Ouachita Parish History Tidbits
Explore fascinating little tidbits of lost Ouachita Parish history you probably didn’t know. I post every Tuesday and Friday. You can use the little magnifying glass at the top right of the page to search the past postings!
Current Blog Posts
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Monroe Farm Scene – circa 1912
Look at this tranquil scene postcard I found on ebay! I have never seen it before! It was postmarked October 17, 1912. I think the abbreviation is for the Arkansas,… Read more ⇢
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Charles Francois Adrien le Paulmier, the Chevalier d’Annemours
You probably haven’t heard of the Chevalier. He was a French Ambassador to the United States, living in Baltimore, MD. When the French Revolution broke out in his home country,… Read more ⇢
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DeSiard Street Circa 1920’s
This photo: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/ulm-p15140coll27%3A159 was taken in front of Griffin’s studio, inside the Masonic Hall. Down the way on the left is the old Palace Department store building. Almost all those… Read more ⇢
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100 Block of DeSiard Street Circa 1930’s
This week, I will share a couple of photos from ULM’s Griffin Photograph Collection I found on the Louisiana Digital Library. https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/ulm-p15140coll27%3A141 The Griffin photographer was standing near the intersection… Read more ⇢
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An Early Monroe Doctor Survives a Ship fire on Lake Erie
Dr. William McConchy/Maconchy was an early doctor of Ouachita Parish. The irony of this account is that he had lost his son and his brother-in-law Daniel Breard in the sinking… Read more ⇢
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The Annie P. Docked at Monroe
This postcard shows the Sternwheel packet Annie P. docked at Monroe. You can see the Endom bridge behind it. According to Way’s Packet Directory and Way’s Steam Towboat Directory, the… Read more ⇢
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The Monroe Sanitarium
This building stood on the corner of Apple and Jackson Streets and was a predecessor of St. Francis Hospital. It was a nurse training school, in operation between 1908 and… Read more ⇢
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The Pargoud Family
You have probably heard of Pargoud Blvd. and Upper and Lower Pargoud Plantation. You may have also heard the story that it was a Pargoud who planted the catalpa trees… Read more ⇢
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Congregation B’nai Israel’s Second Rabbi
The Congregation B’nai Israel are to be congratulated for having secured the services of Rabbi A. Levi, for the next year beginning the first of September. He comes from Jefferson,… Read more ⇢
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Passenger Steamboats on the Ouachita
I found this in the December 29, 1859 Monroe Register. It shows the passenger schedule for steamboats traveling up and down the Ouachita River. This was just about the only… Read more ⇢
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