Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincy Q Queen City Fun Facts Historical Facts • The Roebling Suspension Bridge was the prototype for designer John A Roebling’s Brooklyn Bridge. At the time of its completion in 1867, it was the longest bridge of its kind in the worl, spanning 1,067 feet. • Porkopolis, one of Cincinnati’s most infamous nicknames, dates back to the late 1820’s
Photo Information: Top left to right: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at Cincinnati Music Hall; Baby Fiona at The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden; 1869 Red Stockings; the “Mayberry” map from the Andy Griffith Show
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through the mid 1930’s when the city was the main processing center for pork in the U.S. • Cincinnati was the first city to establish a municipal fire department and fire house. Firefighters have been organized here for over 200 years. • Five U.S. Presidents have come from Cincinnati: William Howard Taft, Rutherford B. Hayes, Ulysses S. Grant, William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.
in 1843, which was his last public speech. The city’s Mt. Ida was renamed Mt. Adams in his honor. • The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is the second oldest zoo in the U.S. It opened in 1875 with an animal collection consisting of: eight monkeys, two grizzly bears, three deer, six raccoons, two elk, one buffalo, one hyena, one tiger, one alligator, one elephant and over 400 birds.
• Cincinnati’s original name was Losantiville, named after the Licking River in Northern Kentucky. The name Losantiville means “opposite of the mouth of the river.”
• During the first forty years after its founding, Cincinnati experienced spectacular growth. By 1820, citizens, extremely proud of their city, were referring to it as The Queen City or The Queen of the West.
• The Licking River separates Covington and Newport, KY, and is one of the few rivers in the world that flows North.
• In 1890 Cincinnati was the third largest beer producer in the country.
• Widely regarded as the “Birthplace of American Astronomy,” the Cincinnati Observatory is located at the top of Mt. Lookout and is the oldest professional observatory in the U.S. President John Quincy Adams presided over the ceremony to lay the first cornerstone
• Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, which has become an iconic part of the American soundscape, was commissioned for the CSO and had its world premiere at Music Hall in 1942.
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