Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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The Lotus Club, circa 1925
The below page comes from a magazine called “Monroe “Life””, published around 1925. It shows a photo of the interior of the Lotus Club, which is still operating at the…
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Lewiston, LA – The Ouachita Town That Never Was
In 1819, the Louisiana State Legislature created the town of Lewiston in Ouachita Parish. It was just up the Ouachita from Monroe. No maps of it exist. The description of…
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The News-Star Building
Go down Art Alley sometime and look to your right. This beautiful building is still there! It is now the site of Aubrey Hall and Christian Radio Station, 88.7 FM…
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Fink’s
Sadly, right next door to yesterday’s picture, was Fink’s. Most people knew Fink the Tailor. The building isn’t there.
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J.C. Penney Building, 1958
How about the J.C. Penney building, which is now the Affinity Health Corporate Annex? Very pretty building! it now has a New Orleans style balcony along the second floor.
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Further Adventures in the Vertical Files…
I found a travel brochure dating to 1958, detailing what Monroe had to offer. When you unfolded it, the center had photos of some of the businesses around town. I’ll…
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New Monroe City Hall
I’m in the process at work of going through our places vertical files to index them and pull out anything I think may need further protecting. One of the random…
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A Lost Story of a Young Hero, Recently Uncovered
Monday of last week, I was helping research friends of Emma Louise “Emy-Lou” Biedenharn. I happened to be searching their names on Newspapers.com to see if I could find any…
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A 114 Year Old Monroe Recipe Book
One of the rarest items we have in the Special Collections department of the library, is a cookbook from around 1905. At least, judging from the names and business advertisements,…
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May Day, 1951
I love the top photo, because I have never seen a photo of Mr. Carroll looking so casual! The May Queen, Miss Della Rosalynne Boughton, was a senior.
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 