Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Author: Lora Diane Peppers

  • 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.

  • Bon Air Plantation

    Take a look at the bottom left photo. I had never seen a photo of this plantation! Of course, Bon Air Drive is named for this place.

  • “The Tensas Delta of Louisiana”

    Oh boy. The things we are finding in our Special Collections vertical files! We have found things we didn’t know we even had and wonder how they have been kept…

  • Riverside Pavilion at the Saltwater Natatorium

    This is a great closeup of the pavilion that once stood at the old natatorium. From the clothing, I would guess this dates to the teens. The pavilion was used…