For over 200 years, Cincinnati citizens created a vibrant, if at times
volatile, urban culture that frequently harkens back to its remarkable
past in an effort to shape its future.
Once known as a great commercial port and pork-packing center,
Cincinnati developed a diverse industrial economy in a bid to remain the
West's Queen City. It is a community familiar with change as new
transportation systems evolved, commercial activity shifted, and poor
race relations periodically erupted in unrest.