Our Rich History: The Fourth of July, 1792 — pride and effort went into the celebration
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
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune In honor of Black History Month, we offer this encore column that originally appeared…
Our Rich History: There was a time when Cincinnati had parrots and a very large flock, but no more
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Imagine sitting on your porch on a pleasant summer evening in Cincinnati. You’re sipping…
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: Epidemics in 19th Century Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky; we have persevered
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Part 20 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” As we “hunker…
Our Rich History: Newport, a gateway to the South during Civil War; loyalties were divided, Newport Barracks was union
Part 18 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020” By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The state of…
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: First settler in Newport, Jacob Fowler was a surveyor, adventurer and deputy sheriff
Part 11 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport, Kentucky, 1795-2020′ By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Before the founding…
Our Rich History: Cleaner than water, used as money, whiskey in region started with wheat field
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune John Riddle planted Cincinnati’s first wheat field in 1791. Though only a four-acre plot,…
Our Rich History: You’ve heard of Salem Witch Trials but what about Clermont County Witch Trial
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Everyone’s heard of the Salem Witch trials of the late 1600s. During the hysteria…
Our Rich History: The Big Red Machine and Cincinnati’s winning decade; remember ‘Great Eight’
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune When Bob Hertzel of the Cincinnati Enquirer coined the phrase; “The Big Red Machine”…
Our Rich History: The Black Brigade, mistreated heroes of the Siege of Cincinnati
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune As the City of Cincinnati mobilized to meet the forthcoming threat of Confederate invasion…
Our Rich History: 19th Century death — photography, mementos, black crepe, professional mourners. . .
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune While loss of a loved one is always a tragic event, grieving survivors seemed…
Our Rich History: The Toledo War — Ohio versus Michigan; it was nearly bloodless
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune You may think this is a story about the football rivalry between the Ohio…
Our Rich History: A 14,000 mile per hour shaking, Cincinnati and the New Madrid earthquakes
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune On December 16, 1811, Cincinnati was shaking loose its “frontier town” reputation — literally….
Our Rich History: David Leitch and Leitch’s Station; today, it’s Wilder, earliest settlement in Campbell Co.
by Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The earliest settlement in Northern Kentucky’s Campbell County was Leitch’s Station, circa 1789-91. Founded…
Our Rich History: Griffin Yeatman’s Square and Compass Tavern, the heart of early Cincinnati
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Griffin Yeatman arrived in Cincinnati on June 20, 1793. He was born on March…
Our Rich History: James Wilkinson, Kentucky politician, American general — and Spanish spy
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune “In all our history, there is no more despicable character.” Theodore Roosevelt While the…
Our Rich History; John Filson; first Kentucky historian, forgotten Cincinnati founder
By Steve Preston Special to the NKyTribune In his book Daniel Boone, John Mack Faragher describes John Filson as the…
Our Rich History: Ohio Valley land in demand; four flags flew over Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
By Steve Preston Special to the NKyTribune Did you know that Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky have been considered French, British,…
Our Rich History: ‘Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’ — part two on 18th-Century Cincinnati
Part two of a series. By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune The relationship between civilians and the military in Cincinnati…
Our Rich History: 18th Century Cincinnati — ‘The Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’
By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune Cincinnati in its early years was not the cultured “Queen City” we know today….
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