Even More Curious Cincinnati Street Names: The Syphilis Doctor, The Janitor, And The Confederate General
The final part in this series explaining the origins of our city's street names, from R to Z.
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The final part in this series explaining the origins of our city's street names, from R to Z.
An email from the New York Review of Books this morning notes that today is Paul Simon's 81st birthday. I believe they have even posted Daniel Drake's essay 'Paul Simon: Fathers, Sons, Troubled Water' outside their paywall to observe the occasion. Simon is inarguably one of the great American songwriters in the tradition of the American songbook. He has earned his own place in it many times over. I think
The buckeye is the Ohio state tree and the Ohio State mascot. But why are the people of Ohio known as buckeyes?
The history of education in Cincinnati is richer than you may realize. From Harriet Beecher Stowe to William Howard Taft, here's a look.
In the mid-1800s, the new carbonated drink was promoted as a cure for both medical problems and violent crime.