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1841 - Union University founded. [2] 1850 - Population: 1,917. 1851 Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad begins operating. [1] Murfreesboro Female Institute founded. 1859 - Eaton College active. [7] 1862 - December 31: Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro during the American Civil War. [1] 1869 - Murfreesboro News in publication. [6]
Murfreesboro is a city in, and county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. [6] The population was 165,430 according to the 2023 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. [7] Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville.
Murfreesboro: 15: Elmwood: October 15, 1973 : Northwest of Murfreesboro off U.S. Routes 41/70S; also 5722 Old Nashville Highway: Murfreesboro: 5722 Old Nashville Highway represents a boundary increase of July 3, 2007: 16: First Presbyterian Church
Rutherford County was formed in 1803 from parts of Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties, [1] and named in honor of Griffith Rutherford (1721–1805). [7] Rutherford was a North Carolina colonial legislator and an American Revolutionary War general, who settled in Middle Tennessee after the Revolution.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [4] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [5]
It also features photos of Hitler traveling in his motorcade past crowds of people cheering and saluting them. One of the images shows Hitler smiling next to a group of cheerful children.
Between 1877 and 1950, 236 lynchings of Black people in Tennessee have been documented, including hangings of Black journalists, business leaders, and teachers. [64] Lynchings were a form of social control whereby a victim's family, friends, and other community members were forced to adopt a public code of silence about the lynching or fear for ...
But there is one lesser known picture of Lee Miller that I have grown to love. Taken in the 1960s (the exact date is unknown), the photographer – who ended up broken by war, a mystery to those ...