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,…
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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…
Our Rich History: Memorial Day 1951 and the Cold War chill
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD NKyTribune Our Rich History editor Memorial Day in 1951 looked much like the commemorations that…
Our Rich History: “Plessy v. Ferguson” — the Ohio River watershed and an important dissent
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune It stands today as one of the most consequential — and most…
Our Rich History: From Cincinnati roots to cable TV revolutions — how Ted Turner’s early life shaped a media empire
By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune Before the world tuned in to 24-hour news, before Atlanta rose as a media…
Our Rich History: What is whiskey? The Taft decision — still the basic law today
By Michael O’Bryant Special to the NKyTribune “This is the intent of the act. The public will be made to…
Our Rich History: Cincinnati’s 1893 ‘Old Pepper’ trademark case changed how whiskey was marketed
By Michael O’Bryant Special to NKyTribune “The spectacle of a dignified judge of the United States Court of Appeals seated…
Our Rich History: James Noble Veazey versus the Whiskey Trust — aging or rectifying ‘whiskey’
By Michael O’Bryant Special to NKyTribune In 1893 the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company, better known as the Whiskey Trust,…
Our Rich History: Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati’s early music tells deeper story along the Ohio River
By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune Before radio, recording studios, or concert halls, music in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky…