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Ouachita Parish Public Library is much older than we think!
Last week, while researching the old Monroe City High School, I stumbled across this article in the New Orleans Times-Democrat. I knew that Louisa Lamy McGuire had donated her husband’s…
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Ouachita Female Academy 1840 – 1900
What you are looking at is one of the ancestors of Monroe/Ouachita Parish schools. It was known as the Ouachita Female Academy. It sat where Anna Grey Noe Park is,…
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Gardenia the Library Cat
Back in 2012, I wrote the following article about Gardenia the library cat for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine. In this day and age, when so many are allergic to cats,…
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Forsythe Park Racetrack
Did you know Forsythe Park once had a horse racing track? This clear photo was found in the photo archives of Ouachita Parish Public Library. Before this clear photo, I…
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300 Block of DeSiard Street, circa 1922
This breaks my heart and fascinates me at the same time. Using the 1924 city directory, I was able to determine that the wallpaper store on the right was located…
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Faculty of Monroe City High School 1909 – 1910
I love this photo! Most of them I do not know, but the man on the back row, far left is Ernest L. Neville, who Neville High School was named…
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Huey Long at Northeast
Back in 1935, what would become ULM was only 3 years old. The college was referred to as Northeast Center Louisiana State University. The college was under the leadership of…
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The Old Ouachita Parish High School
Most people when you mention the old Ouachita Parish High School, they think of the senior housing now known as Ouachita Grand Plaza. That building was the Parish High School…
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Ouachita Bakery
I love this engraving from the Worlds Fair Edition! This building was gorgeous! My best estimate as to it’s location was right across the street from where Jackson enters DeSiard,…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 