Christmas Candlelight Tour of homes set for December 2
The Daily News Journal, November 10, 2017 Usher in the holiday season with an enchanting tour of historic homes and landmarks. The annual Oaklands Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes is slated for Dec. 2 from 4-8 p.m. in Murfreesboro. The tour, will feature beautiful and historic buildings, and as always,…
Ben “Buddy” Brown Passes Away
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, TN, November 10, 2017 Lascassas icon Ben “Buddy” Brown, Jr. has passed away. Brown and his wife Linda operated Brown’s Store on Lascassas Highway, a community meeting place, complete with regulars, gossipers and bologna sandwiches. Buddy and Linda operated the store from 1981 until the store closed…
Murfreesboro home on Main Street marries history with modern life
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, October 13, 2017 A year after moving into their renovated home in downtown Murfreesboro, Blake and Priscilla Smith will open the doors for “An Evening on Main.” Set for 5-7 p.m. at 446 E. Main St., the fundraiser benefits Main Street Murfreesboro, a…
Barrett Photography Studio, Daily News Journal, June 23, 1974
You know, we come across some fun and interesting items at the Rutherford County Historical Society. Everyday reminds me Christmas. We opened a time capsule from September 27, 1973 at the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) Police Department this past September (September 22, 2017). We since have digitized a two-foot thick stack newspapers…
Brown’s Chapel and Asbury Church were early Methodist congregations in Blackman
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, November 6, 2017 Brown’s Chapel Church is a diamond that sparkled in our county for more than 80 years. The original church for Blackman Methodists was built in 1876 and named Brown’s Chapel to honor its first minister, Allison Brown. Brown’s Chapel Road also…
Council ranks Gulch developer & Murfreesboro group as top 2 proposals for historic church
Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal, November 3, 2017 The Murfreesboro City Council ranked Nashville’s Gulch developer and Murfreesboro Investment Group as top applicants of four to redevelop downtown’s historic former First United Methodist Church. “It’s pretty clear the top one and top two,” Mayor Shane McFarland said. The council…
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker talks of when was Murfreesboro Founded?
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker gives a brief ‘history lesson’ each month at the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) City Council meeting. When was Murfreesboro founded? Watch this seven minutes video and learn…
1963 – New Rutherford County Jail Open House
The Daily News Journal, February 1, 1963
Howard baker Campaign pass through Murfreesboro!
From ‘Clinchfield No. 1: Tennessee’s Legendary Steam Engine: “Tennessee Republican Senator Howard Baker took little for granted. Ten days before the 1972 election, he launched a whistle-stop tour on a ninety-year-old locomotive once used to rescue victims of the Johnston flood. Redubbed the ‘Baker Cannonball’ by Roy Acuff, the ‘Rosebud’ was met…
Ghosts Abound in this County
October 24, 1976, Sherry Hale, The Daily News Journal Do you believe in tales about the supernatural or do you think they are just silly stories conjured up by grandmothers and grandfathers to entertain the children? We may never know for sure if the spooky legends and ghost stories we…
Storyteller Marty Luffman shares haunted history
Dan Epright, the Murfreesboro Post, October 24, 2017 Marty Luffman is a character, no two ways about it, and a Smyrna fixture with lots of irons in the fire. At least two of the State Farm Insurance agent’s irons are “shootin’ irons” as he competes in mounted shooting competitions, or at…
1973 Murfreesboro Police, Fire, Sanitation and Streets Salaries
October 23, 2017, Frank Caperton, President of the RCHS I received a call from Murfreesboro Police Department about a month ago concerning an upcoming 1973 time capsule opening at the ‘old’ Murfreesboro Police Department once located on South Church Street, near City Hall and the Linebaugh Library. Within this time…
Burrus Cemetery Clean Up
October 21, 2017, Burrus Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tennessee Many thanks to RCHS Board member Allen Gooch for his dedication to cemeteries throughout middle Tennessee. Recently Allen cleaned up the Burrus Cemetery, located north of Murfreesboro. You can see the Burrus home in the back of the cemetery. The Burrus home…
Tour of Old Jefferson, October 21, 2017
Saturday, October 21, 2017, Old Jefferson (Rutherford County) Tennessee Past RCHS President and Jefferson native Toby Francis gave a tour to a large group of local history enthusiasts Saturday, October 21. Perfect weather, fellowship and thirst for knowledge of OUR local history ensured a most wonderful tour. Toby Francis grew up…
1960 Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Annual Report
McFadden School of Excellence field trip to The Hermitage
The Hermitage, Hermitage, Tennessee, October 19, 2017 Educator Jennifer Mayfield Austin teaches 4th and 5th grade history at McFadden School of Excellence, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Recently Mrs. Austin and her students were ‘Docent for a Day’ at the historic ‘Hermitage’, of President Andrew Jackson fame.
Stones River Paranormal Team Presentation
Rutherford County Archive, October 16, 2017 John McKinney and friends of the Stones River Paranormal Team gave a wonderful presentation Monday, October 16, 2017 at the Society’s monthly meeting.
Stones River Paranormal Society presented to the RCHS Monday Night
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, October 16, 2017 The Rutherford County Historical Society had a spirit filled gathering Monday (10/16/2017) evening in the County Archives Building on Rice Street. Stones River Paranormal presented findings from local investigations. Paranormal John McKinney was one of the founders who started the group in March,…
Auto parts distribution or historic preservation?
Sam Stockard, The Murfreesboro Post, October 17, 2017 More than 150 years after Union and Confederate troops shed blood here, Friends of Stones River National Battlefield is waging its own fight: an effort to forge a partnership with Murfreesboro for the purchase of a proposed O’Reilly Auto Parts distribution site.…
The Historic Sam Davis Home could still be inhabited by original residents
MTSU Sidelines, Connor Burnard, October 19, 2017 The 19th century plantation was home to the Davis family, known and named for Confederate soldier Sam Davis, who was hanged in 1863 by Union General Grenville Dodge after being charged as a spy. As a popular historic tourist destination in Smyrna opened…