JEFFERSON SEMINARY OF LEARNING 1811-1815 was located in the courthouse of the Jefferson Community in old District 6. The courthouse had been abandoned when the county seat was moved to Lytle property in what is now Murfreesboro. The legislature made John Coffee, Peter Legrand, Shelton Crosthwaite, George Simpson, and Walter…
May 3, 2016, 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…
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, May 2, 2016 After nearly four decades with the National Park Service, Stones River National Battlefield’s Chief of Operations Gib Backlund hung up his ranger hat to retire. His official first day of retirement is Monday. He recently sat down with The Daily News Journal to…
Murfreesboro City Television, May 2, 2016 Host John Hood visits with Rutherford County Archivist John Lodl.
April 26, 2016, 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…
Nancy De Gennrro, Daily News Journal, April 24, 2016 MURFREESBORO — They had no idea where they were going or what they’d be doing. But they went anyway because they were told the well paying jobs would help the “war effort” — and those were buzzwords during World War II.…
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, April 24, 2016 Once heralded as majestic beacons of our county, two time-honored homes include the former Whitehall Plantation and Boxwood still standing today. These homes represent a back story of historical timeline and are special to our heritage. Whitehall was built around 1840 by…
It was a memorable affair and dalliance of his youth, rekindled 57 years later. While serving in the military in Germany in the mid-1950s, young John “Bubba” Woodfin, III became infatuated with a bright blue British import. “It was a 1956 MGA at a new car dealership in Frankfurt,” explains…
ROCK SPRING SCHOOL, first called UNION SCHOOL 4th District fl. 1884-1887 was located on a hill in the Rock Spring community. It was on the south side of the Rock Spring Road at the intersection of the present Waldron Road. The lane to the church and schoolhouse ran along the…
April 19, 2016, 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…