Exploring down a rabbit hole!

While trying to think of a post to do for Halloween this year, I was searching through Halloween newspapers from various years. I found one article in the News Star on Halloween of 1935, page 5. It talks about how the first girl born at St. Francis hospital had returned and given birth at that … Continue reading Exploring down a rabbit hole! →

The Falling Picture Legend Untangled

Oh boy. This one is quite a tale. Last week, I did a Ghosts of Ouachita Parish talk and the creepy legend of the above picture was included. The very condensed version of the story you can probably find in a link below (I did a post about in Dec. 24, 2018) was that it … Continue reading The Falling Picture Legend Untangled →

Tulip Time and Bagwells Gardens

I shared another postcard I bought of Bagwells Gardens a while ago, and now I've found another view. You can probably find a link to the other image below. The same windmill is in the image, but painted a different color. This must have been a sight in the spring!

Mildred Lucille Grafton Swift

Longtime Monroe residents are very familiar with the name Mildred Swift. She is synonymous with cooking in Monroe. I'd like to tell you a little about her life. Mildred Lucille Grafton was born to Clara Glasgow and Henry Eugene Grafton near Ruston on November 2, 1899. After the break up of her parents' marriage, she … Continue reading Mildred Lucille Grafton Swift →

John Tillman Faulk Wounded in the War of 1812

John T. Faulk was the founder of the Faulk line in Louisiana. He was born in Bladen County, North Carolina in 1784. By 1810 he had settled in Louisiana. When the War of 1812 against the British broke out, John enlisted. The below facts were taken from DeBow's Southern and Western Review magazine published in … Continue reading John Tillman Faulk Wounded in the War of 1812 →

Kiroli Turns 100 Years Old Today!

The Monroe News-Star, Wednesday, October 14, 1925, Page 7 SCOUT CAMP IS PURCHASED IN WEST MONROE Kiwanis Club Hears of Passing of Deed Today. Announcement was made at the noon lunch of the Kiwanis club, at Hotel Monroe today, of the purchase of a tract of more than 140 acres for a permanent Boy Scout … Continue reading Kiroli Turns 100 Years Old Today! →

Forsythe Park, circa 1910

This last picture I will share is a rare one I have never seen! It may have been taken even before the Natatorium was built!

Sugar Brothers Theater

This building would eventually become the Paramount!

Hotel de Flournoy

This one stumps me. I find no references in the newspapers to "Hotel de Flournoy". Is this just the farm of the Flournoy family? Who knows!

West Monroe State Bank

I think this building stood right next to what is now the Hamilton House Bed and Breakfast on Trenton Street, West Monroe. That is from a 1913 Sanborn Fire Insurance map. It could also be the Hatchell Building which was the West Monroe State Bank at one time. It just doesn't look quite right to … Continue reading West Monroe State Bank →