Join Dr. Matthew Smith, author of “The Spires Still Point to Heaven: Cincinnati’s Religious Landscape, 1788-1873” for an illustrated tour of the forgotten Queen City. Discover how immigrants made Cincinnati the sixth-largest city in America by the eve of the Civil War, how Cincinnati earned its nickname Porkopolis, how religion shaped civic life, and how Cincinnatians coped with recurring outbreaks of pandemic cholera in 1832 and 1849. Dr. Matthew Smith is Visiting Assistant Professor (History) and Regional Director of Public Programming, Miami University Hamilton.