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Ouachita Parish Public Library
The above photo was taken probably in the 1940’s in front of the former home of Anna Ruth Meyer. She had donated it to the city of Monroe for use…
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West Monroe State Bank/Hatchells Building
The above photo is of the West Monroe State Bank building, which is now known as Hatchell’s Building on Trenton Street in West Monroe. It was built around 1900 by…
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Trenton, LA
This is the only view of Trenton, LA that I have ever seen. It was taken in April, 1874 during a major flood. None of the buildings in this photo…
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History of Sterlington by Hazel Smith Short
Back in 1962, Mrs. Melvin B. Short (Hazel) compiled a history of the area and families that comprise the area we know as Sterlington, in northern Ouachita Parish. It had…
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Thompson Wood “Woodie” Lee
Back in 1996, I had a college B & W photography assignment and I chose cemetery markers as my subject. One of the markers that drew my attention was Woodie…
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Mayor Forsythe Lying in State
The above photo is from the collection of the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Genealogy and Special Collections Department. It shows the coffin and funeral offerings for Mayor Andrew Alexander Forsythe…
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Monroe Mayor Lewis Denison Allen, Jr.
I found the above photo several weeks back. I had never seen a photo of mayor Allen. Lewis was born in New London, CT April 19, 1838. His family later…
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Timothy Oscar Brown
Mr. Brown was born near Waverly, Tennessee. July 2, 1865. He moved to Ouachita Parish in 1899 and soon became principal in the public school system. He was a charter…
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A Matter of Honor.
The Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR) June 7, 1825 Page 4 Slander. – We have been informed that on the 19th April, came on for trial in the District Court of…
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The V.S. & P. RR Yards
If you stand on Railroad Street, near the intersection with sixth downtown, you will see this view. Much of it is blocked now with the overpass. The railroad lines are…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 