April 6, 2016, Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee The RCHS hosted a Tea, April 6, 2016, honoring MTSU Professor Virginia Donnell for her work creating the reproduction of teacher Eliza Ransom’s attire. Dr. Donnell’s dress will be on permanent display at the Ransom School Museum!
Brian Wilson, The Daily News Journal, April 15, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The chairman of Middle Tennessee State University’s Forrest Hall task force called on Thursday for the name of the university’s ROTC building to be retired and for the building to be renamed after an MTSU alumnus, faculty member and veteran.…
April 12, 2016, The Ransom School House and Museum, Murfreesboro, Tennessee The RCHS hosted a Tea, April 6 honoring MTSU Professor Virginia Donnell for her work creating the reproduction of teacher Eliza Ransom’s attire. Dr. Donnell’s dress will be on permanent display at the Ransom School Museum!
April 12, 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…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, April 10, 2016 Early settlers entangled with Indians in Rutherford County in an unending manner. No one envisaged the perils of daily living in a hostile territory more thoroughly than the Buchanan pioneers, who were immigrants from Northern Ireland. The first property in LaVergne…
ALMAVILLE SCHOOL 1919-1952 was one-tenth mile north of the first school and on the east side of the Almaville Road. At first it was across from the Church of Christ, but when the roadbed was changed, it was next to the church. In a deed registered on May 4, 1920,…
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, April 8, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The Murfreesboro City Council needs more information before it can decide what it wants to do with the old United Methodist Church building downtown, Councilman Bill Shacklett said. Shackett specifically wants to see structural and architectural reports on the building,…
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, April, 3, 2016 Many things have changed in the 95 years since Haynes Hardware opened in downtown Murfreesboro. Since the family owned store opened its doors, the city’s population jumped from about 5,000 to more than 120,000. After 68 years, Haynes Hardware moved to Memorial…
Join us at Murfreesboro’s Old Fort Park for a series of ongoing activities and special programs/hikes focusing on the natural and historic resources in our community and celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service. GUIDED PROGRAMS (Meet at Picnic Pavilion #2) 10 AM – Fortress Rosecrans Walk –…
Murfreesboro City Television, April 8, 2016 The City of Murfreesboro is studying the Historic Bottoms area for future development. The City hosted a walking tour with two historians.