Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Downtown Monroe in 1947
Neat photo of 3rd Street from the collection of the Ouachita Parish Public Library (photo #534). It is dated January, 1947. You can see Francis Hotel in the distance. On…
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Day’s Last Stand: The Lynching of John H. Day
I wrote the following article for Louisiana Road Trips back in 2008. When I found out that we had a Battle of the Little Bighorn survivor in Ouachita Parish, I…
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The Bright-Lamkin-Easterling Home
The yellow home in the foreground of both pictures is known as the Bright-Lamkin-Easterling home, located at 918 Jackson Street. The other home was owned by Mayor Henry Bernstein. The…
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Interesting Biographical Sketches of Two Ouachita Representatives to the 1844 Louisiana State Convention
In the September 5, 1844 Times-Picayune, page 2, are biographical sketches of state representatives. Two of the men, Isaiah Garrett and Jacob Humble, were from Ouachita. ISAIAH GARRETT. – Mr.…
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The First Female Legally Hung in Ouachita
The first woman to be executed is quite unusual, since she made it all the way to a trial and legal execution. At the time of her death, the…
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Russell Brooks/Morrow: The First Man Hung in Ouachita Parish?
The Ouachita Telegraph, Saturday, May 13, 1871, Page 3, Column 2 First Man Executed in Ouachita. Two weeks ago we stated, upon information, that a man named Leslie was the…
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North Grand and Walnut
This area looks a tad different today. What you are looking at is the intersection of North Grand and Walnut Streets around 1920. The Bohemia Hotel sits where a parking…
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Little Bell Baptist Church
This little church is located on the Perryville road between Hwy 165 and Hwy 139. I’ve loved this little church since I was a kid. It stands down the road…
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Emy-Lou Biedenharn
I wrote this back in 2007 for LA Road Trips Magazine. Way back in 1913, the building that would become the Biedenharn Museum was just a glimmer in the…
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Beit Ha-Chaim (Cemetery) of Congregation B’nai Israel
The Jewish cemetery has been the burial ground of Monroe’s Jewish population for almost one hundred sixty years. On September 28, 1861, the present cemetery property was purchased from the…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 