Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Layton Home (Layton Castle)
This next document concerns the “Layton Home”, aka Mulberry Grove, aka Layton Castle. https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A7
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John B. Filhiol Home (Logtown Plantation)
This next WPA document is about Logtown Plantation, referred to here as the John B. Filhiol Home (he owned it at the time.) https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A5 .
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Ingleside Plantation
This next document concerns the old Ingleside Plantation home, which still stands near the Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home. https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A3
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The James A. Noe Fish Hatchery
A month or two ago, I told you that my boss was working on getting some of our photos and documents published online at the Louisiana Digital Library site. The…
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G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium Under Construction
https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lwp%3A2043 This is an old WPA photograph showing the TB hospital under construction in 1936. It was located out on Whites Ferry Road. The State Library has most of the…
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A Lost Colonial Graveyard
If you go here: https://books.google.com/books?id=0nZFAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA498&ots=kNyDOAxGFS&dq=%22Hypolite%20Pargoud%22&pg=PA497#v=onepage&q=%22Hypolite%20Pargoud%22&f=false, you will read about Hypolite Pargoud’s fight with the Parish over a plot of land that had once been a cemetery. Back in colonial days…
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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! …
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 