MT. MORIAH SCHOOL BLACK -1936 was on the west side of the present Plainview Road between Epps Mill Road and Sledge Road. MT. MORIAH, because of its location, was sometimes referred to as PLAINVIEW BLACK. The school was a one-room frame building for grades 1-8. Teachers included Viola Mack Batts,…
TENNESSEE MANUAL LABOR UNIVERSITY BLACK 1872 was to have been located in District 13 on the old Nashville-Murfreesboro Road. The property was bounded by James M. Tompkins west of the Cemetery, by the river on the north, and by the railroad. On July 9, 1872, N. C. Collier, for consideration…
The SPECIAL SCHOOL COUNTY January 18, 1954-1972, first for Multiple Handicapped Children and then for Educable Mentally Retarded children in the county, was located in the old Linebaugh Library on the north side of East Main Street on the east side of CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. In 1954, state regulations specified…
1969 – Tennessee FOP Magazine Sam Davis was born October 6, 1842, near Smyrna, TN attended school at Smyrna and later the Western Military Institute in Nashville, leaving there to volunteer for service in the Confederate Army, Co. I, 1st Tennessee. Due to unusual courage and desire to accept hazardous…
November 21, 2019, The Murfreesboro Voice Smyrna Depot’s original sign has finally returned home. Town of Smyrna Manager Brian D. Hercules accepted the original depot sign from the Cowan Railroad Museum this morning. “I’m grateful to the Cowan Railroad Museum for returning this piece of history home to Smyrna,” shared…
April 6, 1958, The Daily News Journal “For Pete’s Sake” – Kittrell’s seniors will present “For Pete’s Sake”, a farce in the three acts by Jay Tobias, on Friday evening, April 11, at 7:45. The cast includes Reba Coleman, Brenda Lovvorn, Jimmy Bugg, Billy Boyd, Bobby Shrum, Frieda Travis, Geralline…
January 5, 1986, The Daily News Journal First City Bank organizer Bob Murfree polishes a chair amid newly unloaded office furniture for the bank’s temporary quarters, which opened Monday morning. The bank’s permanent home, scheduled to open in March, is under construction in the background.
1965 – Tennessee Law Enforcement Journal Chief W.I. Chambliss is pictured here, front and center, with his Murfreesboro department. In the front row from left, Lt. R. Vance, Lt. T.C. Lamb, Lt. J.R. Howse, Lt. G.D. O’Brian, Sgt. Robert Blanton, Sgt. H. Carlton, Sgt. C. Walton, Det. E.N. Brown, Det.…
MISS WEAVER’S PRIVATE SCHOOL fall 1919-spring 1922 was held in two rooms of her home in the 600 block of Lytle Street. Because the Board of Trustees of TENNESSEE COLLEGE had decided to eliminate the primary grade program in which she had taught, Miss Weaver opened the school for grades…
