Murfreesboro Storytellers with County Historian Greg Tucker
Murfreesboro City Television, September 6, 2017 Host John Hood interviews county historian Greg Tucker.
Year: 2017
100 Year Old House Made into Modern Home (the Fred Rogers home)
April 30, 1939, Mary B. Fox, The Daily News Journal Ancient Timbers find new use in Fred Rogers Home Out of the morticed and pegged timbers of a tumble-down, 100-year-old house is emerging the modern, new farm home of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Rogers on the Bradyville Pike. Mr. Rogers,…
Halls School, 1887-1922
HALLS SCHOOL 1887-c 1922 was first in District 7 and then in District 13 of Rutherford County. It was on the north west corner of Franklin Road and Gresham Lane. On July 19, 1887, Flemmon Hall and wife Mary C. deeded one-half acre of land for a white school in…
Shacklett to Display Photographer’s Works
Nancy DeGennaro, The Daily News Journal, September 1, 2017 Much of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County history since since 1937 has been documented by the legendary photographer, Dick Shacklett. Shacklett’s Photography, 105 South Church Street on the Murfreesboro Public Square, will celebrate its 80th birthday this weekend with an exhibit of…
St. Clair Street Senior Center: Researching African American History
Murfreesboro City Television, August 29, 2017 John Lodl with the Rutherford County Archives talks about researching African American history.
Famed Gen. Ben McCulloch had his roots in Jefferson
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, August 28, 2017 Ben McCulloch, a military maverick, was born in Jefferson on November 11, 1811. He gained fame in the Texas Revolution, Mexican War (as a Texas Ranger) and as a Confederate general in the Civil War. Ben’s parents were Maj. Alexander McCulloch…
Reagor Tire Company
The Home Journal, January 10, 1930 Clyde Reagor operated a tire store on the corner of Walnut and College Street(s), across from present day Firestone Store.
Memorabilia from Murfreesboro’s James K. Polk Hotel
Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society, August 23, 2017 The Rutherford County Historical Society was presented a very special gift Wednesday, August 23 by the Schwartz family of Murfreesboro – a brick from the old James K. Polk Hotel. The Polk Hotel was once located on East Main, the current…
Check Presented to the Alvin C. York Medical Center
January 26, 1975, The Daily News Journal The Murfreesboro VA Hospital (Alvin C. York Medical Center) recently received a $900 check from the Bowlers Victory Legion Fund which serves hospitalized veterans from coast to coast. The money is to be used for a ball return rack in the hospitals’s bowling…
Magnolia Butter
May 1, 1927, The Nashville Banner Magnolia Butter was produced at the Rutherford Creamery, once located at 401 West Main Street near downtown Murfreesboro. Please click here for more information concerning ‘the Dairying Center of the South’!
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100 Year Old House Made into Modern Home (the Fred Rogers home)
April 30, 1939, Mary B. Fox, The Daily News Journal Ancient Timbers find new use in Fred Rogers Home Out of the morticed and pegged timbers of a tumble-down, 100-year-old house is emerging the modern, new farm home of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Rogers on the Bradyville Pike. Mr. Rogers,…
Halls School, 1887-1922
HALLS SCHOOL 1887-c 1922 was first in District 7 and then in District 13 of Rutherford County. It was on the north west corner of Franklin Road and Gresham Lane. On July 19, 1887, Flemmon Hall and wife Mary C. deeded one-half acre of land for a white school in…
Shacklett to Display Photographer’s Works
Nancy DeGennaro, The Daily News Journal, September 1, 2017 Much of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County history since since 1937 has been documented by the legendary photographer, Dick Shacklett. Shacklett’s Photography, 105 South Church Street on the Murfreesboro Public Square, will celebrate its 80th birthday this weekend with an exhibit of…
St. Clair Street Senior Center: Researching African American History
Murfreesboro City Television, August 29, 2017 John Lodl with the Rutherford County Archives talks about researching African American history.
Famed Gen. Ben McCulloch had his roots in Jefferson
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, August 28, 2017 Ben McCulloch, a military maverick, was born in Jefferson on November 11, 1811. He gained fame in the Texas Revolution, Mexican War (as a Texas Ranger) and as a Confederate general in the Civil War. Ben’s parents were Maj. Alexander McCulloch…
Reagor Tire Company
The Home Journal, January 10, 1930 Clyde Reagor operated a tire store on the corner of Walnut and College Street(s), across from present day Firestone Store.
Memorabilia from Murfreesboro’s James K. Polk Hotel
Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society, August 23, 2017 The Rutherford County Historical Society was presented a very special gift Wednesday, August 23 by the Schwartz family of Murfreesboro – a brick from the old James K. Polk Hotel. The Polk Hotel was once located on East Main, the current…
Check Presented to the Alvin C. York Medical Center
January 26, 1975, The Daily News Journal The Murfreesboro VA Hospital (Alvin C. York Medical Center) recently received a $900 check from the Bowlers Victory Legion Fund which serves hospitalized veterans from coast to coast. The money is to be used for a ball return rack in the hospitals’s bowling…
Magnolia Butter
May 1, 1927, The Nashville Banner Magnolia Butter was produced at the Rutherford Creamery, once located at 401 West Main Street near downtown Murfreesboro. Please click here for more information concerning ‘the Dairying Center of the South’!