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…
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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…
Our Rich History: Ohio Valley land in demand; four flags flew over Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
By Steve Preston Special to the NKyTribune Did you know that Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky have been considered French, British,…
Our Rich History: The Cincinnati German origins of Memorial Day — here’s the connection
By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune While doing research for The Cincinnati Germans in the Civil War by Gustav…
Our Rich History: How World War I affected our region in May 1918 — citizenship, service, grand jury
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune World War I was one of history’s most unfortunate and confusing conflicts. Europe’s…
Our Rich History: Third District School is now an office building, Fifth Street Center in Covington
By David E. Schroeder Special to NKyTribune Travelers taking the Fifth Street Interstate-75 exit into Covington see this building often,…
Our Rich History: William Behringer’s 1904 visit to the St. Louis World’s Fair changed a young man’s life
by Jason French Special to NKyTribune Is there a time that you can point to in your life that, through…
Our Rich History: ‘Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’ — part two on 18th-Century Cincinnati
Part two of a series. By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The relationship between civilians and the military in Cincinnati…
Our Rich History: 18th Century Cincinnati — ‘The Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Cincinnati in its early years was not the cultured “Queen City” we know today….