Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Calhoun Experimental Station

  • Calhoun Experimental Station, circa 1900

    I found these in an old digitized book put out in 1904 by the state to advertise the benefits of living in Louisiana. There were several pictures of areas around…

  • The City High School and the Calhoun Experimental Station

    I have never seen a photo like this of the City High School under construction! This building, of course, became the Monroe Grammar School after Neville was built. WOW! Above…

  • Calhoun Experimental Station

    These two pages depict the North Louisiana Experimental Station, which is known as the Calhoun Experimental Station and closed recently as the LSU Agriculture Center.

  • A Little Description of the Town of Calhoun in 1889.

    Last week, my boss asked me if I had ever found any history or information on the town of Calhoun. I had to admit that I hadn’t. After much scrambling…

  • More on the Calhoun Experimental Station

    This one was written three years earlier than the previous article. It goes into a very detailed description of what the station was doing. The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) February…

  • Calhoun Experimental Station

    The recent controversy over what to do with the land that was once the LSU Research Center in Calhoun, got me to thinking about what is known about it. The…