Our Rich History: The Floods of 1913 in Newport caused terrific suffering and economic hardship
By Deborah Pitel Special to NKyTribune Part 25 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By 1913, the…
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Our Rich History: The floods of 1883 and 1884 in Newport — the ‘beautiful water’ escapes its banks
By Deborah Pitel Special to NKyTribune Part 24 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” The Ohio River…
Our Rich History: William Shreve Bailey was a heroic abolitionist editor, provoked ire of pro-slavery groups
Part 16 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Paul Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Nestled at the…
Our Rich History: Abolitionism and the Ohio River Valley, intersection points between free, slave states
By Paul Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Part 15 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” It’s difficult for…
Our Rich History: Shaler family and antislavery in Newport; they believed it would meet ‘inevitable end’
By Paul Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Part 14 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” Nathaniel Southgate Shaler,…
Our Rich History: Newport Barracks and Mexican-American War; housing soldiers ready to be deployed
Part 13 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune In 1845, President…
Our Rich History: Newport and Covington Suspension Bridge was completed in 1853
Part 7 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune More than…
Our Rich History: Belle Vue, the beautiful hilltop mansion of James Taylor V, still inspires today
By Russ Thomas Special to NKyTribune Part 6 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” I wonder how…
Our Rich History: The Ohio River Valley was the epicenter of a major global war
Part 2 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Mountains, the…
Our Rich History: An open invitation to help us celebrate Newport’s 225th anniversary
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Part 1 of a series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” What does…
Our Rich History: Don Heinrich Tolzmann’s new book, ‘German Heritage Explorations,’ shares his expertise
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune If you want to learn more about a foreign nation, you visit it….
Our Rich History: XU’s Roger Fortin releases a timely book on American freedoms — and responsibilities
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan is one of the world’s sacred…
Our Rich History: Remembering D-Day 75 years later — and the heroic veterans who landed at Normandy
Part 1 of a continuing series on the 75th anniversary of the closing stages of World War II By Paul…
Our Rich History: In 1894 the new Odd Fellows Temple in Cincinnati was a grand building
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune In 1894, 125 years ago, Cincinnatians and Northern Kentuckians really knew how to…
Our Rich History: A tribute to Notre Dame in Paris — Our Cathedral’s Gargoyles, Chimera a shared history
Editor’s Note: We express our deep sorrow to the people of France and to the congregation of one of the…
Our Rich History: Cincinnati in 1894 — Fry’s Army (passes through) and a major economic depression
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune The sounds and smells of manufacturing still enveloped the city of Cincinnati and…
Our Rich History: A new book, ‘Lost Amusement Parks of Kentuckiana’ by Carrie Cook Ketterman
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Eating packed picnic lunches underneath shady trees; enjoying trips along the Ohio River;…
Our Rich History 150 years ago, politics and racism polarized Americans; the role of Sen. John Sherman
Second of two parts By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune In last week’s column, we learned how racism in…
Paul Tenkotte: There’s always an opportunity to be better than we are — a lesson from DC experience
Years ago, a friend listened patiently as I droned on about how I was so angry that a certain issue…
Our Rich History: Christmas 1918 — Nenette and Rintintin became an American sensation
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune Church bells rang joyously on Christmas Day in 1918 in Cincinnati and Northern…
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: 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…