Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • 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,…

  • 1891 List of Doctors and Their Credentials

    Back in 1891, doctors had to register at their local courthouse and provide their credentials. here were the ones listed for Ouachita Parish and where they got their degrees:

  • The Ouachita Guards

    The Ouachita Guards were the forerunners of the National Guard here in Ouachita. I found a newspaper clipping showing the Guards in front of the YMCA building in 1906.

  • The End of Old Trenton

    I have always wondered what happened to all the buildings that once made up the town of Trenton. The town was so important before and after the Civil War and…