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Cincinnati was first called "Queen of the West" in 1819 by Ed. B. Cooke who wrote "The City is, indeed, justly styled the fair Queen of the West: distinguished for order, enterprise, public spirit, and liberality, she stands the wonder of an admiring world." It was published in the Cincinnati Advertiser and the Inquisitor. The following year ...
1912, the Cincinnati Reds opened a new steel-and-concrete ballpark, Redland Field (later known as Crosley Field). 1914 - Martha, the last passenger pigeon, dies at the Cincinnati Zoo. [27] 1916 - 9th Street YMCA opens. [28] Hall of famer Edd Roush led Cincinnati to the 1919 World Series. 1920 Cincinnati Subway breaks ground [29] Cincinnati ...
I have been at The Enquirer for 25 years, long enough that stories we covered when I first started are now fodder for a history column.
Cincinnati (/ ˌ s ɪ n s ɪ ˈ n æ t i / ⓘ SIN-sih-NAT-ee; nicknamed Cincy) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. [10] Settled by Europeans in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky.
A major movie is filming in Greater Cincinnati. Last week, Josh O'Connor, known for his roles in "The Challengers," "Doctor Who" and "Peaky Blinders," and "Licorice Pizza" star Alana Haim, member ...
What could have been Cincinnati’s darkest day did not turn out that way. During the Civil War, Cincinnati had a bit of a buffer from the South because Kentucky, a slave-holding border state, did ...
Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park, located along Cincinnati's downtown eastern riverfront area was opened to the public on May 17, 2003. The park is named in honor of Cincinnati's first African American mayor, Theodore M. Berry, who served as Cincinnati's mayor from December 1972 to November 1975.
Real-life sisters Regina King and Reina King star in the new Netflix movie, "Shirley," which depicts U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm's 1972 groundbreaking presidential run.. But the city of Cincinnati ...