Fountain Lewis Sr., barbering and Music Hall.
The Friends of Music Hall posted a wonderful blog entry on Fountain Lewis, Sr., a Black barber active in Cincinnati from the early 1840s until Continue Reading
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Teachers at white and Colored Common Schools
Walnut Hills residents Catherine and Harriett Beecher and Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell were all teachers in private schools during the 1830’s. Catherine Beecher especially advocated Continue Reading
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell, a Walnut Hills contemporary of Caroline and Harriet Beecher Stowe, was the first woman to earn an MD in the United States, and Continue Reading
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The most famous of the large and illustrious Beecher clan to arrive in Walnut Hills in 1832, Harriet was just 21 years old and at Continue Reading
Harriet Martineau
The British author Harriet Martineau made a two-year tour of the United States, visiting Cincinnati for a few weeks beginning June 16, 1834. She published Continue Reading
Catherine Beecher
Catherine Beecher moved to Cincinnati with her father and her adult siblings in 1832; the family settled in Walnut Hills. Catherine, 32, had already made Continue Reading
Cincinnati Colored Public Schools
The city of Cincinnati, following Ohio law, set aside the education taxes on African American held properties for “Colored Public Schools” beginning in the 1850’s. Continue Reading
Robert Gordon, businessman
Robert Gordon, a Black man who lived in Cincinnati from about 1847 through his death in 1884, makes occasional appearances in obscure historical accounts of Continue Reading
Early Black Churches
African American families began moving to Walnut Hills in the 1850’s. Dangerfield Earley, reported as the sixth Black resident, organized the First Church of Walnut Continue Reading
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad Museum in Cincinnati properly recognizes the key role of the city in helping to conduct enslaved persons to freedom. Ohio law from Continue Reading
Riots of 1841
Walnut Hills served as a place of refuge from the dust and stench of the city The suburb overlooked Deer Creek (now just a series Continue Reading