The Crosley Family

While visiting Antique Alley, I happened to go into the public bathroom in the old Union Oil Mill building. Hanging on the wall of the foyer were several historic photographs of West Monroe, including these two. Please excuse the photo quality. I was using my phone and trying to get at an angle where there … Continue reading The Crosley Family →

Shootout in Downtown Monroe

Written for a 2010 article in Louisiana Road Trips Magazine: Reading through Monroe's history, one begins to wonder if Monroe was more like a frontier town than the thriving center of commerce and industry it became. Shootouts in downtown can be found scattered throughout the old newspapers. One of them that has been forgotten was … Continue reading Shootout in Downtown Monroe →

McLain Monument

McLain Monument The McLain Monument rests in Monroe's Old City Cemetery. Next to the Saunders Monument, it is probably the most well known memorial in the cemetery. The angel's hand points up towards Heaven and she carries a crown in her left hand. She marks the family plot of Captain L.D. McLain who founded the … Continue reading McLain Monument →