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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBS_procter-gamble_Cincinnati-OH.html
Begun as a partnership between soap maker William Procter and candle maker James Gamble in 1837, Procter & Gamble (P&G) grew from its roots to become one of the world's largest and best-known consumer products companies. Building on Civil War cand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBQ_cincinnati-riots-of-1884-sheriff-morton-lytle-hawkins_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A: Cincinnati Riots of 1884In March 1884, public confidence of Cincinnati law enforcement was extremely low. The public believed that murderers and other serious offenders were not brought to justice promptly or received little punishment. Ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGBO_woodward-high-school-school-for-creative-and-performing-arts_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A: Woodward High SchoolWilliam and Abigail Cutter Woodward founded Woodward High School, the first public high school west of the Allegheny Mountains, on this site October 24, 1831. Concerned that the poor of Cincinnati had no avenues for edu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4G_fuldner-mortuary_Cincinnati-OH.html
In 1845, Jacob Fuldner and Samuel Cobb established an undertaker's shop at 143 Sycamore Street. His son William F. and grandchildren William L., Howard F. and Mary E. carried on the family business until 1977 when it was merged with Schaefer & Busby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4F_wiltsee-undertaker_Cincinnati-OH.html
In 1836, Paul Rust, cabinetmaker was selling "coffins". Developed into a modern funeral home by three generations of the Wiltsee family. The operation was entrusted in 1945 to two employees, Schaefer & Busby. It is now Ohio's oldest funeral establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4E_piatt-park_Cincinnati-OH.html
The first park in CincinnatiDonated to the peoplein 1817 byJohn H. Piatt & Benjamin M. Piatt
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYZ_rabbi-isaac-mayer-wise-and-the-plum-street-temple_Cincinnati-OH.html
This historic synagogue symbolizes the work of one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century American Jewry, Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900). The Bohemian-born rabbi's many achievements include the establishment of the Union of American Heb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYY_public-library-of-cincinnati-and-hamilton-county_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A:Among the first in America, Cincinnati's public library dates from March 14, 1853. A public reading room opened in 1856, but funding remained a problem until 1867, when local school board president Rufus King II secured legislation for a re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYX_cincinnati-fire-fighters_Cincinnati-OH.html
In Memoryof theCincinnati Fire Fighterswho died in the line of dutyserving in the first paidprofessional fire departmentin the United States
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYV_elizabeth-blackwell_Cincinnati-OH.html
Born in Bristol, England, Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), moved to Cincinnati in 1838. Blackwell applied to several medical schools before being accepted to Geneva Medical College in New York. In 1849, she received a medical degree, becoming the …