Murfreesboro Storytellers with County Historian Greg Tucker
Murfreesboro City Television, September 6, 2017 Host John Hood interviews county historian Greg Tucker.
100 Year Old House Made into Modern Home (the Fred Rogers home)
April 30, 1939, Mary B. Fox, The Daily News Journal Ancient Timbers find new use in Fred Rogers Home Out of the morticed and pegged timbers of a tumble-down, 100-year-old house is emerging the modern, new farm home of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Rogers on the Bradyville Pike. Mr. Rogers,…
Halls School, 1887-1922
HALLS SCHOOL 1887-c 1922 was first in District 7 and then in District 13 of Rutherford County. It was on the north west corner of Franklin Road and Gresham Lane. On July 19, 1887, Flemmon Hall and wife Mary C. deeded one-half acre of land for a white school in…
Shacklett to Display Photographer’s Works
Nancy DeGennaro, The Daily News Journal, September 1, 2017 Much of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County history since since 1937 has been documented by the legendary photographer, Dick Shacklett. Shacklett’s Photography, 105 South Church Street on the Murfreesboro Public Square, will celebrate its 80th birthday this weekend with an exhibit of…
St. Clair Street Senior Center: Researching African American History
Murfreesboro City Television, August 29, 2017 John Lodl with the Rutherford County Archives talks about researching African American history.
Famed Gen. Ben McCulloch had his roots in Jefferson
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, August 28, 2017 Ben McCulloch, a military maverick, was born in Jefferson on November 11, 1811. He gained fame in the Texas Revolution, Mexican War (as a Texas Ranger) and as a Confederate general in the Civil War. Ben’s parents were Maj. Alexander McCulloch…
Reagor Tire Company
The Home Journal, January 10, 1930 Clyde Reagor operated a tire store on the corner of Walnut and College Street(s), across from present day Firestone Store.
Memorabilia from Murfreesboro’s James K. Polk Hotel
Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society, August 23, 2017 The Rutherford County Historical Society was presented a very special gift Wednesday, August 23 by the Schwartz family of Murfreesboro – a brick from the old James K. Polk Hotel. The Polk Hotel was once located on East Main, the current…
Check Presented to the Alvin C. York Medical Center
January 26, 1975, The Daily News Journal The Murfreesboro VA Hospital (Alvin C. York Medical Center) recently received a $900 check from the Bowlers Victory Legion Fund which serves hospitalized veterans from coast to coast. The money is to be used for a ball return rack in the hospitals’s bowling…
Magnolia Butter
May 1, 1927, The Nashville Banner Magnolia Butter was produced at the Rutherford Creamery, once located at 401 West Main Street near downtown Murfreesboro. Please click here for more information concerning ‘the Dairying Center of the South’!
Remembering Rutherford: Rutherford Guard unit confronted Shelbyville rioters
Greg Tucker, The Murfreesboro Post, August 20, 2017 Early Thursday morning, December 19, 1934, Henry Alexander and Tom Givans, along with a hundred of their colleagues in the Rutherford County National Guard unit, were ordered to report to the local armory. Early morning orders from Nashville mobilized and armed the…
Sam Davis Home Staff earn Award
The Murfreesboro Post, August 17, 2017 Sam Davis Home associates and Tennessee State Legislature admirers of Tiffany Johnson were able to surprise her August 7 with House Joint Resolution 523, recognizing Johnson for her work at the Sam Davis Home. Reps. Tim Rudd, Charles Sargent, Tim Wirgau, Dawn White, Bryan…
The Delbridge Building
The Daily News Journal, December 11, 1959 The Delbridge Building still stands on the corner of West College and North Soring Street(s).
Historic Fosterville Church of Christ riddled with bullet holes
Larry Flowers, WRKN, August 15, 2017 RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – Rutherford County detectives are on the hunt for the person or persons who sprayed a historic church with bullets. Members found multiple bullet holes and are to trying to figure out who would do this to a church. Please…
A view from the Top (Murfreesboro’s City Center)
Frank Caperton, The Rutherford County Historical Society, August 18, 2012 I was invited and honored to take a tour of the ‘penthouse’ atop Murfreesboro’s City Center. Hard to believe the 16-story City Center was completed in 1988 at a height of (approximately) 180 feet. Erin Edgemon, The Murfreesboro Post, April…
Hammerhead, aka ‘Mike West’, Daily News Journal, May 16, 2004
You never know what you’ll find at the Ransom School House, headquarters of the Rutherford County Historical Society located at 717 North Academy Street…
Murfreesboro Girl Scouts Celebrate 50 Years of Camping at Historic Camp Piedmont
Elizabeth Tullos, The Murfreesboro Post, August 10, 2017 For the 50th anniversary of Camp Piedmont, local Girl Scouts flashed back to 1967 at the annual day camp to learn more about the history of their beloved campsite and organization. Nestled between Murfreesboro and Woodbury off of John Bragg Highway, Camp…
Sewart Air Force Base was Smyrna sensation in war
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, July 31, 2017 Sewart Air Force Base, originally Smyrna Army Airfield, began operations in 1942 as a B-24 training facility. The base ceased operations after World War II in 1947, only to re-activate in 1950 and eventually close in 1970. The namesake for the…
“Bridge Over Broad”
Many thanks to the Middle Tennessee Drone Pilots for sharing these wonderful pics from this weekend’s closure of Old Fort Pkwy. and Broad Street – a 60,000-car-a-day intersection… Please give Middle Tennessee Drone Pilots a ‘like’ at http://www.facebook.com/mtdptn/
Rockvale Historical Society fights to preserve Reconstruction-era store
Mary R. Reeves, The Murfreesboro Post, July 29, 2017 The old white building sits close to the road, its architecture a testament to olden, golden days when farmers gathered for checker games while their wives gossiped about soap operas on the party lines. The doors are locked, the rooms are…