Tag: Monroe History

The First Football Team in Monroe?

The Times (Shreveport, LA) 13 Dec 1895 The Athletic Club of Monroe has organized a football team, and negotiations have been opened with Shreveport for a game during Christmas week. The Times (Shreveport, LA) 26 Dec 1895 The Foot Ball Game. This event will be pulled off to-day at the baseball park at 3 o'clock. … Continue reading The First Football Team in Monroe? →

A Texas Revolutionary buried in Northeastern Louisiana

Baton Rouge Tri-Weekly Gazette and Comet, July 3, 1859, Page 2 The death of Mr. Eli Harris a prominent citizen of Carroll parish, is announced in the Lake Providence Herald. Such an innocuous obituary. You may be wondering what Eli had to do with Ouachita Parish. For that matter, what did he have to do … Continue reading A Texas Revolutionary buried in Northeastern Louisiana →

A Description of the Ouachita Post in 1806

In 1803 the United States purchased from France a huge tract of land that included present day Louisiana. A few years later, the rest of the country was still curious about this wild frontier that was now a part of their country. Several written accounts, especially after the Lewis and Clark and Hunter and Dunbar … Continue reading A Description of the Ouachita Post in 1806 →

Steamboat Sinks at Monroe – 1841

Newspaper editors in the early days could get a bit snarky! This one is amusing! Times-Picayune, December 23, 1841, Page 2 STEAMBOAT LOST. - The steamboat Little Rock sunk recently at Monroe, Louisiana, and her fate is told by the Olive Branch [note: a Monroe newspaper] as follows: "Alas! of all the individuals who sunk … Continue reading Steamboat Sinks at Monroe – 1841 →

The Cost of Electricity in 1893.

This little article comes from the Opelousas Courier of April 22, 1893. It lists the cost to light a home in Monroe: The Monroe Electric Light Company shows up quite favorably in its charges, and as a consequence will prove a great public benefit. For 16-candle power all-night incandescent lamps at residences, the charge ranges … Continue reading The Cost of Electricity in 1893. →

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 school with a negro teacher, who says they presented themselves and that she sees no harm in it. I found another article (New Orleans Times-Picayune, … Continue reading School Integration…in 1908? →

Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015041287494&view=1up&seq=156 This is a great little history book, done in 1942, that gives a short history of the parish along with some statistics and a list of every Parish and City agency's records and where they could be found. Some of the records I SO wish I could get my hands on and look at! … Continue reading Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana →