Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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501 Walnut Street
This one is a puzzle from the Bob Sale Collection. https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-bsc%3A41 It was labeled, “501 Walnut Street”. This would be the parking lot for the Warehouse Restaurant. I don’t believe…
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I Broke a Code Tuesday
Bear with me as I explain this. Ever since I got the list of Monroe UCV members, I’ve been furiously researching them. Not just the founding members. All of them.…
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The Monroe Hotel
Last month, I found a letter for sale on ebay, written on Hotel Monroe letterhead over 121 years ago. Naturally, I bought it! It was a letter from Charles J.…
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A Former Enslaved Person Passes Away
I have a feeling I am going to be sharing quite a few things from the new Willis collection! One of the things that was found was a newspaper clipping…
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Walnut Street From the Air
This is an awesome photo! https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/ulm-p15140coll27%3A155 What blows me away is how many of the buildings are still there! In the immediate foreground with the black roof is the old…
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A New Treasure
A little over a month ago, a box was donated to Special Collections full of the papers of Judge Americanus Willis, who was here from the late 1800’s to the…
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Monroe Grammar School Band
The above parade of fifth and sixth grade boys was taken in the mid 1930’s on St. John Street. The boys in the band were selected from Sherrouse, Georgia Tucker,…
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The Early Days of Nursing at St. Francis Hospital
While browsing the local newspapers, I found a 1981 interview with Sibyl Renaud. She was one of the first nursing graduates of a nurse training program created at the hospital.…
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Monroe Colored High School Class of 1929
You can see Professor M.J. Foster in front in the black cap and gown. The school building was fairly new. One of the ladies in this class is Mrs. Ollie…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 