Category: Rutherford History in the News
More Gateway development may erase a piece of Murfreesboro Civil War history
Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal, February 20, 2019 A future development in Murfreesboro’s Gateway area may replace earth mounds that were part of Fortress Rosecrans during the Civil War. “Fortress Rosecrans was a 200-acre fort that was constructed to serve as a supply depot for the Union following the…
Table made from historic timbers of the White House
Froe Chips, January/February 2019, Carol White, Editor Two tables made from timbers that once supported the roof of the White House at the time Andrew Jackson was president were given to the Veterans Hospital in 1940. The tables are of colonial design, the pine wood finished, polished and unstained. In…
Wedding Dresses at Oaklands Mansion NOW Thru 3/3/19
January 19, 2019, WGNS Radio (MURFREESBORO) Wedding Dresses Through The Decades is now open every day through March 3, 2019 at Oaklands Mansion, 900 N. Maney Avenue. Stories of our community will come to life through wedding gowns on display at Oaklands Mansion, where every dress tells a love story.…
Lookie what I found: The Bavarian Lounge, 1975
The Daily News Journal, March 30, 1975 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. Do YOU remember the old Bavarian Lounge once located at the Holiday Inn, Old Fort Pkwy. and I-24???
Lookie what I Found: Jason & Elise Simmons
The Daily News Journal, August 30, 1998 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. I was browsing through the August 30, 1998 edition of the DNJ and came across RCHS members Jason & Elise Simmons –…
WGNS Radio Tower 1986
January 5, 1986, The Daily News Journal Roy Woody of Services Unlimited climbs the tallest structure in Murfreesboro, the WGNS radio station tower, to change a light builb. Shown here, he stops halfway up to adjust his feet. The tower is 36 stories high.
Exploring the Sam Davis Home (WKRN TV)
2018 Christmas Open House was an unqualified success!
Ransom School House, December 1, 2018 The 2018 Rutherford County Historical Society Christmas Open House saw more then 200 visitors Saturday night!
A rainy, rainy tour of Old Jefferson
Old Jefferson, Near Smyrna, Tennessee, December 1, 2018 Yes, it rained and rained, still, Toby Francis led a tour of ‘Old Jefferson’. BTW, ‘Old Jefferson’ was the county seat of Rutherford County from 1803 till 1811.
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More Gateway development may erase a piece of Murfreesboro Civil War history
Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal, February 20, 2019 A future development in Murfreesboro’s Gateway area may replace earth mounds that were part of Fortress Rosecrans during the Civil War. “Fortress Rosecrans was a 200-acre fort that was constructed to serve as a supply depot for the Union following the…
Table made from historic timbers of the White House
Froe Chips, January/February 2019, Carol White, Editor Two tables made from timbers that once supported the roof of the White House at the time Andrew Jackson was president were given to the Veterans Hospital in 1940. The tables are of colonial design, the pine wood finished, polished and unstained. In…
Wedding Dresses at Oaklands Mansion NOW Thru 3/3/19
January 19, 2019, WGNS Radio (MURFREESBORO) Wedding Dresses Through The Decades is now open every day through March 3, 2019 at Oaklands Mansion, 900 N. Maney Avenue. Stories of our community will come to life through wedding gowns on display at Oaklands Mansion, where every dress tells a love story.…
Lookie what I found: The Bavarian Lounge, 1975
The Daily News Journal, March 30, 1975 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. Do YOU remember the old Bavarian Lounge once located at the Holiday Inn, Old Fort Pkwy. and I-24???
Lookie what I Found: Jason & Elise Simmons
The Daily News Journal, August 30, 1998 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. I was browsing through the August 30, 1998 edition of the DNJ and came across RCHS members Jason & Elise Simmons –…
WGNS Radio Tower 1986
January 5, 1986, The Daily News Journal Roy Woody of Services Unlimited climbs the tallest structure in Murfreesboro, the WGNS radio station tower, to change a light builb. Shown here, he stops halfway up to adjust his feet. The tower is 36 stories high.
Exploring the Sam Davis Home (WKRN TV)
2018 Christmas Open House was an unqualified success!
Ransom School House, December 1, 2018 The 2018 Rutherford County Historical Society Christmas Open House saw more then 200 visitors Saturday night!
A rainy, rainy tour of Old Jefferson
Old Jefferson, Near Smyrna, Tennessee, December 1, 2018 Yes, it rained and rained, still, Toby Francis led a tour of ‘Old Jefferson’. BTW, ‘Old Jefferson’ was the county seat of Rutherford County from 1803 till 1811.