Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • A Description of Ouachita Valley’s Early Settlers.

    I stumbled on this little article a week ago and it is a fascinating read! It was written ten years ago and published in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. It talks…

  • Monroe Illustrated

    This is another book I have posted pictures from. Last week I encouraged my boss to scan it and put it on the Louisiana Digital Library. I know of no…

  • OPPL Photo Collection

    One of the things that my boss has done during the hiatus, was place online digital copies of our original photo collections. They are now all in one spot. There…

  • The Monroe Cook Book is now online!

    Back on Halloween, I told you about a priceless artifact in our collection that was around 114 (now 115 or so!) years old. I thought it would never be scanned…

  • Monroe Photos

    Take a look at the photos in this little booklet! See how many buildings you can identify. There is even one of the old Selman field airport! https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A20

  • Another early booklet about Monroe.

    The photos in this one are incredible! https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A17

  • Monroe Traffic Regulations – 1940

    I have posted an excerpt from this booklet before. Now you can have access to the whole thing! Some traffic regulations, you just have to shake your head at. https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A15

  • 1940 Chamber of Commerce Brag booklet

    The Junior Chamber gave us a lot of their old scrapbooks a few months ago, and this was a pamphlet included in the collection. It details what the Chamber had…

  • Jean Filhiol’s Description of the Ouachita Valley

    This is kinda funny. In 1786, Filhiol was sent to this area to scout around and find a place to start a settlement. In 1935, his report on his findings…

  • Ouachita Parish Funeral Notices

    Back in the late 1800’s, Monroe’s newspapers were only published weekly. As a result, if you depended on the newspaper to find out about local funerals, it would already be…