Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Old City Cemetery

  • Confederate Grave Marker in the Old City Cemetery

    I have posted a similar one in the past, but this one is a little different. You can see a row of homes in the background. By the way, there…

  • Don’t Forget My Cemetery Tour the 26th!

    Next week is my tour of the Old City Cemetery in Monroe on DeSiard Street. We will meet at Mayor Forsythe’s grave at 10am. Mayor Forsythe is buried near the…

  • A Tour of the Old City Cemetery

    A few weeks back, a patron came in and asked if my cemetery tour was online anywhere. When I answered no, he showed me what could be done with Google…

  • Thompson Wood “Woodie” Lee

    Back in 1996, I had a college B & W photography assignment and I chose cemetery markers as my subject. One of the markers that drew my attention was Woodie…

  • Mary McCranie

    To me, the obituary for a little ten month old baby girl is the most moving tribute I have ever read. When I first read it, I had to get…

  • The State of Our Cemetery

    When I found this, I thought, “The More things change…” The Ouachita Standard Friday, April 5, 1839 Page 2, Column 1 OUR CEMETERY.             We would call the attention of…

  • McLain Monument

    The McLain Monument rests in Monroe’s Old City Cemetery.  Next to the Saunders Monument, it is probably the most well known memorial in the cemetery.  The angel’s hand points up…

  • Monroe’s Old City Cemetery

    Take a drive down DeSiard Street towards old downtown Monroe.  Just a half mile past 18th Street, to your left you will find one of Monroe’s most picturesque cemeteries.  Many…