Sam Davis Home Wine on the Veranda
Frank Caperton, President of the RCHS, April 28, 2018 The weather was perfect, the crowd festive and the cause worthy…
Year: 2018
Walter Hill High School, 1924-1972
WALTER HILL HIGH SCHOOL 1924-1972 was built on the west side of the Lebanon Highway and about one mile north of Stones River. The Rutherford County Board of Education bought four acres of land from R. F. and Irene Neely on August 15, 1924 for six hundred dollars. Consolidated in…
Sparks: Bill to save historic house in Smyrna fails
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, April 24, 2018 State funding to purchase the historic Johns-King Home in Smyrna has fallen through for the second year in a row, said state Rep. Mike Sparks. Also known as Liberty Hill, the home at 845 Old Jefferson Pike bore witness to…
Bill to save Smyrna’s historic Johns-King home fails in Tennessee General Assembly
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, April 23, 2018 State funding to purchase the historic Johns-King Home in Smyrna has fallen through for the second year in a row, said state Rep. Mike Sparks. Also known as Liberty Hill, the home at 845 Old Jefferson Pike bore witness to…
Buster’s Place – since 1973
Started in 1973, Buster’s Place has been serving Middle Tennessee the Best Hamburgers South of the Mason-Dixon Line! In 2013, ownership passed from the Buster Pugh Family to Peter and Kathy Moret. Please enjoy this piece from ‘Tennessee Crossroads‘:
Pics of Oaklands Mansion Restoration
From the collection of Oaklands Mansion, April 20, 2018 Here are a few recently scanned photos of workmen during the restoration of the mansion in 1959.
1962 Rockvale Basketball Team
April 20, 2018, Pettus Read Rockvale Sports of Days Gone Bye – This is the elementary team of the Rockvale School back in 1962. An interesting fact about the front row is from that group this county has had serve it one current County Commissioner, two former County Commissioners and…
WW II Veteran in Tennessee once worked at Area 51 – Now Gives Teddy Bears to Kids
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, TN, April 20, 2018 This WWII Veteran has a rugged exterior standing about 6 feet tall with grit in his face that says tread lightly. The 89 year old U.S. Marine who now calls Murfreesboro, TN home has worked at the top secret Area 51 base, controlled…
Crescent School, 1922-1937
CRESCENT SCHOOL 1922-1937 was on the west side of the Barfield-Crescent Road and about 1/2 mile north of the intersection of this road and Armstrong Valley Road. It was north of the Crescent Church of Christ. On November 11, 1922, Sam J. Overall and wife Dossie Pearl acknowledged a deed…
Majestic mansion Grantlands burned in Civil War
Susan Harber, The Dail y News Journal, April 16, 2018 Grantlands was a spectacular ancestral home that lay on a vast estate, only to be burned to the ground during the ravages of the Civil War. The bygone home is enshrined in rich history. Grantlands property was established in 1807…
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Walter Hill High School, 1924-1972
WALTER HILL HIGH SCHOOL 1924-1972 was built on the west side of the Lebanon Highway and about one mile north of Stones River. The Rutherford County Board of Education bought four acres of land from R. F. and Irene Neely on August 15, 1924 for six hundred dollars. Consolidated in…
Sparks: Bill to save historic house in Smyrna fails
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, April 24, 2018 State funding to purchase the historic Johns-King Home in Smyrna has fallen through for the second year in a row, said state Rep. Mike Sparks. Also known as Liberty Hill, the home at 845 Old Jefferson Pike bore witness to…
Bill to save Smyrna’s historic Johns-King home fails in Tennessee General Assembly
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, April 23, 2018 State funding to purchase the historic Johns-King Home in Smyrna has fallen through for the second year in a row, said state Rep. Mike Sparks. Also known as Liberty Hill, the home at 845 Old Jefferson Pike bore witness to…
Buster’s Place – since 1973
Started in 1973, Buster’s Place has been serving Middle Tennessee the Best Hamburgers South of the Mason-Dixon Line! In 2013, ownership passed from the Buster Pugh Family to Peter and Kathy Moret. Please enjoy this piece from ‘Tennessee Crossroads‘:
Pics of Oaklands Mansion Restoration
From the collection of Oaklands Mansion, April 20, 2018 Here are a few recently scanned photos of workmen during the restoration of the mansion in 1959.
1962 Rockvale Basketball Team
April 20, 2018, Pettus Read Rockvale Sports of Days Gone Bye – This is the elementary team of the Rockvale School back in 1962. An interesting fact about the front row is from that group this county has had serve it one current County Commissioner, two former County Commissioners and…
WW II Veteran in Tennessee once worked at Area 51 – Now Gives Teddy Bears to Kids
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, TN, April 20, 2018 This WWII Veteran has a rugged exterior standing about 6 feet tall with grit in his face that says tread lightly. The 89 year old U.S. Marine who now calls Murfreesboro, TN home has worked at the top secret Area 51 base, controlled…
Crescent School, 1922-1937
CRESCENT SCHOOL 1922-1937 was on the west side of the Barfield-Crescent Road and about 1/2 mile north of the intersection of this road and Armstrong Valley Road. It was north of the Crescent Church of Christ. On November 11, 1922, Sam J. Overall and wife Dossie Pearl acknowledged a deed…
Majestic mansion Grantlands burned in Civil War
Susan Harber, The Dail y News Journal, April 16, 2018 Grantlands was a spectacular ancestral home that lay on a vast estate, only to be burned to the ground during the ravages of the Civil War. The bygone home is enshrined in rich history. Grantlands property was established in 1807…