Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Jackson Street

  • Bustling DeSiard Street in the late 1920s

    This is a DeSiard Street photo that sits on top of a shelf in the Genealogy Department of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. It shows a traffic policeman directing a…

  • Jackson Street at the Turn of the Century

    This is one of my favorite old photos of Monroe!  What you are looking at, is a shot down Jackson street.  On the left you can see the Jewish Temple…

  • Turn of the Century DeSiard

    This is a rare, grainy photo I found!  It shows men erecting a pole (probably electric!) on the corner of Jackson and DeSiard Streets.  To give you an idea, the…