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Our Rich History: Batty about Cincinnati: Reds’ fans and their hometown team — what a team!

March 22, 2021March 21, 20210

By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune “The whole town’s batty, about Cincinnati,  What a team, what a team, what a…

Our Rich History: Building bridges, ending monopolies — Newport commuters

March 15, 2021March 14, 20210

by Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Part 66 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” The opening…

Our Rich History: ‘Connecting the dots’ between Cincinnati, Covington and Newport

March 8, 2021March 7, 20212

By Paul Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Part 65 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” “Connecting the dots”…

Our Rich History: ‘Endless and bottomless sand’ nearly doomed Cathedral construction

March 1, 2021February 28, 20211

By Stephen Enzweiler Special to the NKyTribune When the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Covington, Camillus Paul Maes, sank…

Our Rich History: The Earth’s not flat, it’s . . . hollow? The other John Cleves Symmes

February 22, 2021February 21, 20210

by Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Part 64 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” “I declare the…

Our Rich History: The music of Sin City — Newport’s cultural legacy of wild days past

February 8, 2021February 7, 20210

By Chad Huggins Dunbar Special to NKyTribune Part 62 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” The era…

Our Rich History: Granville Woods, the black Thomas Edison, was noted inventor and held many patents

February 1, 2021January 31, 20210

By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune Part 61 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” A note from…

Our Rich History: Segregation and how it affected Newport’s underworld

January 18, 2021January 17, 20210

By Chad Huggins Dunbar Special to the NKyTribune Part 59 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” A…

Our Rich History: African Americans, gambling and the Payne Brothers, part of Newport’s Sin City era

January 4, 2021January 3, 20210

By Chad Huggins Dunbar Special to NKyTribune Part 57 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” While there…

Our Rich History: New Ky. books on U.S. Senators, women’s suffrage provide sharp focus for 2021

December 28, 2020December 28, 20200

By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune The end of any year causes us to reflect upon what we’ve accomplished,…

Our Rich History: The Black Population of Newport and Campbell County

December 14, 2020December 14, 20200

By Chad Huggins Dunbar Special to NKyTribune Part 56 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Cincinnati’s position…

Our Rich History: The ‘Sin City’ reformers (and there were plenty) met obstacles but finally found success

November 30, 2020December 1, 20201

By Richard Challis Special to NKyTribune Part 54 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Known as “Little…

Our Rich History: As NKY’s oldest city, Newport has rich architectural heritage and treasures abound

November 23, 2020November 22, 20200

by Margo Warminski Special to NKyTribune Part 53 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Newport is the…

Our Rich History: 200+ years of Southgate/Thompson House in Newport, last 44 as entertainment venue

November 16, 2020November 16, 20200

Part 52 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” By Jacob Koch Special to NKyTribune For the last…

Our Rich History: Scarlet Oaks, a grand Cincinnati mansion built by a Hessian soldier’s grandson

November 9, 2020November 8, 20200

By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune Scarlet Oaks is a beautiful mansion in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati that…

Our Rich History: Newport American Indian overview; local tribes left the region by the late 1600s

November 2, 2020November 1, 20200

By Jeannine Kreinbrink Special to NKyTribune Part 51 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Native American Indians…