August 6, 1970, The Rutherford Courier Workmen are shown making repairs on the Jefferson Pike bridge which is undergoing repairs. The bridge developed structural faults following its opening last year (ed. 1969) and has been closed months since was first put into use. Rutherford County Road Superintendent Bill Wilson said…
February 10, 2022 Recently local historian Bill Wilson brought this exceptional artifact by the Rutherford County Historical Society’s Ransom School House. Way to go Bill – thank you!
November 24, 2002, Dan Whittle, The Daily News Journal Before there was a Nashville International Airport and historic Sewart Air Force Base in Smyrna, there was Tennessee’s Sky Harbor on the Old Nashville Hwy. Today boats are manufactured at the site between Murfreesboro and Smyrna. In fact, before there was…
March 8, 2021, Susan Harber, The Daily New Journal The earliest mills of Rutherford County carry a birthright and are a relic to our culture today. With abundant falls on Stones River, power was produced for grist and sawmills as a thriving industry. The forks had narrow lanes of water…
Frank Caperton, President, Rutherford County Historical Society, June 8, 2017 What an honor to receive these pics from John Black, Executive Director of the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority.
J.N. Wright‘s Mill was located just off Halls Hill Pike behind the old Kerr‘s Grocery. It collapsed in (c) 1978. Note the dam constructed of timber. From ‘Pictures and the Stories they Tell‘, the Rutherford County Historical Society. From Denise Johnson: “I thought some of the more recent folks that…
