Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Monroe Colored High School Football Team, 1951
Record: 7-1-1! Held opposing teams to only 59 points that season. Pretty dominant team back then!
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Faculty of Monroe Colored High, 1951
The next four images from the yearbook are the Faculty pages. Take a look at some of the names. Carroll. Facen. Willis. B.D. ROBINSON! just to name a few. Big…
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A Found Priceless Treasure!
Saturday, I happened to be shopping in Antique Alley. I have one favorite store that never disappoints me. This time was no different. Tucked in a pile of yearbooks, was…
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Ad for the Steamboat James Monroe
This ad appeared in the Louisiana State Gazette newspaper (New Orleans, LA) on the front page of the Feb. 19, 1820 issue. Only a few months before, this boat landed…
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The Ouachita Parish School Board of 1915
And this is a page from the Pelican of 1915 showing the School Board representatives at the time. Some pretty big names!
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A page of ads from the 1915 Pelican
Continuing on with the Ouachita Parish High School yearbook of 1915, here is a page of ads. I just love the photographer’s picture! Mr. Church had bought out the studio…
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Ouachita Parish High School Faculty, 1914 – 1915
Solemn bunch aren’t they? This is the faculty that taught at Ouachita Parish High School over 100 years ago! No order of the names was given, but the above people…
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The Ouachita River in 1913
The above photos show the same scene along the Ouachita River a little over a month apart. It shows how wildly river levels fluctuated before the locks and dams were…
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Don’t Forget My Cemetery Tour the 26th!
Next week is my tour of the Old City Cemetery in Monroe on DeSiard Street. We will meet at Mayor Forsythe’s grave at 10am. Mayor Forsythe is buried near the…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 