Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro post, June 1, 2014 The Princess Theatre: city’s first picture show – The Murfreesboro Post On a bright summer morning complete with a crystal blue sky, Annie Byrn sat on the porch of her new Main Street home. At her side were all her dollies,…
Gloria Shacklett-Christie, Murfreesboro Post Rutherford County provided more than 4,000 men for active service in World War II. One of those men who served was my father, Richard Claude Shacklett. The circumstances surrounding war times had brought two very different people together from opposite ends of the country. On Feb.…
The Murfreesboro Post, April 14, 2014 Oakland’s Historic House Museum unveils new website – The Murfreesboro Post Have you noticed our website looks different? Oaklands Historic House Museum recently partnered with Rowland Solutions, a Murfreesboro web development company, to build a new website to showcase all Oaklands has to offer.…
WGNSRadio.com A Good Neighbor Is Born As the New Year of 1947 approached, rural Rutherford County had a dramatically different feel than that of today. Approximately 8,000 persons populated the entire county. It was a big thing for the county to get its first radio station! Word is that on…
The Daily News Journal, March 4, 2014 MURFREESBORO – There are many places in Rutherford County to get a good haircut but there’s only one place that also gives patrons a free game of pool. And Charlotte Crockett from Pastime Barber Shop & Billiard Room is willing to throw in…
This photo was contributed by Judy Adamson for the 2009 Rutherford County Historical Publication ‘Pictures and the Stories they Tell‘, page 123.
Mike West, Murfreesboro Post, January 19, 2014 TULLAHOMA, TN – A new book explores “The Tullahoma Campaign,” a nearly forgotten episode of the Civil War. Edited by David E. Currey and Robert E. Hunt, the book features numerous photographs and articles written by several historians, including James Lewis, Vince Armstrong…
Dan Whittle, the Murfreesboro Post, January 12, 2014 SMYRNA, TN: Historians around the globe know about Tennessean Sam Davis, the famous Confederate Coleman scout who chose death by a hangman’s noose rather than disclose identities of fellow Southern Civil War sympathizers. However, few know about “Uncle” Charlie Waldron, who was…
Gloria Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, January 1, 2014 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — For thousands of years, people have been fascinated by electricity. It wasn’t until the 18th century with the famous kite experiment by Benjamin Franklin in 1752 did the path to the everyday use of electricity begin to take shape. Through…
