Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • The First Graduating Class of Ouachita Parish High School

    So I told you yesterday about the first class of the Monroe City High School, which is the forerunner of Neville. Lets go back about six years, to when the…

  • The First Graduating Class of the Monroe City High School.

    After yesterday’s post, I got interested in the very first graduating class of the Old Monroe City High School. I stumbled across an article in the Shreveport Journal newspaper (June…

  • Monroe City High School Handbook, 1902-03.

    This little booklet is priceless. The Student handbook is ubiquitous. Every student gets one when school starts. This handbook is 118 years old. Inside you will find a list of…

  • Laying of the Cornerstone for the Old City High School.

    This one is awesome! On Thursday, January 15, 1900, the cornerstone for a new school was laid. This was the program from that day. It includes a concept drawing of…

  • Ouachita Parish High School Graduation Programs

    I didn’t know we had a small collection of them in our files. How about 1916: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A67 1923: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A66 and 1933: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A65

  • The Hour Glass

    Want to know what was going on in Monroe in 1933? You would have picked up the magazine called “The Hour Glass”. I think of it as the grandmother of…

  • An Update to The Cold-Blooded Murder of Little Francis Winston Baker

    Surprisingly, a couple of weeks ago, I found a little tidbit as to why Francis may have been shot. You may remember a Confederate soldier walked up to the little…

  • 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…