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Eddy Arnold and the Duke of Paducah Perform at OPHS
Probably the biggest names to perform on the stage at OPHS were Country Music Hall of Famers Eddy Arnold and Benjamin Francis Ford (AKA the Duke of Paducah) in 1949.…
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Walley Fowler and His Famous Oak Ridge Quartet Plays the Ouachita Parish High School Auditorium.
A while back, I told you about all the famous acts that came and performed at Neville auditorium. I decided to see who came to OPHS. I got curious when…
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Floor Plan of the Original Carver Library
The State Library has posted on the Digital Library, an image of the original Carver Branch Library floor plan here: https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lhp%3A1166 . This is the Selman Field building, originally brought…
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St. Matthew Catholic Church
This is a rare postcard from the turn of the last century, that shows St. Matthew Catholic Church from the front without it’s steeple. Just on the left edge of…
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A Fascinating Scrapbook For Our Collection
Last week, a scrapbook full of pristine candid photos was given to the library. It was about to be thrown into the garbage when it was rescued. What it contained…
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A Yankee Buried by Confederate Veterans
One of the sweetest stories I have found, concerns the burial of a Union veteran handled by the Henry W. Allen Camp of United Confederate Veterans. Fifteen or so…
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Carolyn Rose Strauss
Many of you have heard of the Carolyn Rose Strauss Senior Center, the Carolyn Rose Strauss Rehabilitation Center and of the Strauss Little Theater, but do you know the little…
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Kern’s Kiddie Land
My generation had Howard Griffin Land O’ Toys, but previous generations remember Kern’s Kiddie Land. My boss has found a transcript of an interview with Joseph Kern, owner and founder…
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Did you know…
In honor of what would have been parade day in Monroe/West Monroe, I found this little tidbit. I forgot to mention it in yesterday’s presentation. The year after Monroe’s first…
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Northeast Louisiana State College Postcard
I had never seen this postcard before! These buildings are all still there.
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 