Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

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  • The Destruction of the Old Monroe Post Office

    57 years ago this month, the old Monroe Post Office building, which had been used as a Health Unit in later years, was torn down. It stood at the corner…

  • Prairie Du Bois

    This is a great little article about Prairie Du Bois in Southeastern Ouachita Parish. Port Gibson Herald (Port Gibson, MS), August 31, 1843 PRAIRIE DU BOIS. – One of the…

  • Layton Castle Blog

    The other day, I found a blog run by the current owner of Layton castle, which only has a couple of posts. They are very interesting though! The first post…

  • Downtown View of DeSiard Street in 1959

    To give you an idea of where you are in this photo, the strip of buildings on the right foreground is the area where Rain the Salon is now. The…

  • Reverend L.T. Hastings Photos

    To go along with Tuesday’s post, the library has two photos in our collection of Reverend Hastings and one has his wife Cora as well! https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A667 https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A668

  • Autobiography of Rev. Luther T. Hastings

    Last month, I stumbled across this website, which transcribed the remembrances of former First Baptist Church pastor, the Rev. L.T. Hastings. He served Monroe between 1925 and 1949. His time…

  • Monroe Boys March Off to War

    How about this one? It shows a parade of Infantry soldiers marching off to fight in France during WWI. You can see Allen’s Pharmacy and the Wexler Cigar building in…

  • The Hypolite Filhiol Home

    The below clipping was found in the vertical files. According to the information in the clipping, the home once stood at the corner of Jackson and DeSiard street, where the…

  • Fort Miro

    I found the above drawing of the layout for Fort Miro in our vertical files. A newspaper clipping in another file showed the same drawing and states it was found…

  • Southern Hardware Company at the Turn of the Last Century

    I wish the men in the photo were identified! This building still stands on North Grand Street.