Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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The First Horse Racing Track in Monroe?
I just love these little tidbits of history I find from time to time! I try to share them as I find them, so that future researchers can know about…
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1904 Coca Cola ad
Shreveport Times, June 1, 1904, page 3. This is a bit confusing. Joseph Biedenharn didn’t get to Monroe until the early teens. Before then, he had been bottling Coke in…
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Noesgay: The Noe Family Home
I knew Governor and Mrs. James A. Noe owned Whitehall Plantation, but I didn’t know they had a seperate home in Monroe! At the estate sale I told you about…
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Ouachita Parish Confederate Pensioners in 1918
A couple of weeks ago, I went to an estate sale. Digging through the books for sale, I found this little booklet called “State of Louisiana, Board of Pension Commissioners…
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Early History of Baseball in Monroe
You can see I have updated the look and layout of the blog! I think it is easier to read and I hope you like it! This was published in…
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Unmarked Slave Burial Ground in Sterlington
This one I stumbled upon Wednesday. I have told you about the Phillips family cemetery in Sterlington on 165 North. It is the one marked with a stone cross, just…
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Resolutions of Respect for the Ouachita Parish Steamboat Buckeye Victims
If you have been following my blog a while, you know several years ago I posted a transcription of Narcissa Grayson Garrett’s experience aboard the steamboat Buckeye when it sank…
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Gertrude Allen Ammons – Pioneer Educator
I decided to end my Black History Month posts with a connection to one of my first posts this month. In that post, I told you about Ben Allen, who…
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Captain Ansley Reed: Monroe’s First Black Police Officer
Have you ever heard of Capt. Ansley Reed? You should. He is known as Monroe’s first black police officer. Mr. Reed grew up in Caldwell Parish and attended Southern University.…
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Students Fight to Observe Black History Week in 1971
In February of 1971, six Wossman High School students, petitioned the City school board to declare Feb. 7 – 13 as Black History Week. Their petition was withdrawn. In a…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 