Our Rich History: Misplaced priorities and missed opportunities, Newport’s Long Depression, 1873-1896
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to KyForward Part 73 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Have you…
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Our Rich History: Kentucky inventors, entrepreneurs, innovations; free workshop at NKU’s Grant Center
By John Schlipp Special to NKyTribune Kentucky is famous for its Bourbon, the Kentucky Derby, horse breeding, and historic tourist…
Our Rich History: The greatest watch works in the world: Newport’s lost industrial opportunity
By Alan F. Garratt Special to NKyTribune Part 69 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” In the…
Our Rich History: 1915 storm – with winds, rains – wrecked buildings, but not spirit of Newporters
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Part 68 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Wednesday, July…
Our Rich History: Newport once had the region’s healthiest water supply — and led to its growth
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Part 67 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” “Water, water…
Our Rich History: Cathedral Basilica window commemorates Pius IX and Ineffabilis Deux
By Stephen Enzweiler Special to the NKyTribune For decades, visitors and faithful alike have filed through the north doors of…
Our Rich History: Batty about Cincinnati: Reds’ fans and their hometown team — what a team!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Jeannine Kreinbrink Special to NKyTribune Part 51 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020.” Native American Indians…