City of Murfreesboro, November 1, 2013 On this episode of Murfreesboro Storytellers, host John Hood talks to Dr. Carroll Van West, director of MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation and the newly-named state historian.
Murfreesboro City Television, October 1, 2013 On this episode, host John Hood sits with citizens that gather at Hooper’s Supply to share stories.
City of Murfreesboro, October 1, 2013 On this episode, host John Hood sits with citizens that gather at Hooper’s Supply to share stories.
Monte Hale, Jr., The Murfreesboro Post, September 29, 2013 There comes a point in time in every baseball man’s life when it’s time to hang up the old ball cap. For Murfreesboro baseball icon Jack Jolly, the time is now. After serving as a Major League Baseball scout for about…
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, September 22, 2013 Sitting around the dinner table, most people have heard family lore about how they are descended from either someone special, be it royalty, a famous patriot or an infamous character. For David Vaughn, that person was Davy Crockett, the “King of the…
DAILY NEWS JOURNAL, GREG TUCKER, 9/8/2013 The mules were retired after only 12 months; the local bus company struggled along for a decade; but the inter-city service carried several generations and rewarded its founders. Street Rail The Murfreesboro Street Railway was incorporated in 1892 by P. P. Mason, B. L.…
DAILY NEWS JOURNAL, GREG TUCKER, 8/11/2013 Confederate Army veteran Albert C. Everett died on Jan. 1, 1939, the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Stones River. He was one of the last five Confederate veterans living in Rutherford County. Frank Ross, Rutherford’s last Confederate veteran, died on Oct. 14, 1943,…
January 15, 1938, The Daily News Journal Ed. Note: MTSTC (Middle Tennessee State Teachers College is better known as MTSU) The S.T.C. freshman team for the firs time since 1925 beat the Western Kentucky first year men. According to Freshman Coach Freeman it was a last minute goal by B.H.…
Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, May 11, 2013 At 47, the Rev. Robert Henderson had finally forsaken all, being determined to die to all selfish elements. He had been a pastor of several churches for more than 23 years. It was 1811 and this true resignation was compelling him…
DAILY NEWS JOURNAL, GREG TUCKER, 4/7/2013 It started locally on the city sidewalks. Then it went indoors at Jakes Town on the Woodbury Pike and open air on portables. Finally, roller skating centered on West College. In the early 1700s, a Dutch ice skater attempted to make a pair of…