Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Monroe City Schools

  • The Grave of Unalaska

    Last week I had the opportunity to visit the old Georgia Tucker Elementary building and I made sure to hunt for the grave of the sled dog Unalaska. I was…

  • 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…

  • Unalaska: the Sled Dog Buried in Monroe

    This article was written by me for the July, 2007 issue of Louisiana Road Trips magazine. It was later republished in the September, 2016 edition of Southern Calls: A Funeral Director’s Perspective.…

  • A Priceless Artifact of Monroe Colored High School History

    A couple of weeks ago, while browsing Ebay, I found an autograph book for sale from 1941. Looking at the pictures of the pages, I soon realized it was an…

  • Concerts at Neville Auditorium.

    I am amazed at the national level talent that came through Monroe in the middle of the last century. I just browsed around searching instances where Neville Auditorium was mentioned…

  • The First Kindergarten in Monroe

    The Times (Shreveport, LA) June 2, 1894, Page 4 THE KINDERGARTEN. A Highly Satisfactory Exhibition at Monroe.[To the Times.] MONROE, La., May 31. – Some eight months since the first…

  • School Integration…in 1908?

    This article made me smile! Daily Enterprise-Leader (New Iberia) December 19, 1908, Page 6 Whites in Negro School. Monroe, Dec. 19. – Two Italian children are attending a private negro…

  • Neville High School – Circa 1950’s

    https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A491 Anyone recognize these men and women? None were identified. The clothing looks like the early fifties. We do know it was taken on the steps of Neville High School.

  • Sherrouse Elementary 1952 – 1953

    https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A489 This shows the second grade classroom of Mrs. Dorothy Bynum at Sherrouse Elementary.

  • Georgia Tucker Classroom – 1949-50

    https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A488 This shows Mrs. Mabel Lippmin in front of her Fifth Grade students at Georgia Tucker Elementary. By the way, if you are interested in Georgia Tucker, we have their…