Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: F.P. Stubbs

  • The Murder of Frederick Ludeling

    Tuesday I mentioned that Frank Stubbs’ eldest son murdered John Ludeling’s son Frederick near the Cedars plantation on Riverside. I now realized that I have never written about it on…

  • The Cedars – Plantation Home of the Stubbs Family

    This one surprised me. The above home was built by Frank P. Stubbs, Sr. on Front Street (now Riverside Drive) circa 1853. This is a very historic home. A few…

  • Sycamore Hall Burns

    What got me interested in researching today’s post and next week’s two posts was thumbing through the Genealogy Department’s copy of Sycamore Hall by Sylvester Breard on Wednesday. I am…

  • The Layton Castle Collection

    Layton Castle has a massive amount of records in it’s collection. Some documents even date back to the 1790’s! As the current owner of the castle has been organizing the…

  • The Fountain on the Dixie Overland Highway

    One of Luke Letlow’s great articles on his Richland Parish blog concerns a fountain on the Dixie Overland Highway located on what was the Stubbs Plantation. You can read Luke’s…

  • Portraits in the Collection of the Louisiana Law Library

    Did you know that several prominent Monroe names have portraits in the Louisiana Law Library? Some of them have been put online. John Theodore Ludeling, Monroe lawyer and Chief Justice…

  • Col. Francis Palmer “Frank” Stubbs

    I found this photo on the Louisiana Digital Library of Frank Stubbs speaking at the Shrewsberry Race Track in East Jefferson Parish: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-p15140coll1%3A917 Frank was the son of Col. Francis…

  • Hay on DeSiard Street.

    Back on December 31, 2018, I posted this postcard: At the time, I dated it to circa 1910. Well, I was close. I found this exact same image (although very…

  • Tallyho Riding: Courtship in the Late 1800’s.

    Have you ever heard of Tallyho riding? No? Me neither. This little article in a rare copy of the Monroe Morning post, appeared in a 1929 issue. It had been…

  • Women’s Suffrage in Ouachita Parish

    I found this article in the February 22, 1907 Winnfield newspaper called The Southern Sentinel.  The first part of the article quotes the Monroe News.  The News was one of…