Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, January 21, 2017 Marymont, named for Mary Rucker Donnell on Rucker Lane, has shined as a rare historical jewel in our county for 155 years. The home of Southern Colonial architecture was listed with the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. In 1795,…
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker, The Murfreesboro Post, January 24, 2017 It was all in the family! Federal funding was approved to establish the Murfreesboro Housing Authority in 1950. The authority was originally created to acquire property for “slum clearance” and to build low-cost housing. One target area in Murfreesboro…
NCTV, January 23, 2017 This week on NCTV, we travel to Murfreesboro and check out the Natural History Museum which features rock, fossils and dinosaurs!
January 12, 2018, Gina Fann, MTSUNews.com Funeral services were held Jan. 11 for MTSU theater Professor Emerita Dorethe “Dot” Pigg Tucker, who died Jan. 8 at the age of 97. A student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a graduate of then-Middle Tennessee State College, Mrs. Tucker joined…
Gina Logue, MTSU News MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation will usher in the new year by documenting key historic properties along the Trail of Tears. For the fourth consecutive year, The National Park Service’s National Trails Intermountain Region has awarded a grant to the center for the completion of a…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, January 7, 2017 Henderson King Yoakum lived the fullest life in 46 years of any individual in Rutherford County history. He was a Murfreesboro mayor for six years and also shaped the Republic of Texas into the free, existing state of today. Dr. Homer…
Murfreesboro City Television, January 4, 2017 Town Creek runs underground through the heart of the city. The city will soon start a project to unearth the creek to attract people to the downtown area.