Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Ouachita Parish High School

  • Ouachita Parish High School Entry

    This is a postcard I won on Ebay. It shows one of the entrances to the old Ouachita Parish High School on South Grand (the second OPHS building). Today it…

  • Area High Schools Once Had Live Mascots!

    Did you know that Neville and Ouachita Parish High School once had live mascots? Above is pictured Shasta the tiger, who was Neville’s mascot. Ouachita’s lion mascot was called Cheepa,…

  • Ouachita Parish High School “Yearbooks”

    Back during WWII, local schools didn’t print a traditional “yearbook” as we know it. All supplies were going towards the war effort. However, the Seniors printed their own version, which…

  • Ouachita Parish High School

    This is a photo of young women posed outside the old Ouachita Parish High School in white smocks and caps. It is included in the Henry Camp Collection of OPPL…

  • A List of Past Principals of Ouachita Parish High School

    I got curious last week and decided to compile a list of all the Principals who have served OPHS. I started all the way back in 1894 when the Original…

  • Ouachita Parish High School’s First Principal

    Meet Mr. Henry E. Chambers, OPHS’ very first principal! I was shocked when his photo came up associated with the school. Henry Chambers is well known in my department for…

  • The First Graduating Class of Ouachita Parish High School

    So I told you yesterday about the first class of the Monroe City High School, which is the forerunner of Neville. Lets go back about six years, to when the…

  • Ouachita Parish High School Graduation Programs

    I didn’t know we had a small collection of them in our files. How about 1916: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A67 1923: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A66 and 1933: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A65

  • An Update to “An Early Graduating Class” Post.

    Back on March 24th, I posted a photo from Dr. Williams’ collection showing a group of high school graduates which I could not identify. During the hiatus, I was contacted…

  • An Early Ouachita Parish Graduating Class

    Oh this one is super frustrating. A label on the photo states it was the photo of Maude Rogers, Parish School Graduation. There is where the trail runs cold. I’ve…