Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • The Rendezvous Restaurant

    This old postcard shows the Rendezvous Restaurant inside and out. It was located at 1400 Louisville Avenue. Most people know it today as Catfish Cabin!

  • Temple B’Nai Israel on Jackson Street

    This postcard shows the old Jewish Temple that stood on Jackson Street. The Ten Commandment tablets near the peak of the roof are now housed in the new temple’s archives.

  • Confederate Grave Marker in the Old City Cemetery

    I have posted a similar one in the past, but this one is a little different. You can see a row of homes in the background. By the way, there…

  • St. Matthew Cemetery

    I have always thought this photo was a bit weird. Why would you send a friend or relative a postcard with a view of a cemetery? Eh. To each his…

  • Conceptual Drawing of the Vaughn-Wright-Bendel Clinic

    This was published in a local paper in 1927. It still stands near the courthouse today!

  • Monroe Federal Raids During the Civil War.

    To go along with yesterday’s post, I though I would compile some of the info I found in that book and talk about the three raids in Monroe. The first…

  • Northeast Louisiana During the Civil War

    Google books is a beautiful thing! I found this book: https://www.google.com/books/edition/British_and_American_Claims/pT9HAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Tuesday night and I am fascinated by it! Basically, it is full of testimony of people living in Northeast…

  • Past Presidents of ULM

    I thought it would be a great time to compile a list of past University of Louisiana at Monroe presidents since we are in the middle of selecting a new…

  • One Room Schools in Ouachita Parish – 1905

    This is great! I found an article in the New Orleans Item newspaper, dated October 30, 1905 stating that the Ouachita Parish schools had opened! Most of them can be…

  • An Iron Coffin Body Found in Calhoun

    There are some pretty important Ouachita Parish families buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Calhoun. Martha came from one of the best of them. She was born Martha Elizabeth Gainey,…