Monday, Feb. 18, 7PM, Madelyn Scales Harris will focus on African American history in Rutherford County
Monday, February 18, 7PM, Rutherford County Archive, 435 Rice Street: Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker will present special guest Murfreesboro Vice mayor Madelyn Scales Harris with a focus on African American history in Rutherford County.
Smyrna/La Vergne History Series
Smyrna Outdoor Adventure Center, Smyrna, Tennessee, February 2, 2019 Today saw 61 attendees at our first Smyrna/La Vergne History Series. The topics were wide and varied – and VERY enjoyable!
Florence School, 1919-1951
FLORENCE SCHOOL 1919-c1951 was located on the old Nashville Turnpike at its intersection with Florence Road. It opened after the close of LONE OAK SCHOOL farther north on the Turnpike. N.M. Lewis and wife Estelle A. signed a deed for a school in 1919 but did not file the deed…
Remnants of Fortress Rosecrans on Medical Center Pkwy.
February 2, 2019, Frank Caperton & Eddie Smotherman RCHS member and retired Chief Ranger of the Stones River National Battlefield Gib Backlund recently invited Murfreesboro City Council Member and RCHS Board member Eddie Smotherman, Chief Ranger Jim Lewis of the Stones River National Battlefield, Scott Broden of the Daily news…
Sharpesville School, 1868-c1918
SHARPESVILLE SCHOOL 1868-c 1918, first known as UNION SCHOOL, was on the present Guy James Road which turns north off the Hall’s Hill Road. The school was on the east side of the road and on the 1878 Beers Map it is marked as Union Church and School. On September…
Monday, March 18, 5:30PM
Monday, March 18, 5:30PM, Oaklands Mansion, 900 North Maney Ave.: Our annual Show & Tell dinner banquet. Bring a piece of YOUR local history! Cost is only $15 per person which included dinner. Please click here to buy your ticket today!
Late Doug Young Honored at Murfreesboro City Schools Gala
iframe> January 30, 2019, Murfreesboro City TV Channel 3 Late Vice Mayor Doug Young was honored at the 2019 Excellence in Education Gala. We hope you enjoy the video from this year’s event.
Video Day at the Benevolent Cemetery (South Church Street)
Frank Caperton, January 28, 2019 Michael Nevills of Murfreesboro’s City TV 3 is producing a piece regarding the history and importance of the ‘Benevolent Cemetery’ located on South Church. The video will air on Murfreesboro City TV Channel 3 in February. I met Michael at the Benevolent Cemetery and found…
The Human Fly and other stories from around the Rutherford County Courthouse
Mike West, The Daily News Journal, June 29, 1975 If the old courthouse clock could talk, think of the tales it could tell. A public hanging, the tragic demise of ‘The Human Fly’, and Nathan Bedford Forrest’s famous raid are only a few of the events the old brass clock…
County Courthouse improvement estimated at $563K
Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal, January 27, 2019 Landscapers started the initial work Saturday for an improvement project of the historic Rutherford County Courthouse, Mayor Bill Ketron said. ‘We’re just trying to make the Courthouse what she should be, the beautiful place that everybody respects and kind of one…
Fosterville High School, 1928-1953
FOSTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1928-1953 was built on the north side of the Fosterville-U.S. 231 Road. W.E. Smith sold to the County Board of Education, in a deed signed July 12, 1928, a lot for the new school property. The new school replaced the school 1903-1928 across from the railroad depot.…
Valley View School, 1918-1939
VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL 1918-1939 was on the north side of Valley View Road just east of the intersection of that road and Dunnaway Chapel Road. The school was built to accommodate both the first VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL, frequently called McKEE SCHOOL, and the ROCKDALE SCHOOL. On July 18, 1917, Albert…
Standridge School, early 1800s-c1900
STANDRIDGE SCHOOL early 1800’s-c 1900 was about .5 mile southwest of the present Cripple Creek Presbyterian Church on the Bradyville Road. The sites of the schoolhouse and the church are still so shown on the 1878 Beers Map. The last school was built two or three hundred feet south of…
Wedding Dresses through the Decades at Oaklands Mansion
Michael Linn White, Murfreesboro City Channel 3, January 24, 2019 Murfreesboro CityTv’s Michael Linn White visits Oaklands Mansion and gets a quick tour of the very popular Wedding Dresses Through the Decades exhibit.
Burrus Cemetery and a Little History
Froe Chips, January/February 2019, by Carol Robertson White There are two Burrus family cemeteries in Rutherford County. One Burrus cemetery is nestled dab smack in the middle of Cherry Lane Acres, with residential homes built all around. The cemetery is guarded by an iron fence and was restored years ago…
For two decades, Huddlestons fed West Vine neighbors
Froe Chips, January/February 2019, Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker Before World War II, Homer Huddleston and his wife Effie lived in a rented “shotgun house” in Westvue, the working class neighborhood west of the railroad tracks in Murfreesboro. Their home was on the southwest corner of the Mill and Dosie…
Table made from historic timbers of the White House
Froe Chips, January/February 2019, Carol White, Editor Two tables made from timbers that once supported the roof of the White House at the time Andrew Jackson was president were given to the Veterans Hospital in 1940. The tables are of colonial design, the pine wood finished, polished and unstained. In…
Interesting Laws from Early Murfreesboro
Rutherford County Historical Society Monthly Meeting, January 21, 2019 Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker shares a few interesting laws from early Murfreesboro…
Wedding Dresses at Oaklands Mansion NOW Thru 3/3/19
January 19, 2019, WGNS Radio (MURFREESBORO) Wedding Dresses Through The Decades is now open every day through March 3, 2019 at Oaklands Mansion, 900 N. Maney Avenue. Stories of our community will come to life through wedding gowns on display at Oaklands Mansion, where every dress tells a love story.…
Photos from the Alvin C. York Medical Center Collection – WGNS Radio at the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center Patient Carnival, c1968?
Alvin C. York Hospital Collection, January 16, 2019 The Rutherford County Historical Society acquired thousands of photos from the Alvin C. York Veterans Hospital in December, 2018. Bart Walker of WGNS Radio helped identify Jerry Brown, WGNS Sales Manager Neil Lancaster, Carl Tipton (operating the equipment). We need your help…