Susan Harber, May 7, 2018 Charlie Jacobus (1923-2013), a citizen of Smyrna for 48 years, was an accomplished baker and well known in our nation for his culinary skills. He also served in World War II’s largest engagements, including D-Day invasion of Normandy and in Cherbourg. Moreover, he was on…
Sunday, April 29, 2018, Murfreesboro, TN The Murfreesboro Police Department held an open house showing off the new $55.4 million headquarters. Thank you WGNS Radio for the coverage: The new headquarters is over 135-thousand square feet and Bowen says the best part is all police divisions will be under one…
April 30, 2018, Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society Springfield is located on Manson Pike, just west of the I-24 and Medical Center Parkway. Springfield was built in 1805 by Gen. John Hunter Smith of Revolutionary War fame. During the Civil War, Federal soldiers were quartered in the west side…
Frank Caperton, President of the RCHS, April 28, 2018 The weather was perfect, the crowd festive and the cause worthy…
WALTER HILL HIGH SCHOOL 1924-1972 was built on the west side of the Lebanon Highway and about one mile north of Stones River. The Rutherford County Board of Education bought four acres of land from R. F. and Irene Neely on August 15, 1924 for six hundred dollars. Consolidated in…
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, April 24, 2018 State funding to purchase the historic Johns-King Home in Smyrna has fallen through for the second year in a row, said state Rep. Mike Sparks. Also known as Liberty Hill, the home at 845 Old Jefferson Pike bore witness to…
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, April 23, 2018 State funding to purchase the historic Johns-King Home in Smyrna has fallen through for the second year in a row, said state Rep. Mike Sparks. Also known as Liberty Hill, the home at 845 Old Jefferson Pike bore witness to…
Started in 1973, Buster’s Place has been serving Middle Tennessee the Best Hamburgers South of the Mason-Dixon Line! In 2013, ownership passed from the Buster Pugh Family to Peter and Kathy Moret. Please enjoy this piece from ‘Tennessee Crossroads‘:
From the collection of Oaklands Mansion, April 20, 2018 Here are a few recently scanned photos of workmen during the restoration of the mansion in 1959.
April 20, 2018, Pettus Read Rockvale Sports of Days Gone Bye – This is the elementary team of the Rockvale School back in 1962. An interesting fact about the front row is from that group this county has had serve it one current County Commissioner, two former County Commissioners and…