Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Forsythe Park

  • Forsythe Park, circa 1910

    This last picture I will share is a rare one I have never seen! It may have been taken even before the Natatorium was built!

  • The Grandstand at Forsythe Park

    I shared a color postcard of this just a few weeks ago. This is another angle, taken from the baseball field looking over the racetrack and into the stands. Look…

  • Forsythe Park Racetrack – circa 1907

    My latest purchase is a colorized postcard of the Forsythe Park racetrack and grandstand. The postcard was dated January 21, 1908. The racetrack encircled a ballpark where some of the…

  • Saltwater Natatorium – Circa 1912

    Here is another postcard I bought off of eBay earlier this month. It was postmarked 1912. It is a view of the Natatorium I have never seen before! I would…

  • October 26, 1910 Flower Parade

    Back in January, I bid on and won this rare postcard that shows the line up of the Monroe Fair’s Flower Parade. Using the microfilm of the News Star, I can…

  • Drag Show at Forsythe Park?

    I had to share one more random photo from that 1966 Gator yearbook. This was at the back of the book, just before the ads section. It looks like it…

  • The Ball Park and Race Track at Forsythe Park – 1911

    Here is a rare postcard showing the old Baseball field and race track at Forsythe park where the old golf field is now! Very few photos of this section of…

  • The Monroe Municipals

    Meet the 1907 Monroe Municipals baseball team! As far as I know, they were the second baseball team formed in Monroe for the semi pros. They played only two years…

  • The History of the American Legion Building

    Have you ever been interested in the history of the big white building standing at Forsythe Park? Yesterday, a colleague discovered another WPA paper in our files about the American…

  • The Monroe Elks Baseball Team – 1920

    I found the above photo in a 1950 newspaper article. After doing a little research, I found that back in 1920, Mr. Haas was the coach of the Monroe Elks…