NCTC – Readyville Mill 2017
Murfreesboro City Television, June 27, 2017 This week on NCTV, we head to Cannon County and visit a historic business.
Stickney & Griffis Drug Store
Carol Robertson White, Local Historian, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, June 25, 2017 Local historian Carol Robertson White is a wealth of information concerning Rutherford County History. She contributes historical treasures on a regular basis. Recently Carol contributed the following photos and memories of the iconic Stickney & Griffis Drug Store, located…
Pruett School, 1874-1928
PRUETT SCHOOL 1874-1928 was on Hoovers Gap Road about two miles north of the Gap. It was on the west side of the road in a sharp curve. In May 1874, Henry and John Pruett gave a gift deed of a parcel of land to School Directors S. J. Cobb,…
1972 Hobgood Elementary School trip to Land Between the Lakes
From lifelong Murfreesboro resident Tim Davis: “Circa 1972 6th grade Hobgood field trip to Land Between the Lakes.”
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker talks about the Old City Cemetery
Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker gives a brief ‘history lesson’ each month at the Murfreesboro (Tennessee) City Council meeting. Want to learn about Murfreesboro’s Old City Cemetery? Click the pic below and enjoy the minute video.
Harber’s History Lesson: Slaughter Pen was preeminent in Civil War history at Stones River
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, June 19, 2017 The term “slaughter” emanates cold chills down the spine of any individual in Rutherford County. Yet, slaughter was unending on December 31, 1862, with the perilous, bloodiest encounter of Union and Confederate troops in a heavy forest near the Stones River.…
Woman Scalded
Daughters of the American Revolution gather at Lytle Cemetery to memorialize and honor Captain William Lytle
The Rutherford Reader (www.RutherfordReader.com), June 17, 2017 On Saturday, May 27, 2017, members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Captain William Lytle Chapter of Murfreesboro, TN, gathered to memorialize and honor the life and military service of Revolutionary War Patriot, Captain William Lytle, at the Lytle Cemetery located…
Murfreesboro Storytellers Tennessee History for Kids
Murfreesboro City Television, June 17, 2017 Host John Hood interviews Bill Carey with the TN History for Kids program. For more information on the program, visit www.tnhistoryforkids.org.
Photos from Smyrna’s Sewart Air Force Base
Frank Caperton, President, Rutherford County Historical Society, June 8, 2017 What an honor to receive these pics from John Black, Executive Director of the Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport Authority.
Church vandalized on Old Nashville Highway
Sam Stockard, The Murfreesboro Post, June 8, 2017 Barely a month after a local group erected a marker at Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church recognizing its historical significance, someone vandalized the building overnight this week. Please click here to visit the page from the May 6, Decoration Day at Ebenezer Primitive…
Confederate Memorial Day Service at Evergreen Cemetery
Frank Caperton, President RCHS, June 4, 2017 The dedicated volunteers of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp 33 conducted a small service honoring the war dead of the South Sunday afternoon at Murfreesboro’s Evergreen Cemetery. Most do not realize several ‘holidays’ are recognized by the government of Tennessee in addition to…
Halls Hill School, 1906-1929
HALL’S HILL SCHOOL 1906-1929 was at Hall’s Hill on the south side of the Murfreesboro-Hall’s Hill Road. On September 22, 1906, T. H. Wright and wife Jodie D. and J. R. Stroop and wife Lottie B. signed a deed to school directors of the 53rd School District for two acres…
Eagleville’s One Gallus Fox Hunters Club
November, 2012 The Eagleville Times The small community of Eagleville was very fortunate to have a “community center” several years before the Library and Community Center was built, next to the Eagleville United Methodist Church, on Highway 99. The home of the Middle Tennessee One Gallus Fox Hunters Association, previously…
Bradley Museum showcases ‘Education and Empowerment Exhibit’
The Daily News Journal, May 26, 2017 MURFREESBORO, TN — Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center will celebrate an interactive history exhibit recently completed by MTSU graduate students, the Murfreesboro government announced. The new exhibit, “Education and Empowerment: African American Education in Rutherford County,” will be unveiled at a reception celebration…
Liberty Hill bore witness to Trail of Tears, Civil War
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, May 22, 2017 Liberty Hill and Sam Davis Home are two invaluable Civil War structures serving as the quintessence of history in our growing town of Smyrna. With great gratitude for extensive research from Native American historian Pat Cummins, I have assembled a story…
Crawford School (Black), ____ – 1900
CRAWFORD SCHOOL BLACK -1900 was built on the Richard Crawford lot on Rocky Hill Road which runs north off Holly Grove Road. The school was a one-room frame building with Novella Crawford and Mrs. Johnnie Scales as teachers. Susie Rucker Rucker, who did some private teaching in the community, may…
Murphy Center digital billboard, 3 tennis courts make way for Middle Tenn. Blvd. project
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, May 18, 2017 Ongoing construction on the Middle Tennessee Boulevard widening project has necessitated the removal of a highly visible campus mainstay in front of Murphy Center. The electronic billboard that has stood outside of Murphy Center’s official entrance since the mid-1980’s was taken down in…
1976 Bicentennial Parade
July 4, 1976, Jim Leonhirth, The Daily News Journal Intermittent showers yesterday did not keep thousands of citizens from turning out for the Bicentennial parade and other July 4 activities in Murfreesboro. Hundreds of cars lined the parade route in expectation of inclement weather, but the rains held back until…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
May 17, 2016, WGNS Radio Today Truman visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. 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 former Rutherford County Truman Jones…