A Walnut Hills baseball story: Small boys, a Championship, and a little PR
In the 1910s Gilbert Avenue became an auto dealer’s row. In 1914 the 31-year-old financier Howard W. Fenker went to work for the White Motorcar Continue Reading
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In the 1910s Gilbert Avenue became an auto dealer’s row. In 1914 the 31-year-old financier Howard W. Fenker went to work for the White Motorcar Continue Reading
Use the map below to do a self-guided tour of the historic baseball and other sites in Walnut Hills. The complete walk is about a Continue Reading
Our neighborhood has a rich baseball history, most of it highlighting our African-American residents. In October, 2020, when the pandemic prevented us from going to Continue Reading
Click here to see more information about Black Baseball in Walnut Hills Frank Robinson, an African American man, signed with the Cincinnati Reds organization in Continue Reading
Click here to see more information about Black Baseball in Walnut Hills From the 1870s for at least a century, baseball was the national pastime. Continue Reading
Our neighborhood has a rich baseball history, most of it highlighting our African-American residents. In October, 2020, when the pandemic prevented us from going to Continue Reading
Click here to see more information about Black Baseball in Walnut Hills The Deer Creek Commons, built over a large culvert down the valley between Continue Reading
Click here to see more information about Black Baseball in Walnut Hills The parks plans of the progressive era not only resulted in the construction Continue Reading
Click here to see more information about Black Baseball in Walnut Hills William DeHart Hubbard was born in Walnut Hills in 1903, named after the Continue Reading
Click here to see more information about Black Baseball in Walnut Hills Andrew J. DeHart was born in Mississippi in 1855. His early biography is Continue Reading