Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Monroe History

  • 1940 Chamber of Commerce Brag booklet

    The Junior Chamber gave us a lot of their old scrapbooks a few months ago, and this was a pamphlet included in the collection. It details what the Chamber had…

  • Monroe Blue Book

    On January 23, 1941 in the Monroe News-Star, there appeared the following notice: “Plans for listing the names of all families in the Monroe area who are identified with Monroe’s…

  • Louisiana Teacher’s Convention, 1932

    This one is awesome! It is a souvenir program for the 40th Annual Louisiana Teacher’s Convention, held at the Francis Hotel in November, 1932. There are some great photos of…

  • Another Monroe magazine

    This is a great one which shows what Monroe had to offer for visitors in the early 20th century: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A11

  • Monroe Schoolboys – 1947

    I love this photo! https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-sc-p16313coll52%3A238 . It is titled, “Parochial School boys at Monroe, Louisiana.“ All the boys in the photo would be senior citizens today. There are three parochial…

  • Monroe History

    This last WPA document I want to share concerns the history of Monroe. https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A10 This is the last of the Monroe related WPA papers up at the moment, but if…

  • Ouachita and Monroe History

    I like this WPA document! I can’t vouch for the veracity of some of the information the WPA collected, but most of it is correct. It is a fairly large…

  • Slave sale in Monroe.

    This just makes me shiver. Notice how Granville and Lucinda were husband and wife. Five years later, they all would be free. Did Granville and Lucinda get sold together or…

  • Henry Kindermann Grocery

    Many years ago, while browsing through the Ouachita Telegraph newspapers in the 1870’s, I found the following illustration and write-up. I submitted it to the Ouachita Parish genweb page, where…

  • Talking Headstones: Annie E. Livingston Saunders Hardin

    This was my performance of Annie Saunders, Monroe’s black sheep. She has been a lot of fun to do! This little performance has led into me portraying her life in…