Remembering Rutherford /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charleston, S.C. :
History Press,
2010.
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| Series: | American chronicles (Series)
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Early settlement and the Civil War
- Earliest water source, Snake Spring now a city drain
- Private investors fuel county infrastructure growth
- Peas and sweet potatoes mark anniversary
- The courthouse sycamore
- Pilot Knobs
- Cellar excavation leads to cemetery dilemma
- Yankee engravers left names on Stones River rock
- Did a Yankee sympathizer promote Sam Davis legend?
- pt. 2. The Great Depression
- Pond digging for a dollar a day
- Weather pilots and barnstormers
- Camp Mullywatt once served Rutherford boy scouts
- Depression-era folklorists featured Rutherford snakes
- Scout hut break-in was surprise for scoutmaster
- One-lunger Cadillac offered Depression-era relief
- pt. 3. World War II
- Tragic end to local mining
- Air Raid Instructions
- Tennessee Home Guard
- Mounted Cattle Drive a Rare, Dusty Wartime Experience
- New car dealers sacrificed in World War II production
- War blunts revenge of the locker room rats
- Pilot skill avoids monkey wrench air disaster
- Pt. 4. People
- James Daniel Richardson
- "Commodities baby" baby born to determined "hill woman"
- Homeless home boy house under pool hall
- Retired dairy farmer older than local Johnson grass
- "Biscuit tea" miracle saves life of Rutherford child
- Rockvale's doc : schools, sports, shoes, and service
- Great big fellow liked kids, not doctors
- Green money was good if it looked good
- Painter's career came to shocking end in Rutherford
- pt. 5. Traditions and life
- November was hog-killing time in Rutherford County
- Popular Christmas carol originated in local milk barn
- "Whittle club" permitted only shavings and talk
- Camping on Stones River was a 1920s family vacation
- Dead car, small crowd highlight MacArthur visit
- Fences tell of feuds, psych care, and personalities
- Romantic Rutherford runaways remembered
- Gum's catalogue house still standing on Rutherford farm
- pt. 6. Crime and scandal
- Ghouls once profiteered in Rutherford County
- Gambling collateral becomes Smyrna landmark
- Black gold hoax sets up farm property swap
- Modern romance novel has Rutherford roots
- County clerk prosecutes Schoolhouse Brawlers
- pt. 7. Education and change
- Founder's death and lynch mob close local university
- North Maple Street property tells many tales
- Unique Buick brings auto industry to discovery center
- Culpepper winner becomes tireless walnut huller
- Scuba revolutionizes underwater search and recovery
- Century-long effort required for full voting rights.