Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • My First Concert at the Monroe Civic Center

    Allow me to be a little maudlin today. One of the biggest hair bands during my high school and college years was Poison. I was a hair band fan, thanks…

  • Civic Center Postcards

    Ignore the first hit in this search list. This shows the seven postcards we have in our collection that show the Civic Center just after it was built in the…

  • The Twin City Queen

    This postcard from our collection has beloved memories for our long-time residents. You could ride up and down the Ouachita River and pretend you were transported in time to the…

  • Henrietta Winham Johnson Recreation Center Program – 1962

    This is another Rec Center program, this one is from the opening of the Johnson Rec Center. It is the same format as the Marbles program, with Henrietta’s biographical information…

  • Glenwood Hospital Opening Program

    Another one from the collection is the dedication program for Glenwood Hospital, West Monroe in 1962. There is a lot of historical information in this little booklet! https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A106

  • The Dedication of Terzia High School

    Terzia was the forerunner of Richwood High School. It was dedicated in 1952. This rare program is in the Library’s collection and has been digitized on the Louisiana Digital Library.…

  • Meyer’s Star Emporium

    This building was located where Walnut enters DeSiard Street. Most remember the site as where the Style Shop was located. Just a heads up: Tomorrow I will be doing a…

  • Dedication Program for Liller Maddox Marbles Recreation Center – 1962

    https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A98 This one was found last week and I immediately asked my boss to include it in the Digital Library. It is the dedication program for Marbles Rec Center! About…

  • The First School Bus in Monroe

    How about this old newspaper clipping? It shows an early Monroe school bus, circa 1915, parked in front of Kern’s Blacksmith Shop, which had built it. Kern’s Blacksmith was located…

  • Camp Walohi at Lazarre Point

    The Boy Scouts had Camp Ki-Ro-Li, but the Campfire Girls had Camp Walohi. W.R. Mitchell donated the land and the public donated the funds to build the buildings. By 1924…