Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home

  • Kansas Plantation is sold

    I’m beginning to learn roughly where these plantations in eastern Monroe were (again…roughly). I found a front-page article in the News-Star June 22, 1920 headlined, “Plans for Transfer of “Kansas”…

  • A Grainy Photo of Philanthropist Mary Goss

    My boss called me upstairs last week. She is still processing the Brinsmade collection. She had stumbled across a newspaper clipping stating a photo of Mary Goss had been found…

  • Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home

    This photo is circa 1939.

  • Always Pay Attention to What You Are Drinking!

    I wrote this back in 2010 for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine: The place where I work is currently indexing Ouachita Parish newspapers for deaths and marriages.  Over the years, I’ve…

  • Mary Goss: Monroe’s Forgotten Philanthropist

    I wrote this article for Road Trips Magazine back in 2016: Many people in Monroe are familiar with the name Mary Goss.  The first thing that comes to mind is…