Our Rich History: Cincinnati chili — a Greek immigrant tradition — a fun food that really caught on
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD
Special to NKyTribune
Part 2 of an occasional series about fast food restaurants
Cincinnati Chili is a fun food, invented and perfected by Greek immigrants to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region. According to Dann Woellert, author of The Authentic History of Cincinnati Chili (Charleston: History Press, 2013), this regional favorite was a way for people to stretch their...
Our Rich History: Frisch’s Big Boy plays major role in history of fast-food restaurants in NKY — and beyond
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD
Special to the NKyTribune
(First of an occasional series about NKY’s fast-food restaurants)
When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, our family ate at restaurants only very occasionally. Like many suburban middle-class mothers during those years, my mom (Mary, or Margie as she preferred) grew up poor during the Great Depression. In addition, women of that time period...
Our Rich History: 1915 tornado left path of destruction across Northern Kentucky
By Dave Schroeder
Special to NKyTribune
Part three of a three-part series on the region’s destructive tornadoes.
On the evening of July 7, 1915, Northern Kentuckians experienced an unprecedented series of tornados and straight-line winds that caused havoc in the region. Storms swept through Kenton and Campbell Counties leaving a path of destruction. At least two people died, and many were injured.
Pike...
Our Rich History: 50 years later — the April 1974 tornado outbreak left a path of destruction
By Paul A. Tenkotte, Ph.D.
Special to NKyTribune
Part 2 of a three-part series on the region’s destructive tornadoes
It is truly amazing to watch the dance that nature performs throughout the year. Seasons change, autumn arrives, leaves fall, and animals prepare for winter. By spring, the earth suddenly awakens again, flowers bloom, the temperature warms, and thunderstorms brew. And all of it depends...
Our Rich History: Dixie Selden was an accomplished Covington artist, taught by Duveneck, Farny
By David E. Schroeder
Special to NKyTribune
In honor of Women’s History Month, we offer this encore column that originally appeared in Our Rich History on March 28, 2016.
While giving a tour of the art collection at the Kenton County Public Library in Covington, I came across Dixie Selden’s Woman Hanging Laundry. The piece is very familiar to me since it was on display in my office for many years....
Our Rich History: In honor of St. Patrick’s Day — coming up — let’s salute Ludlow’s Irish legacy
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we offer this encore column that originally appeared in the Northern Kentucky Tribune’s Our Rich History on March 14, 2016.
By David E. Schroeder
Special to NKyTribune
Father Kehoe, pastor, St. James Catholic Church, 1894-1921 (Photo provided)
Irish immigration to the United States began in the colonial period. Many of these early immigrants were tradesman from...
Our Rich History: The 15th Amendment — Politics, racism polarized Americans as lively debate raged
By Paul A. Tenkotte
Special to NKyTribune
(Continued: Part 2 of two parts; See part one)
In last week’s column, we learned how racism in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio made the passage of the 15th Amendment—granting the right to vote to all males regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”—an uphill battle. Although the legislatures of these three states eventually approved...
Our Rich History: The 15th Amendment — politics and racism polarized Americans
By Paul A. Tenkotte
Special to NKyTribune
(Part 1 of two parts. In honor of Black History Month, we offer this encore column that originally appeared in Our Rich History on February 25, 2019.)
Today, as we look back upon the Civil War and the period of Reconstruction following it, it may be difficult for us to contemplate an era when polarization was deeper and more prevalent than currently. But it...
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 in Our Rich History on February 18, 2019.
As the City of Cincinnati mobilized to meet the forthcoming threat of Confederate invasion in late summer 1862 (see previous column), all able-bodied men were expected to help defend the city. African-American men were no exception. They...
Our Rich History: Abraham Lincoln and his connection to Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD
Special to NKyTribune
In celebration of Lincoln’s birthday, we offer this encore column that originally appeared in Our Rich History on October 19, 2015
Abraham Lincoln. Lithograph by Strobridge & Company, Cincinnati. (Courtesy of The Library of Congress)
“That [damned] long armed ape,” Edwin Stanton exclaimed within ear’s reach of Abraham Lincoln. It was September...
Our Rich History: The legacy of the Bernstein Family, Betty Blake; Alan named to museum’s Hall of Fame
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD
Special to the NKyTribune
A part of the occasional ORVILLE (Ohio River Valley Innovation Library and Learning Enrichment) Series
Rivers in American history have offered life, form, and stability to all of us. From indigenous Americans to the millions of immigrants who settled along the Ohio and Mississippi River watersheds to the teeming cities lining their shores today, rivers...
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 your favorite beverage and listening to the noisy flocks of parrots settling into the trees for the night. Sound crazy? It wasn’t to the residents of the area in the 1800s.
Carolina Parrot, by American artist and naturalist, John James Audubon (1785–1851)
One would think...
Our Rich History: Thomas More University Athletics Hall of Fame compendium, part II
By Raymond G. Hebert, PhD
Special to NKyTribune
Part two of two parts
These talented student-athletes round out a remarkable journey of over 100 + years that has brought athletic recognition for VMC/TMC/TMU to rival the institution’s academic accomplishments.
Football
Mike Woolf (2002): Woolf set the standard by which all future linebackers at Thomas More were judged. One of the most decorated players...
Our Rich History: Taking a deeper look at what King believed; his ideas were unpopular in his time
By David Childs, PhD
Special to NKyTribune
“I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies,
education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.”
– Martin Luther King, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 1964
Did the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. enjoy the same level of popularity in...
Our Rich History: Thomas More University Athletics Hall of Fame compendium
By Raymond Hebert
Thomas More University
(Part 1)
Thomas More University’s Athletes of note and “Teams of Distinction” are many. While no history can be comprehensive, we wish to thank the herculean efforts by many people to uncover the great stories, successes, and even national, regional, and conference recognitions. Our target was roughly twenty articles that would, as a composite, celebrate...
