Longtime Rutherford County Historian Ernie Johns left a treasure of old issues of the Daily News Journal to the RCHS. I found this ad from Jackson Brothers Chevrolet in an insert titled ‘The Mini Page’, July 1, 1973.
The Dixie Flyer, the Official Newsletter of the NC&StL Preservation Society, Spring 2016 The following are excerpts from the NC&StL Bulletin, March 1945 Why Would Anyone Want to Evaporate Milk? A Brief History By David Ibata Up through the mid-19th Century, drinking milk was a privilege of those who owned…
The Dixie Flyer, the Official Newsletter of the NC&StL Preservation Society, Spring 2016 The following are excerpts from the NC&StL Bulletin, March 1945 Switching the Carnation Milk Plant at Murfreesboro By Mark S. Womack The era of the Carnation Milk Plant in Murfreesboro began in the late 1920s. For many…
Dan Epright, The Murfreesboro Post, July 5, 2017 Civil War-era leveling as reprisal for guerrilla raids against Union supply trains. Devastating, city destroying tornadoes in 1900. With roots reaching back to the 1700s, La Vergne has prevailed through peril, resurrected time and again and finally incorporated in 1972. The scrappy…
Nancy DeGennaro, The Daily News Journal, July 2, 2017 Local man receives highest honor for folk arts World champion buck dancer Thomas Maupin was milking one of his goats when he got a call from Washington, D.C., that made his heart swell. He’d been named a recipient of the 2017…
The Dixie Flyer, the Official Newsletter of the NC&StL Preservation Society, Spring 2016 The following are excerpts from the NC&StL Bulletin, March 1945 Carnation Co., Murfreesboro In the above picture of Carnation’s beautiful plant at Murfreesboro, Tenn., we’re only given a glimpse of its size. When the war clouds have…
READYVILLE SCHOOL BLACK early 1900’s-1940 was in Cannon County at Readyville near the Rutherford County line. It was on the east side of Porterfield Road about one block north of Tilford’s saw mill and the Woodbury Road. Children from both Cannon and Rutherford Counties attendedthe school. The school, which at…
READYVILLE SCHOOL 1902 or 1903-1919 was located on the east side of Porterfield Road near its intersection with the Woodbury Road. Although in Cannon County, the school was attended also by Rutherford County students. The school was a frame building of three or four rooms with an L-shaped porch. Among…
Cat Murphy, the Murfreesboro Post, June 28, 2017 It was the year it snowed in Miami. Riverdale High School was only about five years old when President Jimmy Carter was sworn in that January, and in August Elvis Presley would be found dead. But on this day, March 25, 1977,…
Greg Tucker, The Murfreesboro Post, June 26, 2017 The origin and history of Rutherford County and its people are deeply rooted in the Rucker surname. The Rucker migration into Tennessee began in or about the same year as Tennessee statehood. Benjamin Rucker, a wealthy Virginia landowner and Revolutionary War veteran,…