Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

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  • “There is sometimes a great deal in a name.”

    The Crowley Signal (Crowley, LA) January 4, 1908 There is sometimes a great deal in a name.  Some wag wrote Carrie Nation’s name on the register of the Hotel Monroe,…

  • Bynum family info mystery.

    This is a perfect illustration of why you need to cite your sources.  Sometime in the past, these sheets of information (six in all) were donated to the Ouachita Parish…

  • St. John and DeSiard from another angle!

    I found this old postcard online a while back and it was probably taken around the same time as yesterday’s photo.  You are looking up DeSiard Street.  The bank building…

  • The Corner of DeSiard and St. John Streets

    The last photo I will post from the scrapbook in the collection of Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Special Collections is a shot down St. John Street.  You can see the…

  • The Monroe City High School

    It isn’t the best view of the Monroe City High School (Monroe Grammar School), but it is an interesting shot!  It was taken at the corner of Wood and Jackson…

  • Traveler’s Rest Plantation Parade

    This is another one we don’t know who, where or even when.  We do, however, know a lot about the plantation it is named for. 1893 World’s Fair Editon Monroe…

  • Monroe’s Riverfront in 1907.

    I love this one!  The water was incredibly low during the summer of 1907.  Can you imagine wading across the Ouachita?  The big building in the foreground is Ouachita National…

  • Courthouse Square on a Winter’s Day

    And this photo was taken at the same spot as yesterday’s photo (Corner of Oak and South Grand), only now, it is covered in snow!  Very lovely and serene!

  • The Courthouse Square and St. Matthews

    The upper photo was one I had never seen until we were given the scrapbook.  It shows the courthouse, mostly hidden behind trees.  A slightly blurred woman in her bonnet…

  • Early Car in Monroe

    Nothing about the above photo is identified.  We don’t know the street or the two men in the car.  All we know is that it was taken in Monroe between…