Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • Swartz Sawmill

    What you are looking at is what was the birth of the community of Swartz. I had never seen this photo of the E.G. Swartz Mill.

  • Steamer America

    This steamboat was a familiar sight up and down the Ouachita river. The Steamer America was a Cooley boat, captained by L.V. Cooley, brother of G.B.

  • Another unidentified home

    This is another homeplace I do not recognize. Beautiful! As a side note, I got a chuckle out of the way they spelled Sicily Island!

  • Merry Christmas Everyone!

    https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lhp%3A1049 Photo of the 200 block of DeSiard street at the corner of Jackson street, decorated for Christmas circa 1940. Notice Liggett’s Drug store on the corner of Jackson and…

  • Christmas in Monroe, circa 1960.

    DeSiard street looking toward the Palace Department store. You can see the remains of the trolly lines still in the street! The trolleys had stopped running during WWII .

  • A Victorian beauty

    I would LOVE to know what home this is! Gorgeous! It almost looks like Sycamore Hall, but it is hard to tell from this angle. Over the next couple of…

  • Endom Bridge

    This is definitely Endom Bridge (DeSiard Street Bridge). I think it is the view from the West Monroe side looking back at Monroe. The water looks a bit low! The…

  • DeSiard Street

    I have seen this photo before. It was later made into a penny postcard. I am unsure exactly what intersection it shows! I would guess it is DeSiard street, since…

  • The City High School and the Calhoun Experimental Station

    I have never seen a photo like this of the City High School under construction! This building, of course, became the Monroe Grammar School after Neville was built. WOW! Above…

  • Calhoun Experimental Station

    These two pages depict the North Louisiana Experimental Station, which is known as the Calhoun Experimental Station and closed recently as the LSU Agriculture Center.