Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Town, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, Copyright 1909 by Alcee Fortier
Volume III of this set contains the biographies of the leading white men of Louisiana at the time. There is a photo of each man (and sometimes one of his…
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Captain Alexander Myatt and the Lost Minnie Ball.
The Richland Beacon News, September 17, 1898, Page 2 AFTER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS Federal Bullet Removed From Capt. Myatt’s Head. Last June, thirty-five years ago, during the siege of Vicksburg,…
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East Louisiana State Hospital
Most people don’t want to think that their ancestor ever spent time in a mental hospital. Some never think to look at all! In the early days, the mental asylums…
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“There is sometimes a great deal in a name.”
The Crowley Signal (Crowley, LA) January 4, 1908 There is sometimes a great deal in a name. Some wag wrote Carrie Nation’s name on the register of the Hotel Monroe,…
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Bynum family info mystery.
This is a perfect illustration of why you need to cite your sources. Sometime in the past, these sheets of information (six in all) were donated to the Ouachita Parish…
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St. John and DeSiard from another angle!
I found this old postcard online a while back and it was probably taken around the same time as yesterday’s photo. You are looking up DeSiard Street. The bank building…
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The Corner of DeSiard and St. John Streets
The last photo I will post from the scrapbook in the collection of Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Special Collections is a shot down St. John Street. You can see the…
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The Monroe City High School
It isn’t the best view of the Monroe City High School (Monroe Grammar School), but it is an interesting shot! It was taken at the corner of Wood and Jackson…
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Traveler’s Rest Plantation Parade
This is another one we don’t know who, where or even when. We do, however, know a lot about the plantation it is named for. 1893 World’s Fair Editon Monroe…
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Monroe’s Riverfront in 1907.
I love this one! The water was incredibly low during the summer of 1907. Can you imagine wading across the Ouachita? The big building in the foreground is Ouachita National…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 