Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • 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…

  • Louisville Avenue, 1926

    Louisville Avenue doesn’t look like this anymore! These houses were all demolished or moved when Louisville became a business district around the 1940’s.

  • Baer Brothers Store, circa 1890

    This newspaper clipping shows the Baer building, on South Grand Street around the turn of the century. the site is now the location of a parking garage.

  • Houseboats Along the Ouachita River Levee

    This is an interesting little postcard I found that I have never seen before! It shows some children riding in a ski boat along the Ouachita River with skiers in…

  • Central Savings Bank & Trust Co. Building

    This building was built in 1923 at the corner of DeSiard and Jackson Streets in 1923.