Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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1904 Ouachita Parish High School Catalogue
Here is a treasure! A new document just digitized for our collection is almost 120 years old! It is a rare Ouachita Parish high School handbook published in 1904. In…
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Willie’s Birth Certificate?
Last week, a hint popped up on my Ancestry tree I have created for Sidney and Annie Saunders’ son Willie. It stated there was a birth record in New Orleans…
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West Monroe Salutes Industry
How about this little pamphlet listing some of the industries in West Monroe in the 1950’s? Here you will find information and photos of Bancroft Bag, the Union Oil Mill…
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A List of Ouachita Parish High School Alumni Who Fell During War
Back in May, 1945 Ouachita Parish High School’s seniors had a newsletter called the Ouachita Lion. It served as a sort of yearbook since the yearbook wasn’t publishing during WWII.…
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Welcome to Monroe brochure
Here is a fairly new brochure (historically speaking) we just had to digitize due to it’s uniqueness! It was a guide to African-American owned businesses in Monroe produced in the…
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An Unexpected Breakthrough in the Saga of Sidney and Annie Saunders
I honestly don’t know what to think about what I just read. This is going to take some digesting. I have been chasing rabbits (as I like to say) and…
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Map of the Small Communities of Ouachita Parish
Wednesday, my boss found a map of Ouachita Parish pasted in the front cover of one of our Peters Funeral Home Records books. It appears to be hand drawn and…
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31 Nights of Halloween (2021 Edition/Night #1): A Jonestown Victim’s Grave is Identified
Originally posted on For The Love of History: November 18, 1978 is one horrifying date in world history. It will forever be marred by the remembrance of Jim Jones and…
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HISTORIC HASLEY: Secrets From The Grave
Last year, the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Genealogy and Special Collections Department applied for and won a Rebirth Public Library grant* from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Our project was to create…
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Welcome to Monroe Packet.
If you moved to Monroe around 1961, you would probably be given a little welcome to the town magazine, compiled by the Letter Service Bureau. It was filled with letters…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 