Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • XYZ Club Mardi Gras Program

    When I saw this program come up for sale on eBay on Shrove Monday, my eyes popped out of my head! It even had a “buy it now” price, which…

  • The Origin of the Buddie the Dog Story?

    In a previous post last year, I told you about the grave of a dog buried at Kiroli Park next to the amphitheater. I told you about an almost drowning…

  • Peters Funeral Home Records – L Names

    It was pointed out to me that In the Peters Funeral home index I posted a while back, I forgot to include the L names. I cannot make WordPress do…

  • The Beginnings of the Brown Paper Mill

    Today, this facility in West Monroe is known as Graphic Packaging. Back in 1924, a newsletter out of Delaware called “The Super Calender” did a profile about the brand new…

  • Weaks Supply Company – 50th Anniversary Booklet

    This little book was found in our vertical files and was digitized last week for the Louisiana Digital Library. It has some great photos of the Weaks building as well…

  • The Wooten-Hyle Implement Company Ltd.

    On December 29, 1909, the Shreveport Times carried this little paragraph in their paper, talking about a new business that had just organized in Monroe: The Wooten Hyle Implement Company,…

  • Farmerville quarantines against Monroe

    This amusing little paragraph in the New Orleans Daily Delta, October 26, 1853 shows just how frightened locals were of the yellow fever scourge! FENCING OUT YELLOW FEVER. – The…

  • West Monroe Mayor Robert L. Rinehart

    Carrying on from Tuesday’s post, another photo that caught my eye in the bathroom foyer was a photo of West Monroe early mayor Robert L. Rinehart! A very distinguished looking…

  • The Crosley Family

    While visiting Antique Alley, I happened to go into the public bathroom in the old Union Oil Mill building. Hanging on the wall of the foyer were several historic photographs…

  • The Grave of Unalaska

    Last week I had the opportunity to visit the old Georgia Tucker Elementary building and I made sure to hunt for the grave of the sled dog Unalaska. I was…