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…
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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…
NKY Forum, Cincinnatus Association hosting discussion on the history of poverty in region by Paul Tenkotte
Northern Kentucky University’ Northern Kentucky Forum on June 12 will focus on the history of poverty in the region, presented…
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: Remember April 23, 1968, when a destructive tornado stuck Falmouth?
By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to the NKyTribune I vividly remember Tuesday, April 23, 1968. It was nine days after…
Our Rich History: 1968, a turning point in U.S. and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky history
Part 1 of a continuing series on the 50th anniversary of one of America’s great watershed years, 1968. By Paul…
News briefs: Governor appoints local people to boards; FBT’s McDevitt named ‘Pathfinder’
Gov. Matt Bevin has made the following appointments to Kentucky Boards and Commissions: Paul A. Tenkotte appointed as a member…
Our Rich History: Alms and Doepke in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine was second largest store west of NYC
Part 6 of a continuing series on Cincinnati’s grand downtown department stores. By Paul A. Tenkotte Special to NKyTribune My…