Rutherford County / Murphreesboro

(Front):

Rutherford County

Established 1803; named in honor of

Maj. Gen. Griffith Rutherford

of the Revolutionary Army; appointed by President Washington as a Member of the Legislature for the Southwest Territory, which later became the State of Tennessee.

(Back):

Murfreesboro

First settlers came in 1799; the settlement ...

Submerged Track

Offshore lies D & H “Marine

Track” 5-15 ft of water.

Operated from 1910-1950.

Boats launched off railcars.

205 ft of spur survives.

Marker is at the intersection of Beach Road and Fort George Road, on the left when traveling east on Beach Road.

Courtesy ...

Point Pleasant Beach World War I Memorial

1917 - Honor Roll - 1918

[The plaque contains the names of 137 Point Pleasant Beach men who fought in World War I.]

This tablet erected and dedicated by the citizens of Point Pleasant and vicinity.

May 30, 1925

The Memorial was redicated in ...

Murfreesboro

First settlers came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811 on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who stipulated that the town should be named for Hardee Murfree, a Revolutionary veteran of Williamson ...

The Puck Building

Completed in 1889, to designs of Albert and Herman Wagner, this impressive structure, originally the home of the well-known humor magazine Puck, is one of the few surviving buildings from New York's old publishing and printing district. The building was ...

Battle of Murfreesboro

Jan. 2, 1863

1/2 mile north is the hillock commanding a ford over Stone's River. Here Capt. John Mendenhall, 4th US Artillery, artillery officer on Gen. Crittenden's Staff, set a groupment of 58 guns which broke up the assault across the ...

Barry Alvarez

Winningest coach in UW football history with 118-73-4 record

Guided Badgers to three Big Ten and three Rose Bowl titles in 16 seasons (1990-2006)

Led UW to .727 winning percentage (8-3 record) in bowl games (best in college history at time of ...

South Carolina State Hospital, Mills Building

South Carolina Lunatic Asylum

(Upper Plaque)

Original Building

South Carolina State Hospital

Designed by Robert Mills

150 Years

Healing With Concern

1822 - 1972

South Carolina Department

Of Mental Health

(Lower Left Medallion)

The National Register of Historic Places

South Carolina

Department of History

and Archives

South Carolina State Hospital ...

British Headquarters

Near Hudson`s Ferry, about four miles east of Newington, General Augustine Prevost in command of 4000 British regulars made headquarters and constructed redoubts in February, 1779. The complete occupation of Georgia was directed and effected from this point.

General Prevost, cleverly ...

Army of the Cumberland

June 24, 1863

Moving to Bradyville, 14 mi. S.E., the XXI Corps (T.L. Crittenden) advanced against minor Confederate resistance on Manchester, to rendezvous with the rest of the Army under cover of Granger's feint at Shelbyville. This flanked the Army of ...