PRUETT SCHOOL 1874-1928 was on Hoovers Gap Road about two miles north of the Gap. It was on the west side of the road in a sharp curve. In May 1874, Henry and John Pruett gave a gift deed of a parcel of land to School Directors S. J. Cobb,…
From lifelong Murfreesboro resident Tim Davis: “Circa 1972 6th grade Hobgood field trip to Land Between the Lakes.”
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker gives a brief ‘history lesson’ each month at the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) City Council meeting. Want to learn about Murfreesboro’s Old City Cemetery? Click the pic below and enjoy the minute video.
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, June 19, 2017 The term “slaughter” emanates cold chills down the spine of any individual in Rutherford County. Yet, slaughter was unending on December 31, 1862, with the perilous, bloodiest encounter of Union and Confederate troops in a heavy forest near the Stones River.…
The Rutherford Reader (www.RutherfordReader.com), June 17, 2017 On Saturday, May 27, 2017, members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Captain William Lytle Chapter of Murfreesboro, TN, gathered to memorialize and honor the life and military service of Revolutionary War Patriot, Captain William Lytle, at the Lytle Cemetery located…
Murfreesboro City Television, June 17, 2017 Host John Hood interviews Bill Carey with the TN History for Kids program. For more information on the program, visit www.tnhistoryforkids.org.
Frank Caperton, President, Rutherford County Historical Society, June 8, 2017 What an honor to receive these pics from John Black, Executive Director of the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority.
Sam Stockard, The Murfreesboro Post, June 8, 2017 Barely a month after a local group erected a marker at Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church recognizing its historical significance, someone vandalized the building overnight this week. Please click here to visit the page from the May 6, Decoration Day at Ebenezer Primitive…
Frank Caperton, President RCHS, June 4, 2017 The dedicated volunteers of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp 33 conducted a small service honoring the war dead of the South Sunday afternoon at Murfreesboro’s Evergreen Cemetery. Most do not realize several ‘holidays’ are recognized by the government of Tennessee in addition to…
