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So many colorful stories are lost to time. The last passenger pigeon on earth, Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. The deadliest maritime disaster in American history was the explosion of the steamboat Sultana, built in the Queen City. Just outside the city, a young Annie Oakley beat her future husband in a shooting contest. The nation's first train robbery occurred in the Cincinnati area, and some clever victims hid jewelry in their hair...
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"Cincinnati earned its nickname of "Queen City of the West" with a wealth of fine theaters and hotels, a burgeoning brewery district and the birth of professional baseball. Though many of these treasures have vanished, they left an indelible mark on the city. Revisit the favorite locales from old Coney Island to Crosley Field. Celebrate lost gems such as the palatial Albee Theater and the historic Burnet House, where Generals Grant and Sherman plotted...
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"Cincinnati's history may conjure such icons as William Howard Taft, Pete Rose, and Fountain Square, but there are hundreds of stories of the city's past and present waiting to be discovered. Cincinnati: An Illustrated Timeline presents the pivotal moments in the history of the Queen City, some told for the first time. Follow along from the indigenous mound builders to the development of the first American city after the Revolutionary War. Watch the...
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