Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • History of Sterlington by Hazel Smith Short

    Back in 1962, Mrs. Melvin B. Short (Hazel) compiled a history of the area and families that comprise the area we know as Sterlington, in northern Ouachita Parish. It had…

  • Thompson Wood “Woodie” Lee

    Back in 1996, I had a college B & W photography assignment and I chose cemetery markers as my subject. One of the markers that drew my attention was Woodie…

  • Mayor Forsythe Lying in State

    The above photo is from the collection of the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Genealogy and Special Collections Department. It shows the coffin and funeral offerings for Mayor Andrew Alexander Forsythe…

  • Monroe Mayor Lewis Denison Allen, Jr.

    I found the above photo several weeks back. I had never seen a photo of mayor Allen. Lewis was born in New London, CT April 19, 1838. His family later…

  • Timothy Oscar Brown

    Mr. Brown was born near Waverly, Tennessee. July 2, 1865. He moved to Ouachita Parish in 1899 and soon became principal in the public school system. He was a charter…

  • A Matter of Honor.

    The Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR) June 7, 1825 Page 4  Slander. – We have been informed that on the 19th April, came on for trial in the District Court of…

  • The V.S. & P. RR Yards

    If you stand on Railroad Street, near the intersection with sixth downtown, you will see this view. Much of it is blocked now with the overpass. The railroad lines are…

  • Monroe National Bank Building

    The above building was built in 1889 on DeSiard Street at the head of First Street, now Walnut. It was directly behind the Breard Mercantile. The bank later moved to…

  • Mealy Block – 1893

    In an earlier post, I told you about E.W. Mealy, Monroe’s first known photographer. The above engraving is the building on South Grand Street where his studio was. If you…

  • Peters Funeral Home Index: 1918 – 1966: Q – Z Names

    Name Date of Death Page Book Number Querriera, Nellie Miller December 23, 1945 86 11 Quinn, Louis Richmond April 18, 1934 457 8 Rabb, Ida September 14, 1929 541 6…