Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

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  • Russians Visit Ouachita Parish

    I was flipping through Gilbert Faulk’s book “Twain” when a cute little section he apparently wrote in 1973 caught my attention. He talks about a visit from a group of…

  • For the Love of History Blog

    My favorite Halloween blog has been posting this month! “For the Love of History” posts every October daily stories of North Louisiana murders. She has already told a few that…

  • A List of Old Ouachita Parish Plantations

    A coworker of mine is working on organizing our vertical file materials and I got nosy last week and opened one of the vertical files she had on her desk.…

  • The Monroe Municipals

    Meet the 1907 Monroe Municipals baseball team! As far as I know, they were the second baseball team formed in Monroe for the semi pros. They played only two years…

  • The Online Obituary Index Is HERE!

    To search for an obituary in Monroe papers, go here: https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/r/oppl/obit-records-search-oplib/obituary-records-search?session=105133133734857 This has been a long time coming. What you will find in this index is the name, newspaper the…

  • My 1,000th Post With Some Important Announcements!

    First of all, thank all of you who have stopped by my little corner of the internet to read my ramblings! I wanted an outlet for all my little Ouachita…

  • Dedication Program for the Monroe Civic Center

    On September 2, 1967, the Monroe Civic Center formally opened to the public. I found the following program for sale on Ebay and bought it. The small strips were flaps…

  • A “Hurricane” in Monroe

    One of the regular readers of this blog suggested I check out this article posted to another blog about a “Hurricane” that struck the area in the 1800’s. I really…

  • Selman Field Navigation School

    A booklet was recently rediscovered which contains a lot of photos and information on the old Navigation School. If you are interested in the field, you can check it out…

  • Ouachita Parish Newspapers Searchable for Free!

    In the past, I have told you about the Chronicling America site, which has newspapers digitized from the 1800s. The Louisiana Digital Library, in cooperation with LSU, is now digitizing…