Brownstones, boutique hotel suggested for historic First Methodist property
Mary M. Reeves, The Murfreesboro Post, July 28, 2017 Two developers interested in the block containing Franklin Synergy Bank property on East College presented their proposals to the Murfreesboro City Council in a special meeting Thursday night. Both proposals included mixed use – combining residential with office and retail space…
TrustPoint Hospital CEO saves Battle of Stones River artifacts from bulldozer
Rutherford County Archaeological Society, July 28, 2017 MURFREESBORO — TrustPoint Hospital broke ground on its new addition Tuesday but before the construction started, the hospital asked the Rutherford County Archaeology Society to scan the land for Civil War artifacts. Over two weekends in May, the local nonprofit worked with the…
Remembering Rutherford: Bell lynched despite victim’s plea and sheriff’s efforts
Greg Tucker, the Murfreesboro Post, July 25, 2017 “The ‘law’s delay,’ as exemplified in the courthouse, is the cause of these illegal executions. A reform in court proceedings is badly needed.” Editorial from The Fayetteville Observer (September 12, 1878), regarding a Rutherford County lynching. Abner Dement was born in 1848 in the northeastern…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
July 21, 2017, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historical Society volunteers Allen Gooch and Frank Caperton. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy…
Greg Tucker speaks of Murfreesboro Infrastructure…
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker talks the history of our infrastructure with the Murfreesboro City Council, July 20, 2017…
Video for Kids: Oaklands Mansion
Oaklands Mansion, July 17, 2018 A video highlighting Oaklands Mansion through the eyes of a child. Eric is with his parents as they tour Oaklands Mansion. Along the way he is greeted by several family members from the past. Follow along and see what happens! The video was produced by…
Uncle Dave Macon Days Jam Session (July 13, 2017)
Murfreesboro City Television, September 6, 2017 Murfreesboro, TN – Festival musicians gather under trees and porches for these musical jam sessions. This three day festival is a family-oriented event, recognized as one of the premier traditional music & dance festivals and is selected as one of the top 20 events…
How the Greenway got its Start
Sally Smith, MTSU Intern, Albert Gore Research Center, July 7, 2017 With the May 18th announcement of an extension of the Murfreesboro Greenway System toward Barfield Park, it is an appropriate time to reflect on the 1980 environmental statement that would contribute to the construction of Murfreesboro’s thirteen miles of Greenway.…
Enjoying the ‘Healing Waters’ of Jefferson Springs
The Daily News Journal, April 17, 2005 Found this clipping in a stack of newspapers donated by the family of long, long time Rutherford County Historian Ernie Johns…
How would you like to have a picnic with history?
The Daily News Journal, July 6, 2017 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Mark your calendars for Oakland’s July Jamboree Summer Picnic on the grounds featuring The Knott Brothers Band, all-you-can-eat fried catfish and chicken and spirits by Prichard’s Distillery. The summer picnic-style party will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 14,…
Jackson Brothers Chevrolet Ad from 1973
Longtime Rutherford County Historian Ernie Johns left a treasure of old issues of the Daily News Journal to the RCHS. I found this ad from Jackson Brothers Chevrolet in an insert titled ‘The Mini Page’, July 1, 1973.
Industries of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad: Evaporated Milk (Part 3)
The Dixie Flyer, the Official Newsletter of the NC&StL Preservation Society, Spring 2016 The following are excerpts from the NC&StL Bulletin, March 1945 Why Would Anyone Want to Evaporate Milk? A Brief History By David Ibata Up through the mid-19th Century, drinking milk was a privilege of those who owned…
Industries of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad: Evaporated Milk (Part 2)
The Dixie Flyer, the Official Newsletter of the NC&StL Preservation Society, Spring 2016 The following are excerpts from the NC&StL Bulletin, March 1945 Switching the Carnation Milk Plant at Murfreesboro By Mark S. Womack The era of the Carnation Milk Plant in Murfreesboro began in the late 1920s. For many…
La Vergne celebrates 45 years incorporated
Dan Epright, The Murfreesboro Post, July 5, 2017 Civil War-era leveling as reprisal for guerrilla raids against Union supply trains. Devastating, city destroying tornadoes in 1900. With roots reaching back to the 1700s, La Vergne has prevailed through peril, resurrected time and again and finally incorporated in 1972. The scrappy…
Buck Dancer is Honored
Nancy DeGennaro, The Daily News Journal, July 2, 2017 Local man receives highest honor for folk arts World champion buck dancer Thomas Maupin was milking one of his goats when he got a call from Washington, D.C., that made his heart swell. He’d been named a recipient of the 2017…
Industries of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad: Evaporated Milk (Part 1)
The Dixie Flyer, the Official Newsletter of the NC&StL Preservation Society, Spring 2016 The following are excerpts from the NC&StL Bulletin, March 1945 Carnation Co., Murfreesboro In the above picture of Carnation’s beautiful plant at Murfreesboro, Tenn., we’re only given a glimpse of its size. When the war clouds have…
Readyville School (Black), 1900-1940
READYVILLE SCHOOL BLACK early 1900’s-1940 was in Cannon County at Readyville near the Rutherford County line. It was on the east side of Porterfield Road about one block north of Tilford’s saw mill and the Woodbury Road. Children from both Cannon and Rutherford Counties attendedthe school. The school, which at…
Readyville School, 1903-1919
READYVILLE SCHOOL 1902 or 1903-1919 was located on the east side of Porterfield Road near its intersection with the Woodbury Road. Although in Cannon County, the school was attended also by Rutherford County students. The school was a frame building of three or four rooms with an L-shaped porch. Among…
The search for answers in ’77 cold case
Cat Murphy, the Murfreesboro Post, June 28, 2017 It was the year it snowed in Miami. Riverdale High School was only about five years old when President Jimmy Carter was sworn in that January, and in August Elvis Presley would be found dead. But on this day, March 25, 1977,…
Remembering Rutherford: Ruckers Knob home older than Rutherford County
Greg Tucker, The Murfreesboro Post, June 26, 2017 The origin and history of Rutherford County and its people are deeply rooted in the Rucker surname. The Rucker migration into Tennessee began in or about the same year as Tennessee statehood. Benjamin Rucker, a wealthy Virginia landowner and Revolutionary War veteran,…