Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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DeSiard Street 1920’s
And this is nearly the same shot, but about ten or so years later. Notice the Vantage building is going up in the distance.
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DeSiard Street – 1907
The above photo appeared in a 1907 Shreveport newspaper. I think the building on the right is next to 3rd street and the empty lot is where the Sugar/Saenger/Paramont theater…
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Riverside Pavilion
This huge building, known as the Riverside Pavilion, stood on the shore of the Saltwater Natatorium at Forsythe Park. It was the scene of many dances and plays in it’s…
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St. John Street Looking North
From the look of the cars, the above photo would have been taken in the 20’s. On the west side of the street we can see the old City Hall,…
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A Legend of Indian Village : The Story of White Faun and Paul Harcourt
Written for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine May, 2010: I found this article a few years ago in The Monroe Bulletin, Wednesday, December 15, 1886. No proof has been found for…
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The Legend of the Pargoud Indian Mound
Written for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine, November, 2010. Down Island Drive, where Bayou DeSiard meets the Ouachita River, is a small Indian mound. It is four hundred feet…
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The Overflow of 1874
*Written for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine in 2009: No one can deny that Northeast Louisiana (and many other places in the state) has had way too much rain here…
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Ouachita Parish World War I Veterans
Many years ago, the Special Collections department at the Ouachita Parish Public Library was given a compilation of all known WWI veterans from Ouachita Parish. I compiled an index to…
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Endom Bridge at the Turn of the Century
Great little postcard, probably taken around 1910 or so. No cars, just horses and buggies!
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The First Jewish Temple in Monroe
This building was built by Congregation Manassas as the first Jewish Temple in Monroe. It was located on Jackson Street. In 1914 it was torn down and a new Temple…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 