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Coming back tomorrow…
Well, tomorrow I start back to work and I will have access again to all my library’s resources. During my hiatus, I bought two Monroe postcards and my boss has…
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A temporary hiatus.
For the past two years or so, I have made it a goal of mine to post something every day. Every time I begin to run out of ideas, I…
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Trenton Street
The three story building on the left is now the bed and breakfast across from the old Rialto. Neat!
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Civil War Sympathies of Northeast Louisiana
This interesting paper talks about the secession convention and the units that served from the N.E. parishes. It takes the interesting view that Ouachita and Caldwell parishes were opposed to…
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The Ouachita Blues and the Pelican Greys
Here is another great WPA paper about a couple of well-known confederate units out of Ouachita! https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A174
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The History of Benton's Bell Battery
Have you ever wondered how the confederate unit known as Benton’s Bell Battery, got it’s name? My boss continues to digitize our WPA collection and this was a recent upload.…
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The Cold-Blooded Murder of Little Francis Winston Baker
In my time working in the Genealogy Department, I have heard of the tale of a little ten year old boy, son of Wesley John Quincy Baker, walking along the…
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A Detailed Description of the Old Fenner Road
The following five pages were found in the files of Dr. E. Russ Williams. It is a wonderful history that Courtland Frantom Landreaux and her father John Robert Frantom wrote…
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Monroe Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1
The driver is identified as John Rigsby, who was also Captain of the Company and Ed Johnson is in the white shirt next to the driver. No one else is…
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The North Side Service Station
This once stood at the corner of 3rd and Louisville around WWII. When I zoomed in on the sign in the window, it gave me the name of the gas…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 