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Daily
News Journal [Murfreesboro,
TN]
19
June 2013
Written
by Greg Tucker
MURFREESBORO — According to various local legends (“oral traditions”
not found in any writing), secret subterranean passages radiate in four
directions from beneath the historic Rutherford County Courthouse.
Tunnel
lore alleges (1) a passageway from the courthouse to the river for escape from
marauding enemies, (2) a tunnel from the northwest corner to the Murfreesboro
Bank & Trust building, perhaps for the transfer of cash, (3) a passage from
the southeast corner to the Goldstein Building (now county offices) for some
unknown purpose, and finally, (4) a tunnel from the Murfree Spring to the
courthouse connecting at the spring with a tunnel from the Bellwood mansion.
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