Big Powder Stock Destroyed By Fire; Cost $28,000,000
45,000,000 Pounds of Explosives and 50 Buildings Burn
Old Hickory Plant is Reduced to Ruins
Held Huge Reserve of War Munitions; No One is Injured. | From The Washington Post
Washington, DC
August 11, 1924 |
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Blackwood airfield helped usher in era of flight in Nashville
From The Tennessean, November 28, 2009 | 1953 State Basketball Championship Statistics
(From the 1954 Basketball Record Book published by the Nashville Banner) |
'Spanish flu' ravaged Davidson County in 1918
From The Tennessean, May 9, 2009 | Marathon streak will continue for fireman
(Scott Lively, Class of 1985)
From The Tennessean, April 21, 2009 |
DuPont Alumni donate $2,000 to Tyler Middle
From The Tennessean, March 12, 2009 | DuPont High laid foundation for Bottorff
Lauds public schools for offering broad education
From The Tennessean, March 4, 2009 |
Old Hickory will feel loss of laid-off DuPont workers
DuPont to keep 300 employees
From The Tennessean, January 28, 2009 | DuPont to close part of Old Hickory plant
Changes will cost up to 240 jobs
From The Tennessean, January 22, 2009 |
Old Hickory Bunch puts friendship first
The Old Hickory Bunch is as uncomplicated as its name
From The Tennessean, January 7, 2009 | Metro's bright stars to join ranks of schools hall of fame
Another DuPont High Alumnus is selected
From The Tennessean, December 22, 2008 |
Retiring judge spent 26 years helping kids
Davidson County Circuit Court Judge Muriel Robinson will step down from that bench in February
From The Tennessean, December 12, 2008 | Team members relive 1953 State Basketball Championship Game
Eight of the original team members view the 45-minute film of the game
June 21, 2008 |
On a Night Like This is a wholesome treat
Takes the viewer on an historic journey of Old Hickory beginning in 1955 through present day
From Out & About Newspaper,
December 5, 2007 | DuPont Boy, Girl Voted Top Players
Boots Scott, Gail McCowan Head All-Star teams of NIL
From The Tennessean,
Sunday, March 6, 1960 |
Old Hickory tour offers views of historic, new homes
From The Tennessean,
Friday, May 11, 2007 | Rayon neighbors want to improve intersection
From The Tennessean,
Friday, May 11, 2007 |
MNPS Sports Hall of Fame inducts 10 former athletes
From MNPS Press Release
April 10, 2007 | Historic Old Hickory Village sets far-reaching goals
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 |
Village wants to attract more homebuyers
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 | DuPont High graduate up for Grammy Award
From The Tennessean,
Friday, February 8, 2007 |
Tsunami launched international charity
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, January 24,2007 | Redevelopment begins for Old Hickory Village Shopping Center
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, January 24,2007 |
Mixed project possible for site of burned center
From The Tennessean,
Friday, September 1, 2006 | DuPont memories gets home at school
From The Tennessean,
Friday, October 11, 2006 |
Metro upgrades DuPont-Hadley field
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 | Alumni help keep DuPont High's spirit alive
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
Burned down shopping center may be auctioned
From The Tennessean,
Friday, January 20, 2006 | Old Hickory's 'new' post office bears the stamp of history
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 |
Class Reunion
Here's a humorous poem about the class reunions we experience through the years.
Submitted by Tish Hennessey Manning ('50) | Road's name honors bridge built for plant workers
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
From the first family of golf
When you think about golf, the Eller family comes to mind.
From Sports Nashville, June-July 2005 | DuPont school fires smolder in memory
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
DuPont High blaze in 1967 was first of several school fires
From The Tennessean,
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 | Wall honors DuPont's World War II veterans
Plaque found in trash inspires new monument in Old Hickory
From The Tennessean, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
Judy Eller Street ('58) Inducted in the New MNPS Sports Hall of Fame
The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Sports Hall of Fame has been established to honor sports personalities who are native to Davidson County. | Interesting Historical Facts About Old Hickory and the Nashville Industrial Corp.
From the Old Hickory News, Wednesday, March 27, 1929 |
Lakewood Community Development
The City of Lakewood is working on plans to redevelop the area once known as Dupontonia. | Monument To Part This Plant Played In Winning War
Old Hickory Power House Was Once the Largest in the World |
Ground breaks on project honoring Old Hickory veterans
From The Tennessean
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 |  DuPont-Hadley gym preserves identity as a landmark
From The Tennessean
Friday, October 29, 2004 |
Lakewood has vision for revitalizing city
From The Tennessean
Monday, September 27, 2004 | Lakewood braces for possible major change
From The City Paper
September 24, 2004 |
Clearing shopping center's ruin moves too slow for neighbors
From The Tennessean
Monday, August 9, 2004 |  2004 Historic Old Hickory Village Home & Garden Tour
May 22, 2004 |
Recent strip mall fire rekindles neighbors' awareness of arson
From The Tennessean
Sunday, April 4, 2004
| 'To a lot of people, it was their life'
Residents, merchants reminisce about Old Hickory shopping center lost to fire
From The Tennessean
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
Fire wipes out community landmark
Residents recall shopping center's impact on lives
From The Tennessean
Tuesday, March 30, 2004Photos from TV News | Neighbors describe pair seen before fire
Officials call blaze that destroyed shopping center 'suspicious'
From The Tennessean
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 |
Till death do we part
Husband and wife for more than 60 years, Dick and Dottie Dorney embody the meaning of love
From The Tennessean
Sunday, February 1, 2004 | Old Hickory will honor Red Dean and other POWs
From The Tennessean
Monday, December 8, 2003 |
The Man Who Named "Old Hickory" | Old Hickory remains "A Way of Life"
From The Tennessean
Wednesday, October 22, 2003 |
2003 Historic Old Hickory Village Home & Garden Tour
June 7, 2003 | New marker tells history of Old Hickory Village
From The Tennessean Monday, March 17, 2003 |
| DuPont High Alumni to Celebrate Association's 25th Anniversary From The Tennessean Friday, August 2, 2002 | 2002 Historic Old Hickory Village Home & Garden Tour
June 8, 2002 |
 Sons of Martha (The Construction of the City of Old Hickory)
This article is from a chapter in a book published in 1928 by the Mason & Hanger Company. The book describes the 100-year history of the company that built Old Hickory in 1918 in a period of eight months and a day. The Mason & Hanger Company was the major contractor selected by the U. S. Government to construct the world's largest smokeless powder plant to support the Allies during World War I. This chapter, entitled "Old Hickory", describes the massive requirements of labor and material used to build the manufacturing plant and all of the supporting structures and facilities that became Old Hickory. |
