February 12, 2022, Frank Caperton Carpe Cafe, 115, Front Street in downtown Smyrna, Tennessee is located in a VERY cool building. The following is a brief history – gleaned from the Rutherford Courier and the Daily News Journal.
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!
October 30, 1942, Daily News Journal Plant operated here since 1869, Razed in half an hour; Damage Not Estimated Murfreesboro’s red cedar bucket factory, which has brought the city world-wide renown, was only a heap of ashes and charred remains yesterday, but John Patterson, one of the owning family, said…
January 13, 2022, research by Carol Robertson White William Roberts enlisted in the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry in Hayes Blackman’s Company of McCann’s Gunners in 1861. Roberts soon became a Coleman Scout under Captain Henry Shaw of Smyrna. His main duty was to follow enemy movement and interrupt communications, operating in…
Alvin C. York Hospital Collection, January 6, 2022 The Rutherford County Historical Society acquired thousands of photos from the Alvin C. York Veterans Hospital in December, 2018.
January 3, 2022, Tayla Courage, The Murfreesboro Post National Park Service Rangers make it a point to share the stories of the everyday people who found themselves battling through the Civil War in the heart of Tennessee 159 years ago. On a drizzly afternoon last week, Ranger Jim Lewis led…
Ellen Snell Coleman, the Summer of 1984 When Giles Scales Harding and Mary Hollowell Blackman married they movedto their two story log house. It was located in the Blackman area just offthe Manson Pike. This house served the family well for many years. Sometime before the War between the States,…
