Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

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  • Colorful Characters of Fort Miro Program

    I just wanted to let everyone know that on this Thursday the 17th at 5:30 pm at the Main Branch of Ouachita Parish Public Library, I and three of my…

  • Krewe of Janus Cloisonnes

    Each year at the Krewe of Janus Grand Ball, krewe members are presented with a heavy doubloon called a cloisonne. They are about the size of a silver dollar but…

  • Selman Field Planes

    Over the years of collecting, I have found a small handful of postcards that were sent from Selman Field during WWII. The three above are from my collection. These are…

  • The Life of Ike Hamilton: From Rodeo Clown to Famous Auctioneer

    This is a wonderful interview with Ike Hamilton, whom the West Monroe arena is named for. https://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/DeltaHamilton.html

  • “The Scroll and the Flame”

    I have been playing around with AI and wanted to see what it could do. I gave it all the information I had on Monroe’s black sheep couple, Sidney and…

  • Ouachita River View Circa 1910

    Here is another eBay purchase I found and had to have! Beautiful view. I wish I knew where it was taken. Notice there are no levees yet!

  • The First Gulf War

    I just wanted to share my perspective as a teenage college student at NLU when the First Gulf War broke out. Watching the coverage this past weekend of the strike…

  • Judge Alwine Ragland

    I found this wonderful article about the late Judge Alwine Mulhearn Ragland! She was one of Northeast Louisiana’s first women judges and was a member of the Mulhearn Funeral Home…

  • A West Monroe Stewardess Survives a Brutal Plane Crash

    One of my Antique Alley purchases was a Monroe Magazine published in March, 1966. The following page piqued my curiosity. Twenty six year old Toni Faye Ketchell, a graduate of…

  • Portrait of Mayor Jack Howard

    This portrait was painted around 1965 by the noted European artist Verdi. It was unveiled at a Monroe Chamber of Commerce meeting in March, 1966 and hangs in City Hall.