The state of Louisiana was hit with a horrible cholera epidemic in 1849-50.  Whole towns were depopulated.  Monroe was not left unaffected though, as this New Orleans article relates. The New Orleans Weekly Delta (New Orleans, LA) February 18, 1850, Page 2                LOUISIANA INTERIOR. - The Monroe (Ouachita) Gazette of the 24th ultimo, has … Continue reading Cholera comes to Monroe →