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Road to radio began on mound
Famous Reds voice Hoyt left majors 75 years ago By Mike Dyer mdyer@enquirer.com Hall of Fame pitcher and former Reds broadcaster Waite Hoyt made his final Major League playing appearance 75 years ago this week. Hoyt, who was the ace of the 1927 New York...
Posted: 5/16/2013 3:00 PM
Greenhills birthed 75 years ago
DID YOU KNOW? Built by government as New Deal project By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquirer.com The village of Greenhills, a greenbelt community in northern Hamilton County built by the federal government as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal,...
Posted: 5/15/2013 3:00 PM
From orphaned immigrant to furrier magnate
A.E. Burkhardt’s majestic Avondale home up for sale but in danger of being torn down By Joy Kraft Enquirer contributor Much of Cincinnati’s history rests on the backs of immigrants, the majority German, who came to this country in the mid-19th century...
Posted: 5/14/2013 5:09 PM
Historic Covington cemetery being restored as a park
By Cindy Schroeder cschroeder@nky.com COVINGTON — For nearly 170 years, the faded tombstones and monuments of Linden Grove Cemetery have chronicled Covington’s past. Linden Grove was the first local cemetery to be open to anyone regardless of race or...
Posted: 5/8/2013 3:29 PM
All in the Family: Frys’ treasures in Cincinnati Wing
By Brent Coleman When Cincinnati Art Museum celebrates the 10th anniversary of its trendsetting Cincinnati Wing this summer, people like Roger and Pat Fry will be on the mind of museum curator Anita Ellis. The Indian Hill couple is among a quiet community...
Posted: 5/8/2013 7:50 AM
Marty and Joe almost got banned
By John Kiesewetter jkiesewetter@enquirer.com Before Pete Rose was banned from baseball, the commissioner threatened the same permanent punishment for Reds radio announcers Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall 25 years ago this week. Brennaman says Commissioner...
Posted: 5/7/2013 7:57 AM
Superman created by Cleveland duo
DID YOU KNOW? Man of Steel debuted in comics 75 years ago By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquirer.com Superman, the iconic superhero created by Cleveland teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, made his debut 75 years ago this month in “Action Comics” #1. The issue,...
Posted: 5/5/2013 7:00 AM
Bourbon origins a mystery
By Scott Wartman swartman@nky.com The origins of bourbon remain a mystery to historians and bourbon enthusiasts. Popular legend credits a Kentucky Baptist preacher, Elijah Craig, as being the first to age whiskey in charred oak barrels, in 1789. That’s...
Posted: 5/4/2013 2:18 PM
Grant’s boyhood home is restored
DID YOU KNOW? By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquirer.com Ulysses S. Grant’s boyhood home in Georgetown, Ohio, reopened this month after a $1.4 million restoration that has returned the home to how it appeared in 1839, the year Grant left for the West Point military...
Posted: 4/26/2013 8:34 AM
Rixey has a long HOF legacy
Southpaw won 179 games from 1921-33 By Mike Dyer mdyer@enquirer.com Before Eppa Rixey heard of his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 1963, his 10-year-old grandson Eppa Rixey IV answered the phone call that delivered the news. “It seemed...
Posted: 4/25/2013 7:58 AM
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