Tag: McEnery Family
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Yellow Fever Destroys a Monroe Flower
On October 11, 1855, somewhere in Ouachita Parish, Sarah Garrett, then thirteen years old, sat writing a letter to her fifteen year old brother Frank who was at school out…
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Major McEnery and Dr. Egan Have a Feud
This cute little story I found by looking on the database of the Library of Congress. They are digitizing many old books and the info in them is just priceless!…
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The Red Knights: An Unknown Confederate Unit
While browsing along the other day, I stumbled across this little document found in the Boston Anthenaum. It has no date on it, but it clearly was printed during the…
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Portraits in the Collection of the Louisiana Law Library
Did you know that several prominent Monroe names have portraits in the Louisiana Law Library? Some of them have been put online. John Theodore Ludeling, Monroe lawyer and Chief Justice…
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The Earliest Hotel in Monroe.
Mississippi Free Trader (Natchez, MS) August 26, 1836, Page 3 MONROE HOTEL. The subscriber offers this house to the patronage of the public. It is well located, being directly opposite…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 