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A Louisiana Governor Feted in Monroe
In [an earlier] article, I told about the trial of John Loslo, a Revolutionary War veteran tried for murder in Ouachita Parish. After he was found guilty, Governor Henry Johnson…
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Bustling DeSiard Street circa 1945
This photo just amazes me because of how very busy downtown once was! You are looking up the street from about the 200 block of DeSiard.
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A Northern Man’s View of Monroe’s Judicial Process
The following article was written for Louisiana Road Trips magazine in 2013: I found this article many years ago and it struck me as a little funny! A Revolutionary War…
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Monroe Fire Department Circa 1915
This is a photo from the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s photo files (photo No. 1155). It shows the Monroe Fire Department outside Station Number one on St. John Street (between…
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Two Little Orphan Girls of Monroe
This was written in 2012 for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine. A few years ago, while going through some old Richland Parish newspapers, I stumbled across this article about two little…
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St. John Street circa 1945
Fairly old photo of St. John Street circa 1945. You can see the Virginia Hotel and Ouachita National Bank building on the left and the Knights of Pythias building on…
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Fire on the MOPac: The 1959 Ouachita Train Derailment Disaster
This was written in 2012 for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine: The night of January 22, 1959 was cold with fair skies. Temperatures were in the 20’s. Engineer C.L. Thomas was…
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Vaughn-Wright-Bendel Clinic
The above building was named after the three doctors that founded it. Many people remember getting their vaccine shots here! It now serves as a courthouse annex for Ouachita Parish.…
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An Early Ouachita Parish Murder Mystery
While reading through the old Ouachita Parish newspapers a few years back, I found an article written by John T. Faulk about a bloody murder that had happened over…
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Riverside Sanitarium
The above hospital stood at 3001 South Grand Street (where the Riverside Nursing Home is now) in the early twentieth century. Don’t let the sanitarium part lead you astray. That…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 