Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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A List of Old Ouachita Parish Plantations
A coworker of mine is working on organizing our vertical file materials and I got nosy last week and opened one of the vertical files she had on her desk.…
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The Monroe Municipals
Meet the 1907 Monroe Municipals baseball team! As far as I know, they were the second baseball team formed in Monroe for the semi pros. They played only two years…
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The Online Obituary Index Is HERE!
To search for an obituary in Monroe papers, go here: https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/r/oppl/obit-records-search-oplib/obituary-records-search?session=105133133734857 This has been a long time coming. What you will find in this index is the name, newspaper the…
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My 1,000th Post With Some Important Announcements!
First of all, thank all of you who have stopped by my little corner of the internet to read my ramblings! I wanted an outlet for all my little Ouachita…
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Dedication Program for the Monroe Civic Center
On September 2, 1967, the Monroe Civic Center formally opened to the public. I found the following program for sale on Ebay and bought it. The small strips were flaps…
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A “Hurricane” in Monroe
One of the regular readers of this blog suggested I check out this article posted to another blog about a “Hurricane” that struck the area in the 1800’s. I really…
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Selman Field Navigation School
A booklet was recently rediscovered which contains a lot of photos and information on the old Navigation School. If you are interested in the field, you can check it out…
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Ouachita Parish Newspapers Searchable for Free!
In the past, I have told you about the Chronicling America site, which has newspapers digitized from the 1800s. The Louisiana Digital Library, in cooperation with LSU, is now digitizing…
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A Lost Grave at Travelers Rest Plantation
I have a personal subscription to Newspapers.com and have noticed that they have now digitized the Ouachita Citizen from 1925 to 1976. While playing around with search terms, I found…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 