Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Turn of the Century DeSiard
This is a rare, grainy photo I found! It shows men erecting a pole (probably electric!) on the corner of Jackson and DeSiard Streets. To give you an idea, the…
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Monroe City Market
In 1904, Mayor Forsythe had big plans for Monroe. The city needed a new jail, city hall a streetcar system and a city market. He brought before the citizens of…
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Hotel Monroe Annex
I got very excited one day when I was browsing Ebay and saw the above postcard for sale. It is a rare one. It shows the old Hotel Monroe Annex,…
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Grammont Street at the Turn of the Century
I was fascinated when I first saw this old postcard. You are looking straight up Grammont Street around 1907 or so. The little church in the center of the photo…
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Interior of the Ouachita National Bank
The above is a beautiful interior shot of the ONB building, now known as the Vantage ONB Building. It was built in 1921 as an Italian Renaissance style skyscraper. It…
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Interesting Ouachita Parish History Tidbits
If you have ancestors who were here in 1858 or just want to see who lived where back then, this is a great map from the library of Congress: 1858…
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
The Library of Congress has digitized several sheets of the old Sanborn Fire Insurance maps from cities all over the country. To read about the collection, go here: Sanborn Fire Insurance…
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Breard Mercantile
What you are looking at is the Breard Mercantile building. In later years, it was known as the Hipp Marks building. It stood at the corner of South Grand and…
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The Ouachita Parish Courthouse
This is the oldest known photo of the Ouachita Parish Courthouse. It was the second one built (the first was a log building) and was built in 1831. During the…
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Lovers Lane
Did you know Monroe once had a Lovers Lane? Yep! The above penny postcard was done in the teens. See those trees with fencing in between? That was a happy…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 