Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Iron Mountain Depot
What you are looking at is a view of the old Iron Mountain Railroad Passenger depot. It later became the Missouri Pacific depot. The original building on the site burned…
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Harrison Street
This is a very unique photo, looking straight up Harrison street all the way to Jackson. You can see the Jewish Temple with the ten commandment tablets at the top,…
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DeSiard Street Paving – 1923
What you are looking at is the 300 block of DeSiard Street being paved. This was a big deal when it was finished in late 1923! You can see the…
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Malone Stadium Predecessor
This came from the very first ULM annual back in 1933. What you are looking at is Indian Field which was located behind the buildings that front DeSiard Street at…
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Monroe City School Board – 1925
Found this picture in one of our old yearbooks. Some pretty big names in our town’s history!
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Uncle Tom of The Old South
Another local author I found was a woman I was very familiar with: Martha Frances Surghnor. She was a contemporary of Sidney and Annie Saunders and wrote about Sidney’s tomb…
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William Jennings Bryan Visits Monroe
Did you know that the great orator, William Jennings Bryan once visited and gave one of his famous speeches at Monroe? I didn’t either, until I accidentally stumbled across this…
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Monroe Firemen’s Pension Fund
This little plaque was found by a colleague in our files. It shows the Fire Station on Hudson lane in 1960. Neat little treasure!
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A Relic of a Racist Era
Oh boy. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I got this book. I found out about Blanche G. Oliver due to the library’s collection of WPA documents.…
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Tonga Lounge
This second shirt I found on Trenton brought back a strong memory, even though I never walked in the doors that I remember. I was too young! As a kid,…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 