Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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The Cadeville Normal School Catalog
Did you know the little community of Cadeville once had a college? Yep! Found in the vertical files of the Special Collections Department was a copy of a catalog from…
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O.P. Slack Grocery
I was blown away when I found this. When an address is given for an old building, I like to pull up the Google map street image to see what…
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1915 Ouachita Parish High School Girls Basketball Team
The oldest area yearbook in the Ouachita Parish Public Library collection is a 1915 Ouachita Parish High School “Pelican”. It is kept upstairs in Special Collections due to it’s rarity.…
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Another great historical blog!
I happened to stumble across this fascinating blog the other day: https://erinantley.wordpress.com Her entries are mainly about Union Parish but she does have a few historical stories about Ouachita Parish.…
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An Account of the Sinking of the Buckeye, March, 1844 – Part VII
When Dr. Stone told me that amputation was really necessary, I proposed to him to make an examination of it by opening it. he said he would not do it,…
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An Account of the Sinking of the Buckeye, March, 1844 – Part VI
Well we were going through swamps, and of course could not have a steamboat, so the Capt. procured an immense skiff, and hired two colored men to row it, and…
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An Account of the Sinking of the Buckeye, March, 1844 – Part V
But to return to the sad scenes, the Captain of the DeSoto wished to leave the scene of the disaster before some had recovered their dead children. Among others, Mr.…
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An Account of the Sinking of the Buckeye, March, 1844 – Part IV
My husband told me that in rushing down the cabin of the sinking boat that our child was torn from his arms by the crowd, and he could not recover…
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An Account of the Sinking of the Buckeye, March, 1844 – Part III
Well I could not raise myself out of the water on to the roof. I did not have strength enough in my arms to raise myself as my clothes were…
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An Account of the Sinking of the Buckeye, March, 1844 – Part II
I exclaimed, “What is the matter?”. He replied, “Bring Frank.” I took him out of the berth and awakened the nurse who was asleep on the floor and told her…
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