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Our Rich History: The Fourth of July, 1792 — pride and effort went into the celebration

July 1, 2024June 30, 20240

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune We are pleased to present this encore presentation of an article that originally appeared…

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Our Rich History: The Black Brigade, mistreated heroes of the Siege of Cincinnati

February 19, 2024February 19, 20240

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune In honor of Black History Month, we offer this encore column that originally appeared…

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Our Rich History: There was a time when Cincinnati had parrots and a very large flock, but no more

January 29, 2024January 28, 20240

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Imagine sitting on your porch on a pleasant summer evening in Cincinnati. You’re sipping…

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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…

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Our Rich History: Epidemics in 19th Century Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky; we have persevered

March 30, 2020March 29, 20200

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Part 20 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” As we “hunker…

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Our Rich History: Newport, a gateway to the South during Civil War; loyalties were divided, Newport Barracks was union

March 16, 2020March 15, 20200

Part 18 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The state of…

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Our Rich History: Newport Barracks and Mexican-American War; housing soldiers ready to be deployed

January 13, 2020January 12, 20202

Part 13 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune In 1845, President…

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Our Rich History: First settler in Newport, Jacob Fowler was a surveyor, adventurer and deputy sheriff

December 30, 2019December 30, 20190

Part 11 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020′ By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Before the founding…

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Our Rich History: Cleaner than water, used as money, whiskey in region started with wheat field

August 5, 2019August 4, 20192

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune John Riddle planted Cincinnati’s first wheat field in 1791. Though only a four-acre plot,…

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Our Rich History: You’ve heard of Salem Witch Trials but what about Clermont County Witch Trial

April 8, 2019April 8, 20190

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Everyone’s heard of the Salem Witch trials of the late 1600s. During the hysteria…

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Our Rich History: The Big Red Machine and Cincinnati’s winning decade; remember ‘Great Eight’

March 25, 2019March 24, 20191

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune When Bob Hertzel of the Cincinnati Enquirer coined the phrase; “The Big Red Machine”…

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Our Rich History: The Black Brigade, mistreated heroes of the Siege of Cincinnati

February 18, 2019February 17, 20190

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune As the City of Cincinnati mobilized to meet the forthcoming threat of Confederate invasion…

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Our Rich History: 19th Century death — photography, mementos, black crepe, professional mourners. . .

January 14, 2019January 13, 20190

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune While loss of a loved one is always a tragic event, grieving survivors seemed…

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Our Rich History: The Toledo War — Ohio versus Michigan; it was nearly bloodless

December 31, 2018December 30, 20180

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune You may think this is a story about the football rivalry between the Ohio…

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Our Rich History: A 14,000 mile per hour shaking, Cincinnati and the New Madrid earthquakes

September 10, 2018September 9, 20180

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune On December 16, 1811, Cincinnati was shaking loose its “frontier town” reputation — literally….

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Our Rich History: David Leitch and Leitch’s Station; today, it’s Wilder, earliest settlement in Campbell Co.

August 20, 2018August 20, 20184

by Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The earliest settlement in Northern Kentucky’s Campbell County was Leitch’s Station, circa 1789-91. Founded…

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Our Rich History: Griffin Yeatman’s Square and Compass Tavern, the heart of early Cincinnati

July 30, 2018July 30, 20181

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Griffin Yeatman arrived in Cincinnati on June 20, 1793. He was born on March…

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Our Rich History: James Wilkinson, Kentucky politician, American general — and Spanish spy

July 16, 2018July 15, 20182

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune  “In all our history, there is no more despicable character.” Theodore Roosevelt While the…

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Our Rich History; John Filson; first Kentucky historian, forgotten Cincinnati founder

June 18, 2018June 18, 20180

By Steve Preston Special to the NKyTribune In his book Daniel Boone, John Mack Faragher describes John Filson as the…

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Our Rich History: Ohio Valley land in demand; four flags flew over Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky

June 4, 2018June 3, 20180

By Steve Preston Special to the NKyTribune Did you know that Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky have been considered French, British,…

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Our Rich History: ‘Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’ — part two on 18th-Century Cincinnati

April 23, 2018April 23, 20180

Part two of a series. By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The relationship between civilians and the military in Cincinnati…

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Our Rich History: 18th Century Cincinnati — ‘The Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’

April 16, 2018April 15, 20180

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Cincinnati in its early years was not the cultured “Queen City” we know today….

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