LOAFER’S REST SCHOOL 1881-1913 was on the second lot west of Mt. Herman Road and on the south side of Woodbury Highway. The school was first called WALNUT GROVE but the name was changed to LOAFER’S REST when Mr. Jim Anderson gave that name to his store at the suggestion…
The Daily News Journal, June 15, 1957 You know, local history it is truly rewarding. Just today, we were browsing through the June 15, 1957 edition of the Daily News Journal and came across an article regarding ‘Monkey Woman Bridge’ as it stood on Almaville Road in 1957. The bridge…
Frank Caperton, January 2, 2019 Who remembers the ‘Tank ‘N’ Tummy’, later the Huddle House at the Buchanan Road Exit and I-24?
WINDROW SCHOOL 1913-late 1930’s was also on the old Windrow campground property. On September 6, 1913, Trustees of the M. E. Church, T. 0. Johnson, A. C. Johnson, Gilbert Floyd, Lem Lawrence, Taylor Johnson, A. or S. Vaughn, and in addition J. S. Jarratt, signed a deed to the Rutherford…
WINDROW SCHOOL -1913 was located on the southeast side of Windrow Road at its intersection with Snail Shell Cave Road. The Windrow family gave the land for a church, a camp meeting ground, and a school. The old T. Winrow estate, the Winrow Church and Camp Ground are shown on…
The Daily News Journal, October 3, 1972 The James K. Polk Hotel operated at 200 East Main Street, current site of SunTrust bank, from 1927 till razed in 1977.
The Daily News Journal, March 30, 1975 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. Do YOU remember the old Bavarian Lounge once located at the Holiday Inn, Old Fort Pkwy. and I-24???
Ken Beck, the Murfreesboro Post, December 26, 2018 “And now friends we present Uncle Dave Macon, the Dixie Dewdrop, with his plug hat, gold teeth, chin whiskers, gates-ajar color and that million-dollar Tennessee smile. Let her go Uncle Dave!” To his sons and grandchildren he was known as “Pap,” but…
Wendi Watts, The Daily News Journal, August 30, 1998 Did ‘Holly Golightly’ of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” fame have a Murfreesboro connection?
The Daily News Journal, August 30, 1998 We have a new feature – a ‘Lookie what I Found’ section containing news, articles and fun stuff from recent history. Do YOU recognize any from our recent history???