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…
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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,…
Kentucky by Heart: Ken Reis pens history of his Grant’s Lick community, a six-year labor of love
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Ken Reis and his wife moved in 1974 to the community of Grant’s Lick, located…
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: 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: 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: Dr. Raymond Hebert, dead at 84, leaves lasting impression on Thomas More, NKY
By David E. Schroeder, MA, MLIS and Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Husband, father, professor, leader, administrator, and…
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: 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: 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: Three bridges have crossed the LIcking River at 4th Street
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune On Monday morning, March 2, 2026, a controlled blast will demolish the…
Our Rich History: The Civil War — Richmond, Kentucky, to Cincinnati, Ohio
By James D. Porter III Special to NKyTribune By August 1862, the United States was entrenched in the Civil War…
Our Rich History: Out of struggle and hardship, Covington’s new Cathedral is born
Editor’s note: This is the final part of a four-part series celebrating the Quasquicentennial (125th) anniversary of the Dedication of…
Our Rich History: The Bishop and the architect — and a vision for the future of Covington
Editor’s note: This is the second in a four-part series celebrating the Quasquicentennial (125th) anniversary of the Dedication of St….
Our Rich History: Heartwarming holiday harmonies along our river region that inspired the world
By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune As the holiday season sparkles across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, it’s worth remembering that…
Our Rich History: Part 2 The Cincinnati Strangler — Mid-1960s murders still resonate
Part 2 of 2 parts By Dennis Whitehead Special to NKyTribune The killer, or killers, left scant evidence at the…