Our Rich History: A pivotal election, November 1926
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune The off-year congressional elections of Tuesday, November 2, 1926, served as a…
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Our Rich History: Baskets, barrels, and booze — Untold story of Monkey John’s Grocery
By Michael O’Bryant Special to NKyTribune Bartholomew Cavagna (1799–1889) arrived in Cincinnati without a ledger, but with the grit of…
Our Rich History: Stories of past ghosts, goblins wouldn’t stay buried at Miamisburg’s Library Park
By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune Soon after moving from Miamisburg, Ohio, to Northern Kentucky 30 years ago, I asked…
Our Rich History: The Baby Boom — Notre Dame Academy Moves to the Suburbs in 1963
By Paul Tenkotte PhD Special to NKyTribune In 1963, Northern Kentucky’s public and Catholic schools were experiencing the full force…
Our Rich History: A turning point election: John F. Kennedy and his October 1960 campaign visit to NKY
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Editor, Our Rich History The United States presidential election of 1960 marked a turning point…
Our Rich History: Treadle and Triumph — Kentucky’s first female dentist, Dr. Lucy Montz
By Malachi Chavez Special to NKyTribune In the early 1870s, many students at Covington’s elementary school on Scott Street knew…
Our Rich History: Six new history books and reprints for your Autumn reading
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Autumn is just around the corner, bringing cooler temperatures and perfect weather…
Our Rich History: Park Hills — the Roaring ’20s and ‘Happy Homes’
(Note: The is the first part of a continuing series celebrating the incorporation of the City of Park Hills, Kentucky,…
Our Rich History: 25 years ago, 9/11/2001; a day that changed our world
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune “It started as a beautiful day on the East Coast of the…
Our Rich History: The enduring legacy of the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
By Stephen Enzweiler Special to NKyTribune On a warm, cloudless June morning, a father and son stood together on…
Our Rich History: Memories of Woolworth’s downtown Cincinnati store — and the ‘five-and-ten cent’ stores
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune F. W. Woolworth Co. was once the largest discount store chain in…
Our Rich History: The golden age of drive-in theaters — 1940s-1960s
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune In the years following World War II, millions of Americans and businesses…
Our Rich History: August 15th — A sacred feast for Italian Americans
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Editor, Our Rich History Each year on August 15th, Roman Catholics around the world celebrate…
Our Rich History: Dr. Gladys Rouse of Boone County Broke the Glass Ceiling of Medicine
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Dr. Gladys L. Rouse of Boone County, shattered many barriers in the…
Our Rich History: By the 1940s, the country doctor was becoming a relic of the past
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune From the 1940s through the 1960s, Americans increasingly romanticized the traditional country…
Our Rich History: Rooted in Motion — Elizabeth Madox Roberts’ ‘The Time of Man’: 100 years of an American story in KY
By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune As the United States marks its 250th “Semiquincentennial” birthday, we are called not only…
Our Rich History: Brent Spence, the dedicated public servant for whom a bridge was named
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune I have to admit it. I feel sorry for Brent Spence. The…
Our Rich History: Independence Day 1876: A prelude to the end of Reconstruction
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune On July 4, 1876 — the centennial of the signing of the…
Our Rich History: Just in time for Pride Month, Jacob Hogue’s ‘Cincinnati Before Stonewall’
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Researching the history of minoritized groups in the United States is difficult,…
Our Rich History: Cincinnati, Indianapolis Clowns were Negro League’s version of Harlem Globetrotters
By Michael O’Bryant Special to NKyTribune The history of the Negro Leagues in baseball is often remembered through players such…
Our Rich History: Gangster Nick Delmore was a notorious criminal of Cincinnati’s red-light district
By Michael O’Bryant Special to NKyTribune In the late 1800s, the area around George Street and Central Avenue in Cincinnati…
Our Rich History: 1867 report outlines details of construction of John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune The formal opening of the John A. Roebling Bridge took place on New…