Union Hospital Trains Ran on N&C Railroad
May 1, 2019, Greg Tucker, Rutherford County Historian This illustration from an 1864 edition of Harper’s Weekly shows a Union Army “hospital train” on a run between Chattanooga and Nashville. The locomotive is identical to the engine that pulled trains on the state’s first railroad link (Nashville to Antioch) in…
C. B. Arnette reclaimed the Heritage from his Family’s Log Home for the Ransom School House
March/April, 2019, Froe Chips, editor Carol White It was both a comprehensive process and a labor of love that prompted C.B. Arnette to use the logs from the Arnette family home, once located at 2403 Halls Hill Pike, for the Ransom School House construction. The home was built in the…
Murfreesboro Mayors: 6-10
May 1, 2019, A Series by Barry Lamb Rucker, Dr. William Reade was born on May 20, 1792 in Amherst County, Virginia to the Reverend James Rucker and his wife, Nancy Ann Reade Rucker, who came to the Walter Hill area of Rutherford County from Amherst County in 1795. He…
Murfreesboro Airport terminal demolished, $4.5 million replacement on the way
May 1, 2019, Mealand Ragland-Hudgins, The Daily News Journal Murfreesboro Airport workers said goodbye to the city’s nearly 70-year-old terminal earlier this week. Demolition of the terminal took place on Monday and cleanup at the site along Memorial Boulevard is underway, Airport Manager Chad Gerkhe said. Removing debris should take…
Monday, May 20, 7:00PM
Monday, May 20, 7:00PM, Rutherford County Archive Building, 435 Rice Street (down from the Murfreesboro Athletic Club) Bart Walker of Murfreesboro’s WGNS Radio will present the history of radio in Rutherford County. WGNS, Rutherford County’s ‘Good Neighbor Station’ came on the air 10PM, December 31, 1946, when Rutherford County had…
In Pursuit of Life and Liberty
Parri Ordoubadian, The Daily News Journal, June 25, 1978 A couple of years ago helping a refugee adjust to this country was the latest rage. The influx of Laotian refugees into this country was one of the biggest topics of conversation. But, just like any other fad, the word ‘refugee’…
Gloria Shacklett Christy Receives DAR Award
April 27, 2019, WGNS Radio On Friday (4/26/2019) night, local historian Gloria Shacklett Christy was honored at the 114th Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference. The Murfreesboro historian received the DAR’s Meritorious Medal and Cetificate. Christy said, “This is a bright and forever memorable moment for me and my…
Walter Hill Dam, 1986
January 5, 1986, The Daily News Journal Walton Andrews, 2 1/2, has his mind on something other than fishing as he and his father, Joe, try their luck below Walter Hill Dam.
Rock Spring School, 1887-1938
ROCK SPRING SCHOOL 1887-1937 or 1938 succeeded the UNION SCHOOL and was built on its same site. It was known as School no. 1 in District 35. The school was a one-room frame building. H.A. Alexander was School Director in the 1896 period. School records show the early school teachers:…
Bobby Turman shared info regarding Cannonsburgh
RCHS Board member Bobby Turman is a self-made expert concerning Cannonsburg, located near downtown Murfreesboro. Bobby shared the reason(s) behind the creation of Cannonsburg in 1976, as well as what the future holds.
Campus School Celebrates 90-Years THIS Tuesday
April 13, 2019, WGNS Radio (MURFREESBORO) Campus School celebrates its 90-year legacy from 4:00 until 6:00PM this coming Tuesday (4/16/2019) afternoon. Homer Pittard Campus School is located at 923 East Lytle Street, directly across Middle Tennessee Boulevard from MTSU. Former Principal and Friends of Campus School President Dr. Rita King…
Monday, June 17, 7:00PM
Monday, June 17, 7:00PM, Rutherford County Archive Building, 435 Rice Street (down from the Murfreesboro Athletic Club) Our program is to be announced but Pettus Read of ‘Read all about it’ fame is firming-up plans for something big. STAY TUNED!
The Iconic City Cafe on Tennessee Crossroads
Tennessee Crossroads, City Cafe, April 11, 2019 Tennessee Crossroads recently visited the iconic City Cafe:
Fox Hollow School, c1900
FOX HOLLOW SCHOOL c1900 was on Fox Hollow Road which runs east off the Manchester Highway. It was on the right fork of the road soon after the road divides and was on the right side of the fork. No exact name is known for the school. Lee Jacobs and…
Baxter Hobgood and Robert Frost are Two Icons in the Literary Spectrum of the County and Nation
April 8, 2019, Susan Harber In early 1940s, on the cusp of World War II, Robert Frost, the greatest poet of the 20th century, arrived to Murfreesboro for a special reading at Middle Tennessee State College on the invitation of President Q.M. Smith. Professor Baxter Hobgood was requested by Smith…
Bill Parks for County Clerk Kan-O-Seat
April 6, 2019, Ransom School House, Murfreesboro, Tennessee You simply never know what local historians such as Curtis Parish will bring when visiting the historic Ransom School House for ‘Coffee & Conversation’ each Saturday morning…
La Vergne School, 1887-1911
LA VERGNE SCHOOL fl. 1887-c 1911 was on the southwest side of the Nashville Turnpike and on the south side of the present Church of Christ. On November 12, 1887, W.A. Goodman sold to the Christian Church a part of the school lot. The frame school building contained one room…
State Farm Insurance Regional Office
Frank Caperton, April 3, 2019 State Farm Insurance has maintained a regional office in Murfreesboro since 1954. This is ‘The Scope’, volume 21, issue 12, dated December 24, 1975:
State Farm Insurance Regional Office
Frank Caperton, April 2, 2019 State Farm Insurance has maintained a regional office in Murfreesboro since 1954. The following is a pamphlet that was distributed by the Data Processing department as a memento at the grand opening of the ‘new’ State Farm regional office location at 2500 Memorial Blvd., October…
Cane Ridge School, 1826-1893
CANE RIDGE SCHOOL 1826-1893? was located on Old Hickory Boulevard about one and one-half miles south of the present I-24/Old Hickory Boulevard intersection. The school was at one time on the same side of the road as the graveyard and the red brick church. Because of a change in the…