Publications The following articles were written by our Education Director, Steve Preston, and published in the Northern Kentucky Tribune. Our Rich History: There was a time when Cincinnati had parrots and a very large flock, but no more Jan 29th, 2024 Our Rich History: The Earth’s not flat, it’s . . . hollow? The other John Cleves Symmes Feb 22nd, 2021 Our Rich History: Dave Cowens and his life in Newport before the Hall of Fame Feb 15th, 2021 Our Rich History: Epidemics in 19th Century Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky; we have persevered - Mar 30th, 2020 Our Rich History: Political treason accusations are nothing new; conspiracy, bad blood, and dueling-Dec 2nd, 2019 Our Rich History: This is what the Fourth of July celebration was like in Fort Washington in 1792 Jul 1st, 2019 Passenger Pigeons were once a common sight, and food source, in the Tristate -Jun 10th, 2019 You’ve heard of Salem Witch Trials but what about Clermont County Witch Trial- Apr 8th, 2019 The Big Red Machine and Cincinnati’s winning decade; remember ‘Great Eight’- Mar 25th, 2019 150th Anniversary of the Reds, remembering defeat of Newport Wiedemann Brewers -Mar 11th, 2019 The Black Brigade, mistreated heroes of the Siege of Cincinnati -Feb 18th, 2019 Henry Boyd, once a slave, became a prominent African-American furniture maker -Feb 11th, 2019 Living along the Buffalo Highways; where would Dixie Highways be without them? -Feb 4th, 2019 Casualties of Siege of Cincinnati, 1862; celebrations as Confederates withdrew Jan 28th, 2019 19th Century death — photography, mementos, black crepe, professional mourners. . - Jan 14th, 2019 The Toledo War — Ohio versus Michigan; it was nearly bloodless -Dec 31st, 2018 Early Cincinnati cuisine — cooking over a hearth, game, plentiful corn, healthy fruit- Dec 3rd, 2018 Treaty of Fort Finney, Ohio, 1786; though Ohio Valley sees all-out war until 1794- Nov 5th, 2018 It’s Covington, 1895. William Goebel not guilty in ‘duel’ charge, becomes Governor- Oct 29th, 2018 The first Anglo burial in Cincinnati? Unknown soldier was part of ‘Bouquet’s Expedition’- Oct 8th, 2018 Cincinnati and the Fourth Estate — getting the news on the frontier through today- Sep 24th, 2018 Kentucky and the first buildings in Cincinnati; 26 intrepid immigrants build first cabin- Sep 17th, 2018 Benjamin Van Cleve, child of the Revolution, Kentucky Settler, Father of Dayton, Ohio -Sep 3rd, 2018 The story of one of NKY’s wealthiest women, Keturah Moss Leitch Taylor, and her empire-Aug 27th, 2018 David Leitch and Leitch’s Station; today, it’s Wilder, earliest settlement in Campbell Co.- Aug 20th, 2018 Mary Means meets Maiden Foot, a Native American, and kindnesses are exchanged - Aug 6th, 2018 Griffin Yeatman’s Square and Compass Tavern, the heart of early Cincinnati- Jul 30th, 2018 John Filson; first Kentucky historian, forgotten Cincinnati founder- Jun 18th, 2018 James Wilkinson, Kentucky politician, American general — and Spanish spy -Jul 16th, 2018 ‘Squirrel Hunters’ answer the call to save Cincinnati and NKY from the Confederacy -Jun 19th, 2017 Ohio Valley land in demand; four flags flew over Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky- Jun 4th, 2018 ‘Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’ — part two on 18th-Century Cincinnati -Apr 23rd, 2018 18th Century Cincinnati — ‘The Appearance of a Town of Some Respectability’ -Apr 16th, 2018 In March 1836, the Alamo fell; more to the story on our region’s connections to Texas -Mar 5th, 2018 The Wyandots — well assimilated — were sadly victims of Indian Removal Act- May 22nd, 2017 Revolutionary War forces suffered defeat in NKy thanks to Simon Girty’s war party- Feb 1st, 2016 American Paleontology began at Big Bone with discovery of prehistoric bones- Jan 18th, 2016 The Journal of Jacob Fowler, a wandering squatter, founder, surveyor -Dec 7th, 2015 When the Army came to Newport — the Newport Barracks and the New West - Nov 9th, 2015 ‘The Point,’ where Licking meets the Ohio, played strategic role in Revolutionary War - Sep 14th, 2015
