Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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The Overland Automobile
One of the earliest car dealerships in Monroe was the Overland Car company. I found an ad for one of their dealerships in a 1915 newspaper. It was called George…
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Krewe Themes
Continuing on from yesterday’s topic, Each year’s parade has an overall “theme”. The themes are suggested and voted on by krewe members years in advance. Each float has to go…
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Krewe of Janus/de Riviere Kings and Queens
Tis the season in Louisiana! The Krewe of Janus rolls tomorrow, and I thought I would provide a list of the past kings and queens since the beginning in 1984! …
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DAR Chapter House has a forgotten Time Capsule!
I think I may have just found a hidden time capsule! At the DAR Chapter House, on the grounds of the Courthouse, sit two benches, in honor of the founding…
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Site of the old library on Jackson.
I took this from a window of the hospital parking garage. This was the site of the old Anna Meyer home, which became the second Monroe library building. Made me…
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St. Francis’ Founding Mother
Meet Mother Marie deBethany Crowley, foundress of the hospital. I don’t know anything about her. Need to do some research!
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Don’t be alarmed by the name. In the early days, this is what hospitals were once called.
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Nurse’s Diploma
St. Francis was once a training hospital. Lots of nurses received a diploma like this one.
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One of the First Children Born at St. Francis Hospital.
Please meet little miss Beverly Louise Gimler! Isn’t she just a doll!
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Noe’s Ark, 1961
I like this one! It shows Governor Noe and his wife Anna Gray taking the hospital sisters on a ride on his Yacht Noe’s Ark.
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 