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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGCF_miss-dohertys-college-preparatory-school-for-girls_Cincinnati-OH.html
Mary Harlan Doherty was born in 1862 in the Dayton Street neighborhood of Cincinnati. She graduated from Woodward High School in 1880 at a time when women were not expected to go to college, but rather to marry, raise children, and take care of ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGCE_the-cincinnati-observatory_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A:Prompted by response to his popular lectures, astronomer Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel (1809-1862) founded the Cincinnati Astronomical Society (CAS) in 1842. With CAS funding, Mitchel traveled to Munich, Bavaria, to acquire the optical elements …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGCC_salmon-portland-chase_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A:Salmon Portland Chase, a renowned lawyer and statesman, was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 13, 1808. He came to Ohio in 1820 and attended Cincinnati College (1822-23). Chase returned to New Hampshire and graduated from Dartmouth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBU_taft-museum-of-art_Cincinnati-OH.html
This Federal house was begun about 1820 for Martin Baum (1765-1831), one of Cincinnati's early merchants. Art patron and abolitionist Nicholas Longworth (1782-1863) lived here for more than thirty years and commissioned the notable landscape mural…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBS_procter-gamble_Cincinnati-OH.html
Begun as a partnership between soap maker William Procter and candle maker James Gamble in 1837, Procter & Gamble (P&G) grew from its roots to become one of the world's largest and best-known consumer products companies. Building on Civil War cand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBQ_cincinnati-riots-of-1884-sheriff-morton-lytle-hawkins_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A: Cincinnati Riots of 1884In March 1884, public confidence of Cincinnati law enforcement was extremely low. The public believed that murderers and other serious offenders were not brought to justice promptly or received little punishment. Ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBO_woodward-high-school-school-for-creative-and-performing-arts_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A: Woodward High SchoolWilliam and Abigail Cutter Woodward founded Woodward High School, the first public high school west of the Allegheny Mountains, on this site October 24, 1831. Concerned that the poor of Cincinnati had no avenues for edu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4G_fuldner-mortuary_Cincinnati-OH.html
In 1845, Jacob Fuldner and Samuel Cobb established an undertaker's shop at 143 Sycamore Street. His son William F. and grandchildren William L., Howard F. and Mary E. carried on the family business until 1977 when it was merged with Schaefer & Busby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4F_wiltsee-undertaker_Cincinnati-OH.html
In 1836, Paul Rust, cabinetmaker was selling "coffins". Developed into a modern funeral home by three generations of the Wiltsee family. The operation was entrusted in 1945 to two employees, Schaefer & Busby. It is now Ohio's oldest funeral establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4E_piatt-park_Cincinnati-OH.html
The first park in CincinnatiDonated to the peoplein 1817 byJohn H. Piatt & Benjamin M. Piatt