July 1, 2019, by Carol White Patricia Todd Nelson was born in 1951 to Charles and Margaret Todd of Second Avenue. She went to Campus School from first thru eighth grade, walking to school until her parents moved to Bellwood. Charles Todd was the owner of Todd Furniture once located…
Saturday, July 13, 12:30PM, Ransom School House – RCHS Board meeting All members in good standing are invited to the bi-monthly RCHS Board meeting.
July 1, 2019, A Series by Barry Lamb Fisher, Edward, born in 1800, came to Murfreesboro from North Carolina during the 1810s. He was one of the organizers of the Murfreesboro Methodist Episcopal Church in 1821. He married Martha Ann Hartwell, daughter of Armistead and Martha Ann Gholson Hartwell of…
LINK SCHOOL log 1858 was located about 100 yards north of the Old Leb Methodist Church. It was in the south end of the field near the Westbrooks Graveyard. There is no known name for the school which was the first in the Link Community. The building was of logs…
Monday, July 15, Rutherford County Archive, 435 Rice Street: Tim James will present the amazing journey of his father – Edsel Ford James – and the Three Ten Pipe and Tobacco Shop once located on East main Street.
WILSON HILL SCHOOL f 1. 1860’s-fl. 1878 was on Wilson Hill Road north of the Woodbury Road. It was at the foot of Pilot Knob. On the 1878 Beers Map it is shown as a Baptist Church and school. The school was there whenJoseph David Hall, b. 1854, was a…
June 28, 2019, WGNS Radio (MURFREESBORO) The City of Murfreesboro finalized the closing Friday (6/28/2019) with One East College, LLC on downtown property for the area’s first mixed-use development. The development, on property known as the former First United Methodist Church location, will incorporate office, residential, retail, restaurant, and hotel…
June 27, 2019, WGNS Radio State Representative Mike Sparks (R-Smyrna) recognized Frank Caperton of Murfreesboro with a House Proclamation for his outstanding work as president of the Rutherford County Historical Society and his leadership in the local community. Caperton moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to attend Middle Tennessee State University in…
VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL, 1902-1918 was northwest of Lascassas. It was on McKee Road, a dead end road running southeast of Jordan Road which in turn runs east of Valley View Road. The school lot adjoined the John Patterson farm and may have been given by the Patterson family. Although the…
CENTRAL ACADEMY 1887-1913 was on the Midland Road about 1/2 mile north of the place where Panther Creek crosses the road. It was on the west side of the present Armstrong Valley Road just after its intersection with the Barfield-Crescent Road. On June 39, 1887, for the sum of fifty…