Tag: Jackson Street
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The History of The Bright-Lamkin-Easterling Home
The land that the above home would be built on, was once part of Henry Bry’s Mulberry Grove plantation. The Bry family sold the land to William A. Bright, a…
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DeSiard (and 3rd?) Circa 1908
One of my newest eBay finds is this postcard, which was cancelled in 1908. From looking at the 1909 Sanborn fire maps, I have it tentatively identified as being taken…
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Thanksgiving Sales Are Nothing New In Monroe
While you are out doing your Black Friday shopping today (NO THANK YOU!) or still recovering from yesterday’s feasts, I would like to share this ad from 100 years ago.…
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St. Matthew Catholic Church and St. Hyacinth Academy
I was lucky enough to win this postcard last year, which shows St. Matthew Catholic Church and St. Hyacinth School on the left. St. Matthew still stands on the corner…
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Imperial Gas Station
The Imperial Gas Station was located at 621 Jackson Street. Behind it through the trees, you can just make out the top floor of the Roland Filhiol house on Stone…
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The Hypolite Filhiol Home
The below clipping was found in the vertical files. According to the information in the clipping, the home once stood at the corner of Jackson and DeSiard street, where the…
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The First School Bus in Monroe
How about this old newspaper clipping? It shows an early Monroe school bus, circa 1915, parked in front of Kern’s Blacksmith Shop, which had built it. Kern’s Blacksmith was located…
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Central Savings Bank & Trust Co. Building
This building was built in 1923 at the corner of DeSiard and Jackson Streets in 1923.
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St. Matthew Catholic Church
This is a rare postcard from the turn of the last century, that shows St. Matthew Catholic Church from the front without it’s steeple. Just on the left edge of…
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Isaac Burnett: Grocer and Businessman
What you are looking at is an ad in a local newspaper from 1946. That imposing man in the photo, Isaac Burnett, was a very savvy businessman. He opened his…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 