘Gettysburg’ and ‘Gods and Generals’. William Barksdale Sr (1778-1834) and Nancy Lester, immigrants from England, gave life to a…
HUNT’S HILL SCHOOL late l800’s-1918, also called MUD DAUB and MUD COLLEGE, was on the south side of Hall’s Hill Road about one mile east of the Presbyterian and Christian Churches shown on the 1878 Beers Map. The name of William Hunt, who owned property along the road, is also…
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, May 31, 2016 You probably saw John Hood pushing his bride of 64 years, Marilyn, in her wheelchair at events and gatherings around town. It was always a touching scene to see them together at MTSU events, Chamber of Commerce events and at Kleer-Vu Restaurant nearly…
Daily News Journal, May 31, 2016 RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Former MTSU history professor James Huhta — the driving force behind the creation of MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation — is being charged in the stabbing death of his wife, Mary Huhta, 79, according to Rose Anne Brown, public information officer…