Top 10: Bradley Academy to celebrate its bicentennial
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, January 11, 2009 Historic treasure marks start of education here Murfreesboro’s oldest school celebrates its bicentennial this year and Bradley Academy Historical Association kicked off the special occasion Saturday to lead up to a yearlong celebration. “This year is our 200th year celebration in education,”…
Bradley Academy’s bicentennial to kick off Jan. 10
The Murfreesboro Post, January 3, 2009 Bradley Academy is kicking off the bicentennial celebration of the historical building Saturday, Jan. 10 at 8 .m. with a country ham breakfast. The breakfast is a prelude to a yearlong celebration of the legacy of Bradley Academy and heritage of the citizens of…
Mattie Ready Morgan: The hardships of war
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Shirley Farris Jones, December 26, 2008 Part 2 of a series Mattie Ready Morgan loved her husband deeply and despite the hardships of war tried to be with him whenever and wherever she could. One week after the wedding, Gen. John Hunt Morgan rode…
A Traveler’s Guide to Rutherford County’s Log Cabin Architechture
Middle Tennessee State University & Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, 2008 This tri-fold brochure was printed by MTSU and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area in 2008. Very good information regarding a few of the log cabins of Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Tour of Old Jefferson
October 25, 2008 Jefferson native Toby Francis gave a tour to a large group of local history enthusiasts October 25 (2008). The weather was wonderful as more than two dozen local history enthusiasts.
Happy 205th birthday Rutherford County!
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, October 19, 2008 Rutherford County celebrates its 205th birthday Saturday and the Heritage Partnership of Rutherford County will throw a birthday party from 4:30-7PM Friday night on the Public Square. “Our history is our past and our future. …” said Denise Carlton, president of the…
Top 10: When the Boro was state capital
The Murfreesboro Post, October 19, 2008 From 1819 to 1826 Murfreesboro was state capitol of Tennessee. During that time span, few other towns exceeded its importance. While some of those important moments are nearly forgotten, some of them still remain significant from a historic point of view. It is important…
Rosenwald Schools
October 16, 2008 Rosenwald Schools “Between 1912 and 1932, the Rosenwald school building program constructed over five thousand new learning environments for African American school children in fifteen southern states, including fourteen in Rutherford County. The program was funded by Sears, Roebuck and Company president Julius Rosenwald and Booker T.…
Top 10 riotous acts of Rutherford County
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, October 26, 2008 Inspired by the upcoming holiday, The Murfreesboro Post decided to take a closer look at the darker side of human nature. We researched the Top 10 (11, because it’s what we do) crimes and punishment in our county’s 205 years of existence.…
Geographic Center of Tennessee Obelisk Plaque Replaced
Local Boy Scout Troop and Historical group join to clean old cemetery
Kay Morrow, The Murfreesboro Post, September 16, 2008 Recently Boy Scout Troop 374 and the Heritage Partnership of Rutherford County joined together to clean the overgrown Butler Cemetery on Highway 231. The owners of the property adjacent to the cemetery called HPRC for help after finding a newspaper article where…
The Legend of the Human Fly … Resolved
Mike West, The Murfreesboro Post, September 14, 2008 One of Murfreesboro’s best-known stories involves “The Human Fly” who met his untimely end scaling the historic Courthouse. One of the best retellings of the all-too-true story is on the Chamber of Commerce’s Web site. In 1923, a young man in his…
County gears up for its 205th birthday
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, September 8, 2008 Living history events planned for October As Rutherford County prepares to celebrate its 205th birthday in October, the Heritage Partnership of Rutherford County gears up for 2008 Rutherford County Month. “Rutherford County Month is a working example of how we can create…
Top 10: County’s oldest organizations offer hundreds of years worth of service
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, September 8, 2008 Rutherford County and Murfreesboro are steeped in history. That history can be found in the organizations and societies to which the city’s citizens choose to donate their time. And in turn those same organizations return the favor and enrich the fabric of…
Historic marker to honor Congressman James Richardson
The Murfreesboro Post, August 31, 2008 A new Tennessee Historic Commission Marker will be placed in remembrance and honor of the unique life of a Rutherford County leader and statesman, James Daniel Richardson, 1843-1914. A ceremony dedicating the marker will occur at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept.14 at the corner of…
Rare Civil War spur found at Harding House site
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West , Managing Editor, July 21, 2008 Sweltering temperatures, pesky bugs and blisters brought on by combating the hard battlefield soil weren’t enough to discourage volunteers who, for the second weekend in a row, braved the 94-degree heat to participate in the Harding…
Harding ‘evidence’ bolsters Stones River battlefield accounts
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Mike West , Managing Editor, July 20, 2008 Artifacts found last weekend near the site of the Harding House attest to some of the key moments of the Battle of Stones River. Dr. Tom Nolan, director of MTSU’s Laboratory for Spatial Technology, along with…
Battle destroyed Giles Harding’s dream of grandeur
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Managing Editor Mike West, July 13, 2008 Giles Scales Harding had big dreams. He wanted to build a bigger and better home than his first cousin, William Giles Harding, had constructed in 1853 outside of Nashville on a plantation developed by his father John…
Archaeologists to pinpoint Harding House/ brick kiln site
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, July 10, 2008 Dr. Tom Nolan, director of MTSU’s Laboratory for Spatial Technology, will lead the way in conducting a geospatial archaeological survey this month to recover and map artifacts from the Battle of Stones River and create a permanent spatial record of their…
Metal Detectors gather near the Stones River Battlefield to begin search for Civil War artifacts near the Harding House site
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, July 6, 2008 Some 40-50 artifacts were recovered July 12 near the Stones River Battlefield on the first day of the Harding House Civil War History Survey, a geospatial/archaeological project that is being conducted this month on land slated for development this summer. Dr.…