Greg Hand

Few Italian-Americans were invited to participate in the local pageantry in 1892, though, and separate parades for public and Catholic schoolchildren were held.

Celebrating man's best friends throughout Cincinnati history, from a flying dog in 1835 to Schottzie 1 and 2.

Can you imagine what Cincinnati will be like 500 years from now? This wealthy schoolteacher tried to shape the city's future back in 1930.

What’s in a name? In Charles Dexter’s case, a name change was worth $20,000 in 1916 dollars.

Curious tales about Plum vs. Plumb, Copelen vs. Copeland, Whetsel vs. Wetsel vs. Whetzel, and the best way to get your name on a street.

Health officials and the local media advocated vaccinations to fight local smallpox outbreaks and to combat “false and foolish” anti-vax propaganda. The disease was eventually defeated.

A University of Cincinnati philosophy professor was sacked for privately raising doubts about the sanctity of marriage and run out of town.

The vagaries of menswear fashion trends caused a public stir, but not much action, a century ago.

Queen City women enjoyed a wild swing from hobbled skirts to harem skirts from one year to the next, despite the naysayers, church critics, and anti-feminists.

Geologists name lots of things for Cincinnati because our bedrock is unique and world-famous. Here’s the dirt on our world-renowned fossils.