Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Louisiana Training School – 1916
Yes, LTI is that old!
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Monroe Post Office – 1916
I was told that when this building was torn down, they found an old sewing machine. It was used during yellow fever epidemics to punch holes in mail so they…
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Calhoun High School – 1916
A clearer view of this building can be found here: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/ulm-p15140coll27%3A82 . Notice that the sign says it was built in 1910. The building was six years old when the…
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West Monroe Grammar School – 1916
Over the next few days, I will share a few photos I found in a rare 1916 magazine I found about Ouachita Parish. Enjoy! The first view is of the…
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Delta Airline Ad
Very few outside Monroe know that Delta got it’s start right here. As a matter of fact, I was slightly annoyed when I few Delta last month and as I…
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Tallyho Riding: Courtship in the Late 1800’s.
Have you ever heard of Tallyho riding? No? Me neither. This little article in a rare copy of the Monroe Morning post, appeared in a 1929 issue. It had been…
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Lover’s Lane
Last week’s post from that 1835 trip, had me thinking about the legend of those Catalpa trees on Lover’s Lane. I did some hunting on the newspapers.com website and found…
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The Story of a Colonial African-American in Ouachita Parish
I told you many months ago about Zadoc Harmon, a free man of color who lived in Ouachita Parish when it was still part of France and later Spain’s territory.…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 