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 Rutherford
County Courthouse, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Built 1859.
Did
You Know?
The home known as
'Boxwood' (located at 2555 Salem Pike) was so named after Thomas Turner
planted the first boxwood bushes in Rutherford County in the 1840's.
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C.B. Arnette
Honored at Annual RCHS Banquet
Greg
Tucker introduced the family of C.B. Arnette. It is through
their generosity that we now have a place we can call “home”— the
old Ransom School building. Greg presented a “proof” of the
bronze plaque which will be placed on the outside front wall of the
building. It will read ...
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February 20, 2012 Meeting, Dr, Michael Bradley, retired history
teacher at Motlow
College has written a new book called
Forrest’s Fighting Parson, about David Campbell Kelley, a
Methodist minister who was also one of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s
cavalry commanders. We hope that he will have copies of his book for
sale.
Our monthly
meeting with be held at Rutherford County
Archive Building, 435 Rice Street, Murfreesboro.
1 st
Presbyterian Church of Murfreesboro
is celebrating its
bicentennial this year and in recognition
of the celebration a history
of the church and its people will be available for purchase after
January 15.
The church’s congregation
survived having their church completely demolished during the Civil
War, building a new church on the corner of Spring and College
Streets only to have that church almost completely destroyed by a
cyclone in 1913, and then rebuilt to stand stronger than ever to
enter its third hundred years. Susan Daniel, Libby McKay and the
late, Dr. Ernest Hooper conducted extensive research to bring the
history of 1st
Presbyterian Church.
THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED
YEARS - 1812-2012 (a
hard-covered, limited edition) will sell for $15 (+ $5 mailing fee).
For further information contact Susan G. Daniel at 615-849-3823 or
sgdaniel@comcast.net.
Murfreesboro Timeline
The decision to locate the new
Rutherford County seat of government near Murfree’s Spring was voted
by a four to three margin in the spring of 1812. The exact date of
the founding of Murfreesboro, however, could fall on any one of
several significant dates beginning with the 1812 decision as to
location.
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Time to
pay Dues
Check the address label on your recent Frow Chips to see if you are
paid up.
New Book is Here!
Our esteemed
president, Greg Tucker, has another publication of his Rutherford
County anecdotes almost ready called "Rutherford...For Real" for only $20 = $5 shipping. Save up
your pennies for this one, you will certainly want to add it to your
personal collection.
Call Vickie Norton (615.896.9162), Greg Tucker
(615.604.7641), Susan Daniel (615.849.3823) or send a check to:
RCHS
P.O. Box 906
Murfreesboro, TN
37133-0906
PUBLICATIONS 1-39:
- The Society has
decided to sell all the old Publications Nos.1 - 39 for $2.50, with
an addition of $1.00 if mailed. Orders for several copies at a time
will have mailing fees adjusted.
Send
check and request to RCHS, P.O. Box 906, Murfreesboro, TN
37133-0906. All
Frow Chips newsletters prior to the
current membership year (September-August) are available on our
Publications Page.
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