Harber’s History Lesson, Daily News Journal, December 6, 2014, Susan Harber The social season of the century came alive in the midst of a brutal war in Rutherford County with the wedding of Mattie Ready and John Hunt Morgan. Their 1862 military wedding was the highlight in a dismal and…
Harber’s History Lesson, Daily News Journal, November 30, 2014, Susan Harber One of the most beautifully restored abodes in the county is the 1882 McCord home in Eagleville, nestled among the sloping, tree-lined surrounding hills. In 1984, the estate was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites after a major…
Harber’s History Lesson, Daily News Journal, November 15, 2014, Susan Harber My home is just a stone’s throw from Stones River, and I have often mused on the origin of these powerful yet humble waters. Glancing back in time, I was amazed at the history of this river named by a…
Greg Tucker, Murfreesboro Post, November 8, 2014 Two years after the first City Café closed, a former competitor claimed the name. The origins of Cantrell’s Restaurant, later known as the City Café, are unclear, but deed records confirm that it was operating in 1920 at 11 South Side Public Square…
Harber’s History Lesson, Daily News Journal, November 2, 2014, Susan Harber Zadie Beatrice Bowling Key lived a very full life as an advocate for Rutherford County and could only be described as a “go-getter.” She was born on Oct. 21, 1921 to Beatrice Kelton and John William Bowling. John was born…
Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, October 26, 2014 With medical satchel in hand, Dr. Herbert Simmons, the local coroner, climbed onto the porch steps. He was responding to a call received at the East Orange, N.J., headquarters only a little while before at 4:40 p.m. On the other line,…
Remembering Rutherford, Daily News Journal, October 25, 2014, Gregg Tucker Elks’ Stone Tablet Odyssey – a Rutherford mystery The stone tablet apparently survived a move and a demolition, but ran out of engraving space five years before the demise of the Elks. Lodge No. 1029 of the Brotherhood & Protective…
Remembering Rutherford, Daily News Journal, October 12, 2014, Gregg Tucker The “large spring” was on land owned by Maj. Reading Blount. Early Davidson County settlers called it “Blount’s Lick.” Before the Civil War, the “large spring” was part of the Sulphur Spring farm owned by the former mayor of Murfreesboro.…
Harber’s History Lesson, Daily News Journal, October 4, 2014, Susan Harber The word “spy” has an Old French etymology meaning “look out” and “watch closely.” Our story today centers on an individual who performed this role exceptionally well. Mary Kate Patterson was a beautiful, young woman with a slender frame and…
Remembering Rutherford, Daily News Journal, September 28, 2014, Greg Tucker “Rutherford County—Dairying Center of the South” declared the Daily News Journal on April 9, 1944. For nearly a decade thereafter every edition of the newspaper repeated this boast at the top of page one. The path to this distinction likely…