Frank Caperton, The Rutherford County Historical Society, August 18, 2012 I was invited and honored to take a tour of the ‘penthouse’ atop Murfreesboro’s City Center. Hard to believe the 16-story City Center was completed in 1988 at a height of (approximately) 180 feet. Erin Edgemon, The Murfreesboro Post, April…
You never know what you’ll find at the Ransom School House, headquarters of the Rutherford County Historical Society located at 717 North Academy Street…
Elizabeth Tullos, The Murfreesboro Post, August 10, 2017 For the 50th anniversary of Camp Piedmont, local Girl Scouts flashed back to 1967 at the annual day camp to learn more about the history of their beloved campsite and organization. Nestled between Murfreesboro and Woodbury off of John Bragg Highway, Camp…
Many thanks to the Middle Tennessee Drone Pilots for sharing these wonderful pics from this weekend’s closure of Old Fort Pkwy. and Broad Street – a 60,000-car-a-day intersection… Please give Middle Tennessee Drone Pilots a ‘like’ at http://www.facebook.com/mtdptn/
Mary R. Reeves, The Murfreesboro Post, July 29, 2017 The old white building sits close to the road, its architecture a testament to olden, golden days when farmers gathered for checker games while their wives gossiped about soap operas on the party lines. The doors are locked, the rooms are…
Mary M. Reeves, The Murfreesboro Post, July 28, 2017 Two developers interested in the block containing Franklin Synergy Bank property on East College presented their proposals to the Murfreesboro City Council in a special meeting Thursday night. Both proposals included mixed use – combining residential with office and retail space…
Rutherford County Archaeological Society, July 28, 2017 MURFREESBORO — TrustPoint Hospital broke ground on its new addition Tuesday but before the construction started, the hospital asked the Rutherford County Archaeology Society to scan the land for Civil War artifacts. Over two weekends in May, the local nonprofit worked with the…
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker talks the history of our infrastructure with the Murfreesboro City Council, July 20, 2017…
Sally Smith, MTSU Intern, Albert Gore Research Center, July 7, 2017 With the May 18th announcement of an extension of the Murfreesboro Greenway System toward Barfield Park, it is an appropriate time to reflect on the 1980 environmental statement that would contribute to the construction of Murfreesboro’s thirteen miles of Greenway.…
The Daily News Journal, April 17, 2005 Found this clipping in a stack of newspapers donated by the family of long, long time Rutherford County Historian Ernie Johns…