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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1POK_the-maney-family_Murfreesboro-TN.html
With a family fortune built upon agriculture, land speculation, slavery, medicine, textiles, and other ventures, the Maneys were heavily involved in the economic, religious, and educational development of Murfreesboro. Like many wealthy Southern f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1POH_agriculture-and-gardening_Murfreesboro-TN.html
In the Maneys' time and today, agriculture has played
a central role in the economy and culture of Middle Tennessee.
Fertile, Productive Farmland
The diverse geology of Middle Tennessee resulted in a variety of agriculture, from subsistence …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLT_oaklands-mansion_Murfreesboro-TN.html
The mansion before you, Oaklands, was the home of the Maney family from approximately 1815 to 1884. It began as a two-room brick house on property Dr. James Maney and his wife, Sally Hardy Murfree Maney, inherited from Sally's father Lieutenant co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDX_the-civil-war_Murfreesboro-TN.html
"The troops found Oakland a pleasant place to camp. There being plenty of room to spread out for the first time to full, regular army distances, making it the handsomest and most comfortable camp we ever had,
the large trees making it shady …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDW_wetland-plants-and-animals_Murfreesboro-TN.html
"Wetlands are among the most important ecosystems on Earth."
-William J. Mitsch and James Gosselink
Natural resource and environmental ecologist
Bottomland Hardwood Forest
The wetlands at Oaklands are characterized as bottomland …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUQ_tennessee-baptist-convention_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Constituted April 10, 1874, in the building of the First Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, then located 200 yards east on the north side of East Main Street. The Tennessee Baptist Convention is the channel through which Southern Baptist churches in Te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUP_james-daniel-richardson_Murfreesboro-TN.html
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From 1868 to 1914, the residence of James Daniel Richardson stood on this corner. He served as an officer in the 45th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, and was wounded at Resaca, Georgia. At age 22 he returned to Murfreesboro, became an …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUO_old-bradley-academy_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Bradley Academy was founded in the early nineteeth century as a school for white males. Among the earliest students was James Knox Polk. From 1884 until the 1960s, it was an elementary and secondary school for African-Americans in Rutherford Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6H_the-confederate-circle-at-evergreen_Murfreesboro-TN.html
Within this circle lies the remains of over 2,000 gallant Confederate soldiers who gave their lives in the battles in and around Murfreesboro during The War Between The States 1861-1865. They were first buried on the battlefield where they died de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6G_evergreen-cemetery_Murfreesboro-TN.html
The Confederate Circle at historic Evergreen Cemetery was established in 1890. The reburial of Confederate dead from across the county here took place the following year.
Among those buried here is Robert James Campbell Gailbreath (1829-1863), …