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Our Rich History: David Leitch and Leitch’s Station; today, it’s Wilder, earliest settlement in Campbell Co.

August 20, 2018August 20, 20184

by Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The earliest settlement in Northern Kentucky’s Campbell County was Leitch’s Station, circa 1789-91. Founded…

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Our Rich History: Covington/Northern Kentucky Townhouses match for homes in Charleston, S.C.

August 13, 2018August 26, 20180

By Margaret McDonough Special to NKyTribune The mysterious origin of the Covington/Northern Kentucky Townhouse is hiding in plain sight in…

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Our Rich History: Mary Means meets Maiden Foot, a Native American, and kindnesses are exchanged

August 6, 2018August 5, 20183

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Mary Means was an eleven-year-old girl in 1763. Her parents were settlers on land…

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Our Rich History: Griffin Yeatman’s Square and Compass Tavern, the heart of early Cincinnati

July 30, 2018July 30, 20181

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Griffin Yeatman arrived in Cincinnati on June 20, 1793. He was born on March…

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Our Rich History: New book, PBS documentary shine national attention on John A. Roebling Bridge

July 23, 2018July 22, 20180

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune The John A. Roebling Bridge, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, has always…

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Our Rich History: James Wilkinson, Kentucky politician, American general — and Spanish spy

July 16, 2018July 15, 20182

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune  “In all our history, there is no more despicable character.” Theodore Roosevelt While the…

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Our Rich History: The Deweys and the development of Palm Beach County, Florida

July 9, 2018July 8, 20182

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Part 1 of a continuing series on Kentuckians and Ohioans in the development…

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Our Rich History: World War I — a confusing array of ethnic tensions as citizens are harassed, terrorized

July 2, 2018July 1, 20180

Part 9 of a continuing series on World War I By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune On May 20,…

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Our Rich History: Vic Canfield and others preserving Covington, helping the past come alive today

June 25, 2018June 25, 20181

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune This is first in a series on the preservation and revitalization of Northern…

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Our Rich History; John Filson; first Kentucky historian, forgotten Cincinnati founder

June 18, 2018June 18, 20180

By Steve Preston Special to the NKyTribune In his book Daniel Boone, John Mack Faragher describes John Filson as the…

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Our Rich History: Poverty, homelessness, a challenge throughout our region’s history that persists today

June 11, 2018June 10, 20181

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune A portion of this column originally appeared in Our Rich History on December…

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Our Rich History: Ohio Valley land in demand; four flags flew over Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky

June 4, 2018June 3, 20180

By Steve Preston Special to the NKyTribune Did you know that Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky have been considered French, British,…

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Our Rich History: The Cincinnati German origins of Memorial Day — here’s the connection

May 28, 2018May 27, 20180

By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune While doing research for The Cincinnati Germans in the Civil War by Gustav…

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Our Rich History: How World War I affected our region in May 1918 — citizenship, service, grand jury

May 21, 2018May 21, 20180

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune World War I was one of history’s most unfortunate and confusing conflicts. Europe’s…

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Our Rich History: Remember April 23, 1968, when a destructive tornado stuck Falmouth?

May 14, 2018May 14, 20180

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to the NKyTribune I vividly remember Tuesday, April 23, 1968. It was nine days after…

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Our Rich History: Third District School is now an office building, Fifth Street Center in Covington

May 7, 20183

By David E. Schroeder Special to NKyTribune Travelers taking the Fifth Street Interstate-75 exit into Covington see this building often,…

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Our Rich History: William Behringer’s 1904 visit to the St. Louis World’s Fair changed a young man’s life

April 30, 2018April 29, 20180

by Jason French Special to NKyTribune Is there a time that you can point to in your life that, through…

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Our Rich History: ‘Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’ — part two on 18th-Century Cincinnati

April 23, 2018April 23, 20180

Part two of a series. By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The relationship between civilians and the military in Cincinnati…

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Our Rich History: 18th Century Cincinnati — ‘The Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’

April 16, 2018April 15, 20180

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Cincinnati in its early years was not the cultured “Queen City” we know today….

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Our Rich History 1968: Riots erupt in Cincinnati following assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

April 11, 2018April 11, 20180

Part 2 of a continuing series on the 50th anniversary of one of America’s great watershed years, 1968.  By Paul…

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Our Rich History: 1968, a turning point in U.S. and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky history

April 4, 2018April 4, 20181

Part 1 of a continuing series on the 50th anniversary of one of America’s great watershed years, 1968. By Paul…

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Our Rich History: Remembering one of NKy’s forgotten high schools – St. James, Ludlow

March 26, 2018March 25, 20180

By David E. Schroeder Special to NKyTribune We often think of schools as having a permanence about them. Once they…

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