So, Cincinnati...

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(08-31-2016, 02:01 PM)hollodero Wrote: 1) Got it. So basically, when some Ohio folk imply the Kentucky side's ancestry is an incestry, you reply theirs might be too on the very same grounds. Interesting.

2) OK, some more questions. Why is there a "National Underground Railway Freedom Center" close to the stadium? A national underground railway freedom center? That is confusing. How did the word freedom get into a national underground railway center and do you really need a center like that, and if so, why?

3) Plus, some more puzzling stuff. How comes you call a whole quarter "Over the Rhine", when my research discovered that the river is actually the Ohio River. German ancestry fine and well, but it's just not the Rhine! You got that one all wrong. Talking of rivers, don't call a river "Licking River". That's just a stupid name for a river. And for anything else apart from ice cream.

4) Finally, there seems to be a town called "Delhi". Is that some kind of Indian reservation, only for actual Indians? That all is so confusing.

1) Yep

2) The "Underground Railroad wasn't a railroad at all.  It was a system of safe houses and actual tunnels that were used to facilitate the escape of slaves from the south.  These were white sympathizers and black slaves alike.  If you have more interest in the subject, research Harriet Tubman.

3) I'm sure that's just a play on words to accentuate the German heritage.  As for the Licking River, my guess it would be in reference to the natural salt licks in the area that wildlife would often use.  

4) I have no idea, but no, it's not a reservation.