The Rutherford County Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the contributions made to Publication No. 2 bythe following: Henry G. Wray, Rutherford County ArchivistMary Hall, Retired-Unretired Middle Tennessee State University ProfessorMayor W. H. Westbrooks, City of MurfreesboroBen Hall McFarlin, Rutherford County Court ClerkErnie Johns, Past President of the Historical SocietyHomer Pittard, Rutherford…
July 4, 2021, Rockvale, Tennessee Did you know the Rockvale Ruritans Club has been hosting the annual 4th of July Celebration since 1927? 2021 marked the 94th year of this piece of Americana. Hamburgers, ice cream, Kona Ice, barbeque, games and most of all, a sense of community. No ticket…
1973, Miss Mary Hall People, Places, and Events make History. In wishing to preserve, and make easily accessible many facts concerning the rich heritage of Rutherford County, the Historical Society presents Volume I. Many hours of research into historical records have been spent in preparation for this volume, in order…
Rutherford County Historical Society Publication 2, 1978 (Selection from Jack R. Mankin’s “Autobiography” written for his children in which he describes his brother’s store and offers some nostalgic impressions of life as he remembers it in the surrounding communities of Mankinville and Dilton.) When I was a child–some eight or…
Rutherford County Historical Society Publication No. 1, Summer, 1973
Monday, June 21, 2021, The Rutherford County Archive, 435 Rice Street What an informative evening! Rutherford County Archivist John Lodl of the Rutherford County Archives shared the history of our cutting-edge county Archive, the functions of the Archive and the importance of the Archive.
May, 18, 2021 Gayle Passovoy Mr. Bill Allen, who as a Navy corpsman stormed the beaches of Normandy is a proud Charter member of The Exchange Club of Murfreesboro (the host of the Healing Field). Allen returned with a PBS documentary crew to the spot where he almost lost his…
June 8, 2021 Greg Tucker The late C. B. Arnette (1918-2010), local author and historian, and an alumnus of the Ransom School, wrote a memorial for his friend and schoolmate George Walter Parrish. The writing, reproduced here, gives some interesting insight as to the School and the building which now…
June 10, 2021 Barry Lamb The Osborn-Dromgoole-Harrison-Murfree house, formerly located at 420 North Spring Street, on the corner of Spring and Bell Streets, was likely built for Caleb Osborn and his wife, Elizabeth Rankin Osborn, around 1853. The land on which the house was constructed was once owned by Marmon…
