Boutique Hotel, Condos, Retail-Office Space Downtown
WGNS Radio, February 22, 2018 The Murfreesboro City Council met Thursday night (2/22/2018), and it appears that the growing historic district is on the way to getting luxury downtown condos, a boutique hotel along with retail and office space. The council is favoring a proposal by Murfreesboro Development…
Council to discuss plans for former First United Methodist Church in downtown Murfreesboro
The Daily News Journal, February 21, 2018 The Murfreesboro City Council will meet Thursday to discuss the future of the First United Methodist Church/Franklin Synergy Bank property in more detail. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall, 111 W. Vine St. In October, four developers — City Development Company of…
MTSU ROTC Building named After Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to REMAIN Forrest Hall
WGNS Radio, February 20, 2018 In April of 2016, MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee accepted a recommendation by the Forrest Hall Task Force to change the name of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps building (ROTC). The task force was formed after a group of students and community members suggested…
Eudora Welty: A Selection of Photographs from the KMA Collection
WGNS Radio, February 19, 2018 February 17 – March 9, 2018 WAY back in 2000 or 2001, the RCHS was entertained by a speaker concerning Southern writers, including Eudora Welty. The MTSU Department of Art is proud to announce an exhibition of Eugenia Welty Photography that is currently on display…
Descendant of Frederick Douglass speaks at MTSU Unity lunch
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, February 15, 2018 Kevin Douglass Greene, great-great-grandson of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, encouraged the community to help youth turn dreams into goals at Middle Tennessee State University’s Unity Luncheon on Thursday. “We encourage them to dream. We need to provide the tools for them…
Jane Simmons Davis was beloved mother of Smyrna’s greatest soldier
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, February 12, 2018 Sam Davis Home will forever exemplify a special family to the hearts of Tennesseans. In the 1960s, my grandfather Glendon Johns built a replica cabin on the property during the winter months he was not working his farm in Old Jefferson. …
Celebration of the Community Once Known as ‘Cemetery’
Saturday, February 18, 2018 The 3rd annual tour of the community once known as ‘Cemetery’ was an unqualified success. Two motor coaches loaded to local history supporters visited the historic Stones River United Methodist Church and Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church. We enjoyed history, entertainment, education and fellowship.
Morgan’s Chapel School, 1873-1882
MORGANS CHAPEL 1873-1882 was a subscription school held in the Morgan’s Chapel Methodist Church on the south side of Bradyville Pike. It was in the Dilton community. On September 15, 1873, Nace S. Overall signed a gift deed to B. M. Neal, Robert N. Ward, W. P. Henderson, John W.…
Honoring Hometown African-American Heroes
February 5, 2018, WGNS Radio The deadline for purchasing tickets to MTSU’s annual homage to unsung African-American community heroes is approaching quickly. Wednesday, Feb. 7, is the final day to buy tickets to the Unity Luncheon, which is slated for 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Student Union Ballroom.…
Henderson School, late 1800’s-1934
HENDERSON SCHOOL late l800’s-1934 was located on the Manchester Pike, south of its intersection with the Dilton-Mankin Lane but on the west side of the road. It was thought to have been built in the late 1800’s when Franklin Henderson owned the plantation and before Henry Pfeil bought the place…
Jack Daniel’s and Black History Month
Fawn Weaver, The Daily News Journal, February 4, 2018 Black History Month is about honoring the great African- American men and women who came before us. It is also a great time to honor the honorable men and women who stood beside us when they could have turned their backs…
Halls Hill School, 1937-1961
HALL’S HILL SCHOOL 1937-1961 was built on the foundation of the previous school. The frame schoolhouse necessarily had a floor plan much like that of the school which had burned. Because it had no kitchen, patrons built a kitchen large enough to serve also as a dining room. An electric…
Murfreesboro’s Jerry Anderson – a local hero.
Frank Caperton, President Rutherford County Historical Society Wow. How can you speak the name ‘Jerry Anderson’ and not get misty-eyed. You see, Jerry Anderson was more than just an exceptional football player from Murfreesboro’s Central High School. Jerry Anderson loved people. Jerry Anderson lost his life, May 27, 1989, after…
Special event detailing slavery in the Civil War Era in Murfreesboro
January 30, 2018, WGNS Radio On Saturday, February 10, 2018, at the Stones River Battlefield, the African American Heritage Society and the Stones River Battlefield staff will provide two buses for the Living History Tour of the Cemetery Community. During the tour you will learn some of the challenges that…
1975 WGNS Radio Contest
Daily news Journal, June 29, 1975 As seen in the Sunday, June 29, 197 edition of the Daily News Journal:
Murray School (Bradyville), 1952-1968
MURRAY SCHOOL 1952-1968 was located on the north side of Bradyville Pike about one-half mile west of the first site and near the location of the old DOUGLAS SCHOOL. On June 10, 1952, V. E. Haynes and wife Annie Cooper deeded the land to the Rutherford County School Commission. The…
How Grants affected the founding of Murfreesboro
January 25, 2018
Good marksmanship runs in the family
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, January 15, 2018 Ethan Campbell, my cousin and local investment adviser, is considered one of the greatest trap shooters to ever reside in Rutherford County. His marksmanship in state and national tournaments is beyond incredible, and he reigns supreme in this sport with perfect…
Little Hope School (Black) 1894-1965
LITTLE HOPE SCHOOL BLACK 1894-1965 was in the Little Hope area. It was on the west side of the present Baker Road and about one mile north of the BROWN’S CHAPEL SCHOOL. On September 8, 1894, Bird Peebles colored deeded one-half acre of land for a school. It bordered the…
Judge John Woods was a respected official in early chapter of county
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, January 1, 2018 Judge John Woods was a prominent man who served Rutherford County with great distinction. He was born in Murfreesboro on September 11, 1807, to Thomas Woods and Susan Baldridge, who was of Irish descent. John was second born to a family of…