Our Rich History: Henry Boyd, once a slave, became a prominent African-American furniture maker
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Henry Boyd was born on a Kentucky plantation as a slave in 1802. For…
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Our Rich History: Living along the Buffalo Highways; where would Dixie Highways be without them?
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune If you were to take a moment and think, who would you say originally…
Our Rich History: Casualties of Siege of Cincinnati, 1862; celebrations as Confederates withdrew
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune In September 1862, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith sent General Henry Heth with an…
Our Rich History: 19th Century death — photography, mementos, black crepe, professional mourners. . .
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune While loss of a loved one is always a tragic event, grieving survivors seemed…
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: Covington’s Isabella H. Shepard was an early supporter of women’s suffrage
By Gregory J. Middleton Special to NKyTribune The women’s suffrage movement required many supporters and a lot of effort to…
Our Rich History: Early Cincinnati cuisine — cooking over a hearth, game, plentiful corn, healthy fruit
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The harvest time for gardeners and farmers alike has passed, and we’ve enjoyed Thanksgiving…
Our Rich History: Duveneck legacy thrives in California; and it’s more than famous art works
By James Ott Special to NKyTribune A varied cache of art treasures adorned the Monterey home of the late Hope…
Our Rich History: ‘Lost Northern Kentucky,’ a new book by Robert Schrage and David Schroeder
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Have you ever found yourself lost? Lost has many different connotations, often very…
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: It’s Covington, 1895. William Goebel not guilty in ‘duel’ charge, becomes Governor
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune On April 11, 1895, two shots fired nearly simultaneously rang out in front of…
Our Rich History: The Northern Extension Center was the start of something new and special
By Lois Hamill Special to NKyTribune The University of Kentucky, a public university, was founded in 1865 in Lexington, Kentucky….
Our Rich History: Two early residents left educational legacy in Northern Kentucky and beyond
By David E. Schroeder Special to NKyTribune Education in Northern Kentucky has a long and interesting history. The earliest schools…
Our Rich History: Cincinnati and the Fourth Estate — getting the news on the frontier through today
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Getting the news on the frontier in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky was a challenge….
Our Rich History: A 14,000 mile per hour shaking, Cincinnati and the New Madrid earthquakes
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune On December 16, 1811, Cincinnati was shaking loose its “frontier town” reputation — literally….
Our Rich History: The story of one of NKY’s wealthiest women, Keturah Moss Leitch Taylor, and her empire
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune When Major David Leitch, founder of Leitch’s Station in present-day Wilder, Kentucky, died in…
Our Rich History: David Leitch and Leitch’s Station; today, it’s Wilder, earliest settlement in Campbell Co.
by Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The earliest settlement in Northern Kentucky’s Campbell County was Leitch’s Station, circa 1789-91. Founded…
Our Rich History: Covington/Northern Kentucky Townhouses match for homes in Charleston, S.C.
By Margaret McDonough Special to NKyTribune The mysterious origin of the Covington/Northern Kentucky Townhouse is hiding in plain sight in…
Our Rich History: Mary Means meets Maiden Foot, a Native American, and kindnesses are exchanged
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Mary Means was an eleven-year-old girl in 1763. Her parents were settlers on land…
Our Rich History: Griffin Yeatman’s Square and Compass Tavern, the heart of early Cincinnati
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Griffin Yeatman arrived in Cincinnati on June 20, 1793. He was born on March…
Our Rich History: World War I — a confusing array of ethnic tensions as citizens are harassed, terrorized
Part 9 of a continuing series on World War I By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune On May 20,…
Our Rich History: Poverty, homelessness, a challenge throughout our region’s history that persists today
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune A portion of this column originally appeared in Our Rich History on December…