1960 – Hendon-McClanaham Lodge No. 12, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

1960 July, Tennessee FOP Magazine Police Keep Pace with Progress Murfreesboro’s 23-man police force is not only keeping pace with the city’s rapid march of progress, but in the same light finds time to express itself as a sincere civic minded organization. The department, headed by veteran Chief Claude Vance…

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1960 Middle Tennessee State College (MTSU) Campus Police

1960, January-February, Tennessee Law Enforcement Journal The Campus Police Department of Middle Tennessee State College, pictured here, represents another group of officers who are 100% in Association membership. From left to right are Chief Stanley D. Hobbs, former assistant chief of the McMinnville Department, Patrolmen E.V. Mose, Ellis Burnett and…

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1960 – Keep Pace with City’s Rapid March of Progress

1960, January Tennessee Law Enforcement Journal Murfreesboro’s 23-man police force is not only keeping pace with the city’s rapid march of progress, but in the same light finds time to express itself as a sincere civic minded organization. The department headed by veteran Chief Claude Vance was instrumental in the…

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Ridley McLean was a Navy Rear Admiral in World War I

November 4, 2019, Susan Harbor, Daily News Journal The knowledge of a two-star Admiral growing up in Murfreesboro escaped me until recently. This single man originated superior Naval tactician precept and was the mastermind of the Navy we have today. Rear Admiral Ridley McLean was born an only child to…

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WZTV: The story of the ‘Human Fly’

November 1, 2019, Dennis Ferrier, WZTV (Channel 17) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Rutherford County Courthouse on the square in Murfreesboro is pure southern charm. One of just a handful of pre-Civil War courthouses left in the state of Tennessee. Imagine the stories the building could tell … We’re going to…

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The Anderson-Christy-Keeble-Sparks-Ransom home

November 1, 2019, Researched and written by Barry Lamb Few homes bore witness to significant events in Murfreesboro history than the Anderson-Keeble-Sparks-Ransom home. If houses could talk, it would have spoken of the infancy of the town when it served as the Tennessee state capital. It would have talked about…

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Who Remembers Brinkley’s Fine Foods and Fine Music?

November 1, Greg Tucker In the 1930’s, the popular Lewis Brinkley Grocery on the Square (103 East Side) was run by a second generation grocer and founder of the first local Chamber of Commerce.  When it appeared that the store was going to need a fourth bicycle and yet another…

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Murfreesboro Mayors: 21-25

November 1, 2019, A Series by Barry Lamb Hanna, Dr. William H. was born circa 1805 in Tennessee. He is possibly the son of John Doak Hanna, who died in Rutherford County in 1835, as he was involved in the administration of his estate. Our subject moved to Mississippi as a…

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