A Day at the Sam Davis home, Frank Caperton, November 25, 2016 When was the last time you visited the Sam Davis Home and Plantation? I’ll be the first to admit – it has been far too long since my last visit. I spent a beautiful November afternoon at Smyrna’s…
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL f 1. 1884-1923 was located on Little Rock Road about three and one-half miles northeast of Eagleville. It was on land owned by James E. Jackson. In the neighborhood ‘as a grocery store, a tiling mill, and rental houses for the ill workers. The two-room building was…
Susan Harber, the Daily News Journal, November 13, 2016 The name Absalom is translated from a Hebrew origin meaning “father of peace.” Absalom Scales of Eagleville personified peaceful living and is one of my favorite early pioneers, who courageously established a real home in present-day Rutherford County that is still…
Who remembers the day SportsCom opened? Many thanks to WGNS Radio, 1450AM or 101.9FM (www.wgnsradio.com) for documenting the opening of Murfreesboro’s SportsCom! June, 1987: Joe B. Jackson was Murfreesboro Mayor; E.C. Fite, Jr. was City manager and such as John Pittard and Mary Hutta were on the City Council. Take…
LOWE SCHOOL 1870’s-late 1890’s was south of Mankin Road on the west side of the present Jap Johnson Road. It was School No. 4 in District 24. The school was on the Jap Johnson place. Tennie Lowe was a teacher. According to a school register which he kept, William Pleasant…
November 8, 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…
Greg Tucker, Murfreesboro Post, November 2, 2016 After a successful tour of western Canada with Rusty Elder and the White Crackers, Rutherford County native Larry Pinkerton returned to Tennessee with fellow “Cracker” Paul Hollowell. Primarily a blues guitarist, Pinkerton saw in Canada the international popularity of country music and honed his…
Who remembers ‘”Heart of Tennessee”, by Central Middle School geography teacher and 1987 Tennessee Teacher of the Year and 1988 National Teacher of the Year Terry Weeks?
Jefferson from Annals of Rutherford County, TN by John C. Spence, Volume 1, p. 30-38 – 1802. The influx of population continued to flow into Davidson, from all quarters. Great numbers were settled in the extreme portions of the county, making a long distance from the town of Nashville… As yet, no roads much greater…
Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society, October 29, 2016 Past RCHS President and Jefferson native Toby Francis gave a tour to a large group of local history enthusiasts Saturday, October 29. The weather was unusually warm yet we all enjoyed Toby’s tour of ‘Old Jefferson’. Toby Francis grew up in Jefferson. Toby’s…