Murfreesboro TN

[444 Magnum]

The wife and I went to see the new grandson last week in Murfreesboro. I enjoy architecture so I snapped a few shots of some area highlights.

The county courthouse with a little history.




The raid shortened a military career.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Turpin_Crittenden

A few houses on Main Street.



This house isn't leaning...I took the picture through the sunroof of the car.


The detail on this house was impressive.




Murfreesboro has a vibrant downtown. The area around the courthouse is known as the square and consists of shops, cafés, grills, etc. The historic architecture has been preserved while accommodating modern code requirements. I was impressed by this entrance (I'm the fat guy in green ).



While there, we kayaked on the Stone River and my son and I went to a shooting range and tried out a full auto Thompson M1 (45 acp) made by Auto Ordinance and an MP5 in 9mm. We blew through $300+ in a matter of minutes.

I was very curious to try out the iconic Thompson. I was surprised that you could fire single shots by popping the trigger while in full auto mode. The range instructors were very cautious with us as they had no idea of our shooting experience. There were bullet holes literally everywhere from previous shooters not controlling the weapon and spraying up into the ceiling! It took several requests and proven firearm control just to get them to move the target to 20 yards. The whole experience was a bit anticlimactic but the itch has now been scratched.



Overall, though, a very nice trip and quality time spent with the family.

 

[whitestang]

Great pictures, nice to see some places with character and charm.

 

[Retired W4]

I spent time in the early 60's in little old Tullahoma, several miles to the South of Murfreesboro. At one time I thought of going to MTSU, but no. There are several very cool little towns in middle TN.

 

[Rule3]

Great pictures nice to see something different.

 

[LVSteve]

Nice work with the Thompson.

 

[Bald1]

I was just south of there last month in Winchester TN visiting my son. He bought a boat up here in NY and I hauled it down there for him. Beautiful area. Before buying his house in Winchester he looked at some in Murfreesboro. We also went to Lynchburg to tour the JD distillery.

 

[Retired W4]

I was just south of there last month in Winchester TN visiting my son. He bought a boat up here in NY and I hauled it down there for him. Beautiful area. Before buying his house in Winchester he looked at some in Murfreesboro. We also went to Lynchburg to tour the JD distillery.

Tims Ford is beautiful. I used to have 15.5 acres in Coffee Co. on the Franklin Co. line and 11.6 in Moore Co. Both a 5 minute drive to a boat ramp. Sold them both about 5 years ago.
Spring fed waterfall on the Coffee Co. property. That creek runs into Tims Ford. And a shot of the Moore Co.

 

[Bald1]

Timms Ford is beautiful. I used to have 15.5 acres in Coffee Co. on the Franklin Co. line and 11.6 in Moore Co. Both a 5 minute drive to a boat ramp. Sold them both about 5 years ago.
Spring fed waterfall on the Coffee Co. property. That creek runs into Timms Ford. And a shot of the Moore Co.
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Beautiful property. My son’s home is not on the water but they can walk to it. Boat launch is 2min away. Tim’s Ford is great. You could get lost out there with all the fingers and islands.

 

[45Smashemflat]

I was just south of there last month in Winchester TN visiting my son. He bought a boat up here in NY and I hauled it down there for him. Beautiful area. Before buying his house in Winchester he looked at some in Murfreesboro. We also went to Lynchburg to tour the JD distillery.

Winchester, home of Dinah Shore, if I recall correctly. I drove close to there quite often on my way between Ga and Fayetteville, TN.

 

[Retired W4]

I got the spelling wrong on the lake, We had Betty Tims at Tullahoma High School.

 

[M1A4ME]

Lived in Murfreesboro for a year in 1964/65. Dad was stationed at Seward AFB.

I went to 2nd grade at J.B. Hobgood Elementary School. We lived in a small house on Atlas Rd. or Atlas St.

Dad was always bringing home left over cans from the C rations they cleaned out of the C130's. We thought (my brother and I) that stuff was awesome.

On Armed Forces Day I got to ride in one of those little 4WD mule things they used to transport stuff back and forth to the airplanes with. Every time I see the John Wayne movie Green Berets I'm reminded of that day when I see the mule on the runway when they land in Vietnam.

I also got to shoot and M60 (with blanks). Got a couple blister/burns on my upper right arm from the empties hitting me. Many years later, when I went into the US Army I was reintroduced to the M60 machine gun. When I told them I'd shot one of those they thought I was lying about it. I showed them the little pale scars on my bicep and told them I was 7 years old when I got those scars. Then I got stuck with carrying one every time we went to the field for training.

The house we lived in is still there.

Street view picture from Google maps or some computer program. Had a bunch of Mimosa trees growing in the front yard back then. We used to chase the cicadas from three to tree and try to hit them with gravel/rocks from the driveway.

 

[john17427]

My Louisiana son and his New York wife live on a mountain top near Jasper. The whole area is pretty idyllic though the weather on the mountain can be a little extreme sometimes. Another plus is that when they get a flyby, which is fairly often, they can read the tail markings pretty clearly.

 

[Mike LaNier]

That architecture is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for posting....titillated the periphery of my understanding!

 

[Puller]

Very nice photos

 

[Kiwi cop]

"While there, we kayaked on the Stone River and my son and I went to a shooting range and tried out a full auto Thompson M1 (45 acp) made by Auto Ordinance and an MP5 in 9mm. We blew through $300+ in a matter of minutes.

I was very curious to try out the iconic Thompson. I was surprised that you could fire single shots by popping the trigger while in full auto mode. The range instructors were very cautious with us as they had no idea of our shooting experience. There were bullet holes literally everywhere from previous shooters not controlling the weapon and spraying up into the ceiling! It took several requests and proven firearm control just to get them to move the target to 20 yards. The whole experience was a bit anticlimactic but the itch has now been scratched".

I first heard of Murfreesboro when visiting Memphis in 2018. Something about the name attracted me. I finally got to stop off for a few hours att he end of April while driving from Chattanooga to Nashville. About 30 miles before Murfreesboro on the highway I saw a billboard for shooting fully automatic guns. After visiting Cannonburgh Village and Stones River Battlefield I found the range.

I was quoted roughly $120-$150 to shoot the fully auto guns. I had overspent a bit on the first two weeks and had five days in Nashville, which is always expensive, coming up, so decided to forgo the pleasure.

I was amused by the sign on the door, which I also saw on another gun store/range I visited.

I enjoy walking around a lot of these southern towns, especially the town square. There is some amazing history there that you will not learn anywhere else.

 

[jdlii]

The Murfreesboro Courthouse, shown in the photos, is now used for city council meetings. A new judicial center, containing all of the active courts, was built ten plus years ago, two blocks East of the old court house. The downtown area is very nice and active.

I lived and practiced law in Tullahoma for thirty years and practiced in Nashville, ten years before joining a firm in Tullahoma. I retired from the active practice of law at the end of 2025 and the wife and I moved to Murfreesboro. Great people in Tullahoma, plenty of business clients and a solid judiciary. Lots of opportunities for boating, fishing and water activities at Tims Ford and Normandy Lake. Tims was formed by damming up the Elk River and Normandy by damming the Duck River.

Plenty of farm land and opportunities for hunting leases and shooting at the ranges located at AEDC (Arnold Engineering Center) Southeast of Tullahoma. In WWII, Tullahoma was the third largest city in TN with a population of 75,000 due to the U.S. Army G.I.'s stationed at Camp Forrest. The 2nd Ranger Battalion trained at Camp Forrest and Savage Gulf in preparation for D Day and scaling the cliffs at Point du Hoc with the 5th Ranger Battalion. Patton and the 2nd Armored conducted maneuvers in the area since the topography was similar to Eastern Europe.

The rifle range, established at Camp Forest, is still in use as a training facility for the TN NG. The KD ranges was extended from 300 yards to 600 yards in the 60's and to 1000 yds. in the 70's. The Highland Rim Shooting Club has a trap and skeet range on a designated area and High Power Rifle matches have been conducted on the KD range since the 60's. There is a multipurpose range used for 100 yd. reduced matches and general shooting for members and guests of the Highland Rim members.

Two photos of Gen. Patton, at Camp Forrest, are attached. The third photo shows the terrain of Northwest Coffee County and the fourth was taken from the 600 yd. line at AEDC during a Midrange Match. In WWI the area that included Camp Forrest was known as Camp Peay and was a training center, as well.
AEDC has facilities, including a wind tunnel that was relocated from Germany, for testing a myriad of aircraft, spacecraft and missiles. The J5 facility conducts tests of jet and rocket engines, at altitude, through simulated pressure and atmospheric conditions. If it is in the U.S. inventory and flies, changes are it was tested at AEDC. This facility works in conjunction with Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL and multiple engineering companies the area and several states.

The history of AEDC is interesting and worth the read on the internet.

 

[Retired W4]

The Murfreesboro Courthouse, shown in the photos, is now used for city council meetings. A new judicial center, containing all of the active courts, was built ten plus years ago, two blocks East of the old court house. The downtown area is very nice and active.

I lived and practiced law in Tullahoma for thirty years and practiced in Nashville, ten years before joining a firm in Tullahoma. I retired from the active practice of law at the end of 2025 and the wife and I moved to Murfreesboro. Great people in Tullahoma, plenty of business clients and a solid judiciary. Lots of opportunities for boating, fishing and water activities at Tims Ford and Normandy Lake. Tims was formed by damming up the Elk River and Normandy by damming the Duck River.

Plenty of farm land and opportunities for hunting leases and shooting at the ranges located at AEDC (Arnold Engineering Center) Southeast of Tullahoma. In WWII, Tullahoma was the third largest city in TN with a population of 75,000 due to the U.S. Army G.I.'s stationed at Camp Forrest. The 2nd Ranger Battalion trained at Camp Forrest and Savage Gulf in preparation for D Day and scaling the cliffs at Point du Hoc with the 5th Ranger Battalion. Patton and the 2nd Armored conducted maneuvers in the area since the topography was similar to Eastern Europe.

The rifle range, established at Camp Forest, is still in use as a training facility for the TN NG. The KD ranges was extended from 300 yards to 600 yards in the 60's and to 1000 yds. in the 70's. The Highland Rim Shooting Club has a trap and skeet range on a designated area and High Power Rifle matches have been conducted on the KD range since the 60's. There is a multipurpose range used for 100 yd. reduced matches and general shooting for members and guests of the Highland Rim members.

Two photos of Gen. Patton, at Camp Forrest, are attached. The third photo shows the terrain of Northwest Coffee County and the fourth was taken from the 600 yd. line at AEDC during a Midrange Match. In WWI the area that included Camp Forrest was known as Camp Peay and was a training center, as well.
AEDC has facilities, including a wind tunnel that was relocated from Germany, for testing a myriad of aircraft, spacecraft and missiles. The J5 facility conducts tests of jet and rocket engines, at altitude, through simulated pressure and atmospheric conditions. If it is in the U.S. inventory and flies, changes are it was tested at AEDC. This facility works in conjunction with Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL and multiple engineering companies the area and several states.

The history of AEDC is interesting and worth the read on the internet.

My father was stationed at AEDC from 1960-1965. I attender St. Paul's, West Jr. High and THS. It was a great place to grow up with an odd mix of aerospace engineers, farmers, native Americans and bootleggers. THS football won the Central TN Conference championship two years in a row while I was there. Coffee County was dry back then, but you could get whatever you wanted. Just call the taxi company and they would deliver to you for a $0.75 delivery charge. George Dickel was just restarting the bottling of their fine Tennessee sippin' whiskey. I spent a lot of time on Wood's Reservoir. You had to drive through the old Camp Forrest to get there.

As a lawyer, you probably know James Conley and Tom Copeland. Claudia was a good friend of mine. Vicky Edgar and Michelle Frame helped me with some real estate transactions. Yes, Tullahoma is a fine little town.

 

[Phenix]

Tims Ford is beautiful. I used to have 15.5 acres in Coffee Co. on the Franklin Co. line and 11.6 in Moore Co. Both a 5 minute drive to a boat ramp. Sold them both about 5 years ago.
Spring fed waterfall on the Coffee Co. property. That creek runs into Tims Ford. And a shot of the Moore Co.
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YOU OWNED LAND IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THE ATLANTA AREA?????
What’s up with that??

The Murfreesboro Courthouse, shown in the photos, is now used for city council meetings. A new judicial center, containing all of the active courts, was built ten plus years ago, two blocks East of the old court house. The downtown area is very nice and active.

I lived and practiced law in Tullahoma for thirty years and practiced in Nashville, ten years before joining a firm in Tullahoma. I retired from the active practice of law at the end of 2025 and the wife and I moved to Murfreesboro. Great people in Tullahoma, plenty of business clients and a solid judiciary. Lots of opportunities for boating, fishing and water activities at Tims Ford and Normandy Lake. Tims was formed by damming up the Elk River and Normandy by damming the Duck River.

Plenty of farm land and opportunities for hunting leases and shooting at the ranges located at AEDC (Arnold Engineering Center) Southeast of Tullahoma. In WWII, Tullahoma was the third largest city in TN with a population of 75,000 due to the U.S. Army G.I.'s stationed at Camp Forrest. The 2nd Ranger Battalion trained at Camp Forrest and Savage Gulf in preparation for D Day and scaling the cliffs at Point du Hoc with the 5th Ranger Battalion. Patton and the 2nd Armored conducted maneuvers in the area since the topography was similar to Eastern Europe.

The rifle range, established at Camp Forest, is still in use as a training facility for the TN NG. The KD ranges was extended from 300 yards to 600 yards in the 60's and to 1000 yds. in the 70's. The Highland Rim Shooting Club has a trap and skeet range on a designated area and High Power Rifle matches have been conducted on the KD range since the 60's. There is a multipurpose range used for 100 yd. reduced matches and general shooting for members and guests of the Highland Rim members.

Two photos of Gen. Patton, at Camp Forrest, are attached. The third photo shows the terrain of Northwest Coffee County and the fourth was taken from the 600 yd. line at AEDC during a Midrange Match. In WWI the area that included Camp Forrest was known as Camp Peay and was a training center, as well.
AEDC has facilities, including a wind tunnel that was relocated from Germany, for testing a myriad of aircraft, spacecraft and missiles. The J5 facility conducts tests of jet and rocket engines, at altitude, through simulated pressure and atmospheric conditions. If it is in the U.S. inventory and flies, changes are it was tested at AEDC. This facility works in conjunction with Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL and multiple engineering companies the area and several states.

The history of AEDC is interesting and worth the read on the internet.

TN politicians have always been particularly adept, either by hook or crook or otherwise, in drawing federal government projects and the money that comes with them into the state. Sometimes spectacularly so. (The huge Top Secret Oak Ridge TN arm of the WW II Manhattan Project Research Facility comes immediately to mind).Particularly military bases and spending. The Navy, of all things, even has a base in west TN near Millington. Go figure.

 

[Retired W4]

YOU OWNED LAND IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THE ATLANTA AREA?????
What’s up with that??

TN politicians have always been particularly adept, either by hook or crook or otherwise, in drawing federal government projects and the money that comes with them into the state. Sometimes spectacularly so. (The huge Top Secret Oak Ridge TN arm of the WW II Manhattan Project Research Facility comes immediately to mind).Particularly military bases and spending. The Navy, of all things, even has a base in west TN near Millington. Go figure.

I know. Part of the decision making process was the availability of world class medical facilities here in the ATL area, particularly the Emory Cancer Institute and the Emory Brain Center. It's a hour drive from Coffee, Franklin and Moore Counties to Nashville. After treatment in 2008 and again two years ago it was the right decision. Not to mention my hobby of doing the gun shows around here and collecting fine S&W revolvers.

 

[50 target]

You have to love the charm of the old South with the court square and the courthouse in the middle of it which seemed to be the way it was done for decades. TN is one of my favorite places to be. Had a friend from Cleveland and use to go to Tellico Plains to hunt. Nice people, beautiful country and a slower pace of life. What not to like.

 

[MelvinWalker]

My father was stationed at AEDC from 1960-1965. I attender St. Paul's, West Jr. High and THS. It was a great place to grow up with an odd mix of aerospace engineers, farmers, native Americans and bootleggers. THS football won the Central TN Conference championship two years in a row while I was there. Coffee County was dry back then, but you could get whatever you wanted. Just call the taxi company and they would deliver to you for a $0.75 delivery charge. George Dickel was just restarting the bottling of their fine Tennessee sippin' whiskey. I spent a lot of time on Wood's Reservoir. You had to drive through the old Camp Forrest to get there.

As a lawyer, you probably know James Conley and Tom Copeland. Claudia was a good friend of mine. Vicky Edgar and Michelle Frame helped me with some real estate transactions. Yes, Tullahoma is a fine little town.

I spent several thousand hours in Tullahoma at the Tennessee Correction Academy over my 20+ year career there...I'm sure you are familiar with it... It is exactly on the Franklin/Lincoln County line. I was both a student there and an adjunct instructor.

It was a former girls reformatory originally built around 1917...

Around 1983 or so, it was converted to the main Tennessee training facility for the entire Department of Correction. I have a ton of good memories from Tullahoma and Manchester... Last I heard, they were thinking of closing it... Beautiful campus

 

[jdlii]

The TN Correction Academy still stands and is in active use. The buildings are unique and have been well maintained.