Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Isaiah Garrett’s Ledger Book and Business Records 1838 – 1861
A few years ago, I told you that the University of Alabama had a Ledger book that once belonged to Isaiah Garrett. The library has digitized his materials and you…
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The W.L. Morris building in West Monroe
Take a look at this old photo of the W.L. Morris building I just found in our files! It stood on Commerce street at the corner of Natchitoches (Alley Park…
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May 2, 1979 Late News Broadcast on KNOE
I was nosing about on the Internet Archives when I found this little gem of a video! Some commercials were included. Good old Freddy is even in the weather forecast!…
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Ouachita Parish Schools and the People They Are Named For.
Do you read the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s newsletter called Cattails? If you do, you know that in the back of every issue is an article about local history, written…
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The Destruction of the Old Monroe Post Office
57 years ago this month, the old Monroe Post Office building, which had been used as a Health Unit in later years, was torn down. It stood at the corner…
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Prairie Du Bois
This is a great little article about Prairie Du Bois in Southeastern Ouachita Parish. Port Gibson Herald (Port Gibson, MS), August 31, 1843 PRAIRIE DU BOIS. – One of the…
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Layton Castle Blog
The other day, I found a blog run by the current owner of Layton castle, which only has a couple of posts. They are very interesting though! The first post…
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Downtown View of DeSiard Street in 1959
To give you an idea of where you are in this photo, the strip of buildings on the right foreground is the area where Rain the Salon is now. The…
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Reverend L.T. Hastings Photos
To go along with Tuesday’s post, the library has two photos in our collection of Reverend Hastings and one has his wife Cora as well! https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A667 https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A668
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 