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Interesting Biographical Sketches of Two Ouachita Representatives to the 1844 Louisiana State Convention
In the September 5, 1844 Times-Picayune, page 2, are biographical sketches of state representatives. Two of the men, Isaiah Garrett and Jacob Humble, were from Ouachita. ISAIAH GARRETT. – Mr.…
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Russell Brooks/Morrow: The First Man Hung in Ouachita Parish?
The Ouachita Telegraph, Saturday, May 13, 1871, Page 3, Column 2 First Man Executed in Ouachita. Two weeks ago we stated, upon information, that a man named Leslie was the…
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North Grand and Walnut
This area looks a tad different today. What you are looking at is the intersection of North Grand and Walnut Streets around 1920. The Bohemia Hotel sits where a parking…
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Emy-Lou Biedenharn
I wrote this back in 2007 for LA Road Trips Magazine. Way back in 1913, the building that would become the Biedenharn Museum was just a glimmer in the…
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Beit Ha-Chaim (Cemetery) of Congregation B’nai Israel
The Jewish cemetery has been the burial ground of Monroe’s Jewish population for almost one hundred sixty years. On September 28, 1861, the present cemetery property was purchased from the…
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Endom Livery Stable
The above building was built in 1878 by Frederick Endom. He and his brother were German emigrants who settled in Monroe just before the Civil War broke out. Fred was…
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Lyceum Theatre
This building once stood in the 100 block of DeSiard Street almost directly across from St. John. It opened December 29, 1909 as a vaudeville and movie theater. It boasted…
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Jackson Street at the Turn of the Century: Another View
On November 30 of last year, i posted a view of Jackson street taken probably between 1906 and 1910: .https://ouachitaparishhistory.com/2018/11/30/jackson-street-at-the-turn-of-the-century I found this second view, probably taken pre 1906 due…
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Sidney and Annie’s Marriage License
Back in 2001 I was very interested in Monroe’s black sheep couple! Their story fascinated me. I had access to a very bad copy of what looked to be a…
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Sidney and Annie Saunders Part III
Annie Saunders had now lost her husband and son. She was inconsolable. Rumors that Sidney and Annie were never married were still active among Monroe society. When Sidney’s brothers and…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 