Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • Ouachita Parish Birth Certificates

    In Louisiana, they did not require births to be registered until the mid 1910’s. Even though it was required, compliance was spotty. As a matter of fact, my grandmother who…

  • The First Football Team in Monroe?

    The Times (Shreveport, LA) 13 Dec 1895 The Athletic Club of Monroe has organized a football team, and negotiations have been opened with Shreveport for a game during Christmas week.…

  • Louisiana Training Institute Postcard, circa 1930

    This is a very rare postcard showing some of the buildings that once stood at LTI. I found another one posted at the Ouachita Parish Genweb site with the notation…

  • Paramount Theater, Circa 1920

    This one can be found at the Ouachita Parish Archives page here: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/photos/paramoun1331gph.jpg The known info about it can be found here: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/photos/paramoun1331gph.txt One minor quibble though. At the time…

  • Early Postcards of St. Francis Hospital

    This postcard comes from the Brinsmade collection and will probably be added to the Louisiana Digital Library database. I don’t know the time period for this one, but I would…

  • The First Movie in Monroe?

    Earlier this week, I got curious about what was the first “Moving Pictures” show in Monroe. I didn’t really get an answer, but I did find one that may be…

  • A West Monroe Boy Separated From His Dog Outrages the World

    This one was brought to my attention in one of the Facebook groups I am a member in. Back on October 5, 1954, a ten year old boy named Joe…

  • A Texas Revolutionary buried in Northeastern Louisiana

    Baton Rouge Tri-Weekly Gazette and Comet, July 3, 1859, Page 2 The death of Mr. Eli Harris a prominent citizen of Carroll parish, is announced in the Lake Providence Herald.…

  • A New Royal Court for the Krewe of Janus

    Saturday night at the Krewe Cocktail Party, the theme for next year’s parade and the members of the royal court were announced. Janus Goes to Hollywood King and Queen Janus…

  • Windmill at Forsythe

    Did you know that Forsythe Park once had a big windmill? It was built to hide something. In the February 20, 1930 issue of the Monroe News-Star was the following…