Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Monroe

  • Bird’s Eye View of Monroe, LA

    This one is a very old postcard. I would guess it is pre-1950. You can see the old city hall, the ONB and a few of the old churches that…

  • Monroe Skyline, Circa 1960

    I have seen the above postcard many times. It shows the Monroe skyline from the West Monroe side of the Ouachita River. Endom Bridge is in the foreground. Very pretty…

  • Gift of the Ouachita: A Film about the History of Ouachita Parish

    Did you know that there is a film on the history of Monroe and the surrounding area? Back in 1955 or so, Dr. George Brian, a theater professor at Northeast…

  • Ouachita Parish on the eve of war.

    This is a very interesting write up about Ouachita Parish published in a New Orleans paper just before the Civil War would devastate the area. The New Orleans Crescent (New…