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Cincinnati During the Kennedy Assassination

Nov. 22, 1963, began as a normal Cincinnati day – then everything changed By Steven Rosen Enquirer contributor Fifty years ago this past Friday – Nov. 22, 1963 – came a day that changed life as we knew...

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Betts House: The rock of the West End

Museum is Downtown area’s oldest residential structure By Sara Gadzala Enquirer contributor The Betts House in Cincinnati’s West End epitomizes the old adage, “If you want something done right, do it...

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Thousands flocked to see Christmas balloon parade

DID YOU KNOW? By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquirer.com Downtown at Christmas is a part of many fond memories. Tree lightings at Fountain Square, Christmas shopping at Mabley & Carew, and visits to the...

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Cincinnati’s quasquibicentennial — 225th birthday

By Cliff Radel cradel@enquirer.com Fire up the blowtorch. Get ready to light the candles on Cincinnati’s birthday cake. The old Queen City turns 225 on Dec. 28. To mark the occasion, The Enquirer’s Our...

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Cincinnati’s beginning: The origin of the settlement that became this city

By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquirer.com On Dec. 28, 1788, flatboats traveling down the Ohio River landed at what would later be Sycamore Street, directly across from the Licking River. Aboard were 11...

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Cincinnati’s firsts, bests and biggests

By John Kiesewetter jkiesewetter@enquirer.com Everybody knows the Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team (1869), and that they played the first major-league night game at Crosley...

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Timeline from Losantiville to the Queen City

225 years that shaped who we are in Cincinnati By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquirer.com Back 225 years ago, on Dec. 28, 1788, a party of settlers pulled ashore along the Ohio River to start a new town in the...

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Even 25 long years later, Super Bowl loss lingers

Bengals 25th anniversary  By Paul Daugherty It was a week of a broken soul and a broken leg, ending in a game of broken dreams. Twenty-five years ago, the Bengals went to Miami with arguably the best...

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Unassuming philanthropist funded UC’s Van Wormer Library

By Joy Kraft Enquirer contributor Academic bigwigs were in search of deep pockets in the early 1890s when the fledgling University of Cincinnati moved up the hill to its new park-side campus from the...

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Charming ‘Old Main’ library

Library building admired now, but no one tried to halt demolition in 1955 By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquirer.com Cincinnati’s public library has been popping up online in BuzzFeed lists such as “The 30 Best...

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