Daylighting Town Creek
Murfreesboro City Television, January 4, 2017 Town Creek runs underground through the heart of the city. The city will soon start a project to unearth the creek to attract people to the downtown area.
Category: Rutherford History in the News
WGNS Radio turns 70 years old!
(Editor’s note from Frank Caperton): No one who is a bigger fan of WGNS Radio than me. I moved to Murfreesboro in 1984 and instantly fell for the sounds of the 50’s and 60’s coming from 1450AM. I learned how WGNS Radio contributes to the sense of community we’ve all…
Explore Murfreesboro – Cannonsburgh
Murfreesboro City Television, December 20, 2016 Have you visited Cannonsburgh? It’s one of the great local attractions in Murfreesboro.
Daylighting of Murfreesboro’s Town Creek to begin Summer, 2017
WGNS Radio (www.wgnsradio.com), December 16, 2016 The Murfreesboro City Council voted Thursday to authorize Griggs & Maloney Engineering to conduct planning and design phase of “daylighting” Town Creek from Murfree Springs to South Church Street. Phase 1 of the Town Creek remediation project would not exceed $128,550. Construction could begin…
Gore Sr. knew Japan was ‘ready to strike’ before Pearl Harbor
Kent Syler, The Daily News Journal, December 7, 1941 “Washington is calm over the threat of war with Japan. The calm may be ominous.” With those words, Congressman Albert Gore Sr. began his Oct. 19, 1941 “radio talk” to Tennesseans. Almost two months before Pearl Harbor, Gore used his weekly Sunday…
Oaklands Candlelight Tour of Homes was a Hit
Sunday, December 4, 2016 Last night saw approximately 250 visitors to the Ransom School House as part of the 33rd Oaklands Candlelight Tour of Homes. All were warmly greeted, serenaded with Christmas carols by the Middle Tennessee Christian School choir; many visitors left as brand new members of the Rutherford…
Rutherford County Christmas Tree Lighting
Call it what you will but the Christmas tree lighting at the historic Rutherford County Courthouse is magical. To see thousands of citizens from our community gather around our 1859 Courthouse, sing carols, enjoy local business around the Square and come together as – wait, here’s that term again –…
Explore Murfreesboro – Oaklands Mansion
Murfreesboro City Television, November 30, 2016
Past, future meet The Bottoms, Simmons Alley
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, November 27, 2016 MURFREESBORO — Gracie Turner knew when it “rained real hard,” she and her family would have to leave their home in the area known historically as The Bottoms for higher ground. “My daddy, he was resourceful. He would put our…
A day at Oaklands Mansion
A Day at Oaklands Mansion, Frank Caperton, November 26, 2016 I visited Murfreesboro’s Oaklands Mansion on this beautiful afternoon. Oaklands offers some of the finest Italianate architecture I enjoy ‘gee-whiz’ facts including (thank you Oaklands Mansion for these incredible facts!): 1. Wealthy Memphis widow Elizabeth Swope purchased Oaklands Mansion and the property…
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WGNS Radio turns 70 years old!
(Editor’s note from Frank Caperton): No one who is a bigger fan of WGNS Radio than me. I moved to Murfreesboro in 1984 and instantly fell for the sounds of the 50’s and 60’s coming from 1450AM. I learned how WGNS Radio contributes to the sense of community we’ve all…
Explore Murfreesboro – Cannonsburgh
Murfreesboro City Television, December 20, 2016 Have you visited Cannonsburgh? It’s one of the great local attractions in Murfreesboro.
Daylighting of Murfreesboro’s Town Creek to begin Summer, 2017
WGNS Radio (www.wgnsradio.com), December 16, 2016 The Murfreesboro City Council voted Thursday to authorize Griggs & Maloney Engineering to conduct planning and design phase of “daylighting” Town Creek from Murfree Springs to South Church Street. Phase 1 of the Town Creek remediation project would not exceed $128,550. Construction could begin…
Gore Sr. knew Japan was ‘ready to strike’ before Pearl Harbor
Kent Syler, The Daily News Journal, December 7, 1941 “Washington is calm over the threat of war with Japan. The calm may be ominous.” With those words, Congressman Albert Gore Sr. began his Oct. 19, 1941 “radio talk” to Tennesseans. Almost two months before Pearl Harbor, Gore used his weekly Sunday…
Oaklands Candlelight Tour of Homes was a Hit
Sunday, December 4, 2016 Last night saw approximately 250 visitors to the Ransom School House as part of the 33rd Oaklands Candlelight Tour of Homes. All were warmly greeted, serenaded with Christmas carols by the Middle Tennessee Christian School choir; many visitors left as brand new members of the Rutherford…
Rutherford County Christmas Tree Lighting
Call it what you will but the Christmas tree lighting at the historic Rutherford County Courthouse is magical. To see thousands of citizens from our community gather around our 1859 Courthouse, sing carols, enjoy local business around the Square and come together as – wait, here’s that term again –…
Explore Murfreesboro – Oaklands Mansion
Murfreesboro City Television, November 30, 2016
Past, future meet The Bottoms, Simmons Alley
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, November 27, 2016 MURFREESBORO — Gracie Turner knew when it “rained real hard,” she and her family would have to leave their home in the area known historically as The Bottoms for higher ground. “My daddy, he was resourceful. He would put our…
A day at Oaklands Mansion
A Day at Oaklands Mansion, Frank Caperton, November 26, 2016 I visited Murfreesboro’s Oaklands Mansion on this beautiful afternoon. Oaklands offers some of the finest Italianate architecture I enjoy ‘gee-whiz’ facts including (thank you Oaklands Mansion for these incredible facts!): 1. Wealthy Memphis widow Elizabeth Swope purchased Oaklands Mansion and the property…