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Ernest Fudickar Home
This one stood at 225 Walnut Street, across from the Ouachita Candy Company. What a beauty!
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Monroe City High School Football Team of 1911
Meet the State Champion Monroe City High School football team of 1911. They had no losses that year. The players, left to right are: “Sis: W.T. Hopkins, who was the…
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Is the DAR Chapter House the oldest building in Ouachita Parish?
I’m about to stir up some controversy with a simple, two letter answer to the above question: No. Hear me out. For my entire career, I have heard that the…
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DeSiard Street circa 1910
Imagine getting stuck behind this caravan in rush hour traffic! William A. Bozone’s Grocery is the building on the left. According to the 1912 City Directory, it was located at…
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Sycamore Hall: Monroe’s Lost Mansion
In 1868, John Theodore Ludeling, Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, built a mansion on Riverside Drive (known as Front Street then), at what is now Hudson Lane. It…
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St. John Street circa 1923
This is another postcard from Special Collections. It shows the old post office on St. John Street. The building is no longer there. The Knights of Pythias Building next to…
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North 3rd Street
This is a rare postcard from the Special Collections Department of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. It shows North Third Street, circa 1927. Mr. Florsheim lived at 1403 North 3rd…
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The Last Annual Parade of the Volunteer Firemen
The above picture was taken on St. John street near the turn of the century. I think that steeple is First Baptist Church but that is just a guess. It…
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“New” Five Points
This is an interesting aerial shot looking straight up DeSiard. Louisville curves off to the left. It may not look familiar, since the 165 overpass is not there yet! Do…
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Sugar Brothers Theater
In the December 19th post, I told you about the Paramount Theater, which stood in the 300 block of DeSiard Street. It started life as the second Sugar Brothers Theater,…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 