Porkopolis

The Ohio River and a strong German community made Cincinnati a great hog-trading, sausage-making town and earned it the name Porkopolis.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

Porkopolis is reporting that Congresswoman Jean Schmidt was one of the deciding votes for the infamous roll call of shame.

Think Progress » Right-Wing House Twists Arms, Thwarts Democracy To Pass Oil Industy Windfall 2005

Back when Cincinnati was known as Porkopolis, Harry Woernik’s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were butchers and sausage makers.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

As an aside, I also found out when researching this article that Cincinnati, Ohio was known as Porkopolis for 150 years before getting its current name!

In Pig’s Eye, Minnesota » Japundit Blog 2005

Yes, even in this city symbolized by a flying pig and once called Porkopolis, officials worry about residents leaving too big of a carbon footprint.

EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2009

Flannery's "Porkopolis" column hopefully won't be the last time a CityBeat writer examines a position taken by Cincinnati City Council candidate Nick Spencer and exposes it as unworkable, shallow, mean-spirited, or just dumb.

Spencer v. CityBeat Nathaniel Livingston 2005

Take his "Porkopolis" column this week about the local white Democrats meeting on Dec. 20th.

Archive 2004-12-01 Nathaniel Livingston 2004

Take his "Porkopolis" column this week about the local white Democrats meeting on Dec. 20th.

Unite Cincinnati Meeting Update Nathaniel Livingston 2004

But we must now visit the great lion of the place, whence the city obtains the _sobriquet_ of "Porkopolis," i.e., the _auto da fé_ of the unclean animal.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

Cincinnati has long been nicknamed "Porkopolis" because of its long association with the pork industry.

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