Our Rich History: Cincinnati’s Lou Groen, a ‘Big Fish’ in McDonald’s restaurants nationwide
Editor’s note: Part 5 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants. By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune…
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Our Rich History: White Castle — porcelain buildings, square burgers, fair-‘n-square employee benefits
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Part 4 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants Admit it….
Our Rich History: Izzy’s Delicatessen — food, ambience, theatrics — became part of the landscape
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Part 3 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants Some businesses…
Our Rich History: Cincinnati chili — a Greek immigrant tradition — a fun food that really caught on
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Part 2 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants Cincinnati Chili…
Our Rich History: Frisch’s Big Boy plays major role in history of fast-food restaurants in NKY — and beyond
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to the NKyTribune (First of an occasional series about NKY’s fast-food restaurants) When I…
Our Rich History: The growth of a strong business program at Thomas More, a liberal arts college
By Tom Ward Thomas More University Part 40 of Our Series: “Retrospect and Vista II: Thomas More College/University, 1971-2021” Decades…
Our Rich History: Catholic secondary schools in Newport, starting with Immaculata Academy in 1857
By David E. Schroeder Special to NKyTribiune Part 50 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” The first…
Our Rich History: Newport’s own Thomas P. Anshutz, an unassuming painter and an influential teacher
By James C. Claypool Special to NKyTribune Part 45 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” His paintings…
Our Rich History: The spirit of our German Heritage lives on through Newport’s Turnverein, closed in 1936
By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune Part 27 of our series: Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky Today the building…
Missing historical puzzle pieces and more information on abolitionist William Shreve Bailey
Part 17 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune This is…
Our Rich History: First settler in Newport, Jacob Fowler was a surveyor, adventurer and deputy sheriff
Part 11 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020′ By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Before the founding…
Our Rich History: Newport’s Gen. James Taylor Park was site of bustling Newport Barracks supply link
Part 5 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Steve Preston What do Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis…
Our Rich History: Letters from Covington soldier tell of sunlit days in England before D-Day
Part 3 of a continuing series on the 75th anniversary of the closing stages of World War II By Stephen…
Our Rich History: Ninth Street Baptist Church is 150 years old and ‘still standing’ — and working together
By Marcia D. Johnson Special to NKyTribune In 1864, the “Bremen Street Baptist Church” in Covington, KY was organized. Its…
Our Rich History: 150th anniversary — Roots of Cincinnati Reds’ radio at Crosley Field
By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune (Part 2 of a three-part series celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Cincinnati…
Our Rich History: The Toledo War — Ohio versus Michigan; it was nearly bloodless
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune You may think this is a story about the football rivalry between the Ohio…
Our Rich History: Christmas 1918 — Nenette and Rintintin became an American sensation
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Church bells rang joyously on Christmas Day in 1918 in Cincinnati and Northern…
Our Rich History: Treaty of Fort Finney, Ohio, 1786; though Ohio Valley sees all-out war until 1794
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune In the spring of 1786, Major Benjamin Stites of Redstone, Old Fort, Pennsylvania was…
Our Rich History: Frank Duveneck and his wife, Elizabeth — the story of art’s triumph over fate
By James Ott Special to NKyTribune Growing up in the 1850s in the Ohio River Valley, a mere decade or…
Our Rich History: Shillito’s downtown store reaches its peak, World War II through the 1960s
Part 4 of a continuing series on Cincinnati’s grand downtown department stores By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune In…
Our Rich History: The Lazarus family reinvigorates Shillito’s and leads it through the Great Depression
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune In last week’s installment, we reviewed the establishment of Shillito’s dry goods store…
Our Rich History: Early Kentucky patents and inventors; search free at NKU’s Steely Library
By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune Northern Kentucky has a rich history of inventors and patents, even as early as…