Chiggers and Ticks Fight Over Their Next Food Source
July 10, 2020 July/August Frow Chips, RCHS Board Member and accomplished author Pettus Read It looks like July may be its usual self with hot days and the humidity around 125 percent, but which should be totally normal for us country types to be out struggling to get our hands…
American Federation of Government Employees Lodge 1892,
August 13, 1969 Daily News Journal Who remembers Director A.B. Buckner of the Rutherford County Rescue Squad? Leonard Reeves, Jerry Foran or P.B. Smith of the American Federation of Government Employees?
Crosslin and Victory at the Smyrna Senior Citizens’ Center, 1978
July 20, 1978, The Smyrna Senior Center, Smyrna, Tennessee Local historians such as the dedicated volunteers at the Rutherford County Historical Society LOVE treasures such as this!
The Old Children’s Discovery House
November 21, 2001, Children’s Discovery House Pictured are two of the three daughters of RCHS volunteer Frank Caperton, taken by the Daily News Journal, November 21, 2001 at the ‘old’ Children’s Discovery House once located at 503 North Maple Street.
Tom Hoover presents an amazing collection of Civil War Artifacts
The Order of Rainbow for Girls, c1960
August 12, 2020, Submitted by Local Historian Liz Merritt Bouma The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls is a service organization for girls between the ages of 11 and 20. This organization allows young ladies to build self confidence and leadership skills, all while serving their community.
Photos from the Alvin C. York Medical Center Collection – Emily Butler, Daily News Journal, August 13, 1969
August 13, 1969, The Daily News Journal The Rutherford County Historical Society was gifted more than 10,000 photos and newspaper clippings from the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center late in 2018.
Bradley Academy, 1806-1884
BRADLEY ACADEMY 1806-1884 was first located near Colonel Rucker’s place and the present Veterans Administration Hospital on the east side of Lebanon Pike about four miles north of Murfreesboro. By 1811, BRADLEY ACADEMY had moved to Murfreesboro to a site northeast of the 1918 BRADLEY SCHOOL building on South Academy…
Photos from the Alvin C. York Medical Center Collection – Kay Bowen, The Daily News Journal, August 13, 1969
August 13, 1969 The Daily News Journal The Rutherford County Historical Society was gifted more than 10,000 photos and newspaper clippings from the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center late in 2018.
Anderson School for Boys, 1908-1912
The ANDERSON SCHOOL FOR BOYS 1908-1912 took over the old MOONEY SCHOOL on the south side of East Main Street in Murfreesboro. On March 28, 1908, the School Trustees received from W. D. Mooney and wife Grace R. two parcels of land, the MOONEY SCHOOL and the home on High…
Rockvale High School, 1927-1972
ROCKVALE HIGH SCHOOL 1927-1972 was on the same site as the former frame building. The new brick building was constructed in an “H” shape with an auditorium, an office, and a small library forming the horizontal bar of the “H.” Three classrooms were located in each wing. There were, in…
Murfreesboro Mayors: 36-40
July 8, 2020, A Series by Barry Lamb Overall, John Marcy was born on March 2, 1854 in the Trimble (17th) district of Rutherford County to Nathaniel Sims Overall and Dicey Crutchfield Cartwright Overall. His paternal grandparents were Robert and Mary Espey Overall, who came to Middle Tennessee before Tennessee…
The Confederate Monument on Rutherford County’s Square
July 3, 2020, July/August Froe Chips, Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker Public attention has recently focused on the Confederate Soldiers Memorial monument on the historic Rutherford County Courthouse Square. In the mid-1890’s, as many Civil War veterans reached the end of the average life expectancy for their generation, there was much interest…
Overall School (Black) School, 1920-c1936
OVERALL SCHOOL BLACK f 1. 1920’s-c 1936 was east of Lofton. It was about one and one-half miles south of State Road 96 on the east side of Craddock Road. The schoolhouse was a one-room building which was used also by the Colored Overall Methodist Church. Known teachers were Odessa…
Northcott School, 1879-1885
NORTHCOTT SCHOOL f 1. 1879-fl. 1885 was in District 22 about three-fourths of a mile east of Brown’s Mill on the east side of the Northcott farm. The ground was probably given by the elder James Northcott. The namesJ. Northcott and S. Kerr are on the 1878 Beers Map. The…
Thomas Bedford of Rutherford County
July 8, 2020 July/August Froe Chips, Susan Harber Thomas Bedford was a trailblazer in the creation of both Jefferson and Rutherford County. He was born 1758 in Goochland County, Virginia. Thomas later lived on Drakes Branch in Charlotte County, Virginia with his mother Mary Coleman and father Thomas Bedford, Sr, who was…
Lascassas School (Black), ?-1945
LASCASSAS SCHOOL BLACK (1945) was held in the Sycamore Grove Missionary Baptist Church on the west side of Valley View Road and just north of the Jefferson-Milton Road. The one-room frame building was warmed by a coal heater. Water was carried from the home of Mrs. Zula Norris. Both desks…
The old Murfreesboro Bank & Trust Building Auction
July 30, 2020, WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (MURFREESBORO) The old Mid South Bank building and the coin shop on the back both of the structure sold to Martin McGill and his wife at auction Thursday (7/30/2020) for $810,000, pending approval from the Rutherford County Commission. The two buildings were purchased in…
Hayes School, 1860’s-1899
HAYES SCHOOL f1. 1860’s-1899 was between Twelve Corners and Lofton and was on Rhodes Lane, now Jim Allen Road. It was on the property of Dave crouse about one mile off Cainsville Pike. A Mrs. D. Crouse is shown on the Beer’s Map of 1878. The school was a one-teacher,…
Cainsville School, 1886-1941
CAINSVILLE SCHOOL before 1886-c 1941 was located on the west side of Cainsville Pike just over the Rutherford-Wilson County line. It was on the farm of Thomas Lillard Huddleston who gave the land for as long as there was a school. Both Wilson and Rutherford County students attended the school.…