An Ante-bellum Development Project for Walnut Hills
We have covered construction projects launched after the Civil War; we’ll take one post to explore a Walnut Hills project that (like the Suspension Bridge Continue Reading
Category: ante-bellum
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
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
Lane Seminary Debates
Walnut Hills played a central role in the beginning of the Abolitionist movement that demanded an end to slavery in the United States. Lane Theological Continue Reading
James Bradley
James Bradley arrived in Walnut Hills in 1834 as a former slave who bought his own freedom. In the peculiar institution of slavery, African Americans Continue Reading