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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CP6_harriet-beecher-stowe_Cincinnati-OH.html
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1811 and moved to Cincinnati in 1832 when her father, prominent Congregational minister Lyman Beecher became the pastor of the city's Second Presbyterian Church and president of Lane The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278X_edison-r-big-ed-thompson_Cincinnati-OH.html
Cincinnati Music History
Big Ed was influenced by country radio stars Grandpa Jones and Uncle Dave Macon on WCKY and blues on WZIP radio. He was a session guitarist for ABC Paramount, King and Victor recording studios and regularly featured in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278V_albert-washington_Cincinnati-OH.html
Cincinnati Music History
Inspired by B.B. King and seeing Sam Cooke in his youth. Albert recorded on labels Duke, Peacock, Finch, VLM, Bluestown, Fraternity, Jewel, Iris & Eastbound. "You Gonna Miss Me" and "Ramble" in 1962 featured Big Ed Thom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM253G_mt-adams_Cincinnati-OH.html
Mt. Adams
Originally a forest towering above Ft. Washington; then a vineyard on the Nicholas Longworth Estate, the mansion house of which is the Taft Museum; then a neighborhood of German and Irish immigrants; later an enclave of artisans associa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM252E_mt-adams_Cincinnati-OH.html
Originally called Mt. Ida, Mt. Adams was a significant section of the Nicholas Longworth Vineyard, which developed the Catawba grape from which America's first champagne was produced. The name was changed to Mt. Adams in 1843 to honor President Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM252C_ida-street-bridge_Cincinnati-OH.html
"The Bridge of the Arts"
Dedicated September 12, 1931. Restored 2015
Designed by J. R. Biedinger
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
In grateful appreciation of the Mount Adams Civic Association for its generous sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ZX_mt-adams-pilgrim-chapel_Cincinnati-OH.html
Pilgrim Chapel began as a mission of the First Presbyterian Church in 1882. It was originally located in downtown Cincinnati. The Church was moved to Mt. Adams and has served the Protestant Community since its dedication on May 1, 1886. Catholics …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21N6_blue-ash_Cincinnati-OH.html
On the morning of July 14, 1863, John Craig Hunt
and his ten-year-old son, Wilson, watched from their
Blue Ash farmhouse as Confederate raiders led six
horses from the barn. When the boy asked his father
about his intentions, the father replie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21N5_deer-park_Cincinnati-OH.html
While many Ohioans panicked in the path of Confederate
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry — hiding their
valuables and fleeing their homes — the Schencks and the
Thompsons resolved to defend both. During the Civil War
thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21N4_evendale_Cincinnati-OH.html
More than a week after the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, nearly 2,000 rebel soldiers remained on Northern
soil. In the early morning of July 14, 1863, the crack Confederate
cavalry division of Brigadier General John Hunt Morga…