Diamond Discovery Announcement

Announcement of Huddleston’s discovery of diamonds on his land, as it appeared in the Nashville News of Howard County; September 12, 1906.

Newspaper clipping with heading "Diamonds in Pike" on Murfreesboro diamond mine discovery and sales

Courtesy of Dean Banks

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Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

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Thing

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