Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • The Falling Picture Legend Untangled

    Oh boy. This one is quite a tale. Last week, I did a Ghosts of Ouachita Parish talk and the creepy legend of the above picture was included. The very…

  • Tulip Time and Bagwells Gardens

    I shared another postcard I bought of Bagwells Gardens a while ago, and now I’ve found another view. You can probably find a link to the other image below. The…

  • Mildred Lucille Grafton Swift

    Longtime Monroe residents are very familiar with the name Mildred Swift. She is synonymous with cooking in Monroe. I’d like to tell you a little about her life. Mildred Lucille…

  • John Tillman Faulk Wounded in the War of 1812

    John T. Faulk was the founder of the Faulk line in Louisiana. He was born in Bladen County, North Carolina in 1784. By 1810 he had settled in Louisiana. When…

  • Kiroli Turns 100 Years Old Today!

    The Monroe News-Star, Wednesday, October 14, 1925, Page 7 SCOUT CAMP IS PURCHASED IN WEST MONROE Kiwanis Club Hears of Passing of Deed Today. Announcement was made at the noon…

  • Forsythe Park, circa 1910

    This last picture I will share is a rare one I have never seen! It may have been taken even before the Natatorium was built!

  • Sugar Brothers Theater

    This building would eventually become the Paramount!

  • Hotel de Flournoy

    This one stumps me. I find no references in the newspapers to “Hotel de Flournoy”. Is this just the farm of the Flournoy family? Who knows!

  • West Monroe State Bank

    I think this building stood right next to what is now the Hamilton House Bed and Breakfast on Trenton Street, West Monroe. That is from a 1913 Sanborn Fire Insurance…

  • The Grandstand at Forsythe Park

    I shared a color postcard of this just a few weeks ago. This is another angle, taken from the baseball field looking over the racetrack and into the stands. Look…