Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

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  • Ouachita Parish High School

    This is a photo of young women posed outside the old Ouachita Parish High School in white smocks and caps. It is included in the Henry Camp Collection of OPPL…

  • Steamboat Ouachita

    I love this picture of the Cooley boat Ouachita on the Louisiana Digital Library. This boat steamed up and down the Ouachita hauling cotton for years. This gives you a…

  • Monroe Residents Assured of Life After Death.

    The Richland Beacon-News, October 5, 1895, Page 1 MYSTERIES. Gail Hamilton declares that recently she fell on the floor in her room in a deadly swoon and felt that she…

  • Army Day Parade, circa 1945

    Every year on Army day in the 1940’s, the military would parade down DeSiard Street. This is a photo from the Digital Library That I think shows one of those…

  • A Documentation of a Movement.

    Back in 1967, Ms. Shirley Cross Russ wrote a thesis for her study at Atlanta University, documenting the movement in Monroe to give library service to the African American community.…

  • The 1948 Water Carnival Parade

    This is a photo of a parade entry in Monroe’s Water Carnival Parade held by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1948: https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A246 I wish I knew the gentleman driving…

  • Monroe City High School Photo

    I just love this photo from our Digital Collection. Only a few names are listed, but we can tell it dates to the first decade of 1900. The Leiber girl…

  • James A. Noe

    Yesterday’s post got me thinking about another photo I posted in the past, but it was taken with my cell phone. It is a photo of Governor Noe escorting a…

  • General Claire Lee Chennault

    Probably one of the most well known Generals Monroe has ever known, General Claire Chennault left a huge impact in Monroe. As part of the library’s collection, Ouachita Parish Public…

  • Palowsky’s Supper Club

    The above is a postcard I found online showing the dining room of the Palowsky Lounge and Steakhouse. The co-owners were Mr. and Mrs. J.R. “Jimmy” Plaisance and Mr. and…