Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Monroe Craft Shop – Circa 1935
This photo shows the interior of a Monroe building: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/photos/lilesjc1.htm Several young men are seen, but only one, J.C. Liles, is identified. The address listed on the photo, puts the…
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Slave Market in West Monroe
And to go along with yesterday’s post, here is another from the same newspaper, different day, for a slave market in the town of Trenton, which is now part of…
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Slave sale in Monroe.
This just makes me shiver. Notice how Granville and Lucinda were husband and wife. Five years later, they all would be free. Did Granville and Lucinda get sold together or…
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Henry Kindermann Grocery
Many years ago, while browsing through the Ouachita Telegraph newspapers in the 1870’s, I found the following illustration and write-up. I submitted it to the Ouachita Parish genweb page, where…
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DeSiard Street postcard, circa 1950.
I have never seen this postcard before! It shows a view up DeSiard street circa 1950. You can see the Paramount theater, Kress Department Store and the bank building with…
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Andre Cajun and the tale that refuses to DIE!
What you are looking at is the little book that started the wild tale about how West Monroe got started. I have written a summary about the Trent brothers legend…
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Twin City Shopping Center
The above photo was included in a 1970 informational brochure about Monroe. This was my favorite place to go as a kid! The opening of the Pecanland Mall spelled doom…
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The Ouachita Guards
Did you know Monroe had a National Guard way back in the 1890’s? They were called the Ouachita Guards. Below is a picture of the commanding officers and their “sponsor”…
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Talking Headstones: Louisa Lamy McGuire
The final video is of Cathy Airhart Webb playing Louisa Lamy McGuire. She has left us since then and now runs her own local theater!
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 