Cannonsburgh

Take W. Main, then left on Broad Street; Turn right onto Front Street (.34 miles)

Cannonsburgh, the first name given to Murfreesboro, is now better recognized as the outdoor museum established during the American Bicentennial. Newton Cannon was a state representative who would later be governor. After county magistrates selected sixty acres belonging to Captain William Lytle as the new county seat in 1811, state legislators named the new town Cannonsburgh. The name was changed, however, to Murfreesborough one month later in honor of Lytle’s friend, Colonel Hardy Murfree.