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The Overflow of 1874
*Written for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine in 2009: No one can deny that Northeast Louisiana (and many other places in the state) has had way too much rain here…
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Ouachita Parish World War I Veterans
Many years ago, the Special Collections department at the Ouachita Parish Public Library was given a compilation of all known WWI veterans from Ouachita Parish. I compiled an index to…
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Endom Bridge at the Turn of the Century
Great little postcard, probably taken around 1910 or so. No cars, just horses and buggies!
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The First Jewish Temple in Monroe
This building was built by Congregation Manassas as the first Jewish Temple in Monroe. It was located on Jackson Street. In 1914 it was torn down and a new Temple…
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Mary McCranie
To me, the obituary for a little ten month old baby girl is the most moving tribute I have ever read. When I first read it, I had to get…
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The Bloody End of Andrew Young Morhouse
Colonel Abraham Morhouse was an adventurer and land speculator. His travels led him to the Baron de Bastrop. The Baron was eager to sell his land in Louisiana and Morhouse…
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He Died a Hero: The Life and Death of Father Louis Gergaud
This was written for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine in 2008: A call went out in France. Priests were needed in Louisiana. Louisiana was still mostly a frontier in the 1850’s,…
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Downtown Monroe in 1947
Neat photo of 3rd Street from the collection of the Ouachita Parish Public Library (photo #534). It is dated January, 1947. You can see Francis Hotel in the distance. On…
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Day’s Last Stand: The Lynching of John H. Day
I wrote the following article for Louisiana Road Trips back in 2008. When I found out that we had a Battle of the Little Bighorn survivor in Ouachita Parish, I…
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The Bright-Lamkin-Easterling Home
The yellow home in the foreground of both pictures is known as the Bright-Lamkin-Easterling home, located at 918 Jackson Street. The other home was owned by Mayor Henry Bernstein. The…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 