1930 Roarer

I have been thumbing through a few of the old area yearbooks and some of the pages have caught my eye. I will share them here for the next few days. The above photo, I turned on its side to give you a better look at the page. This shows the old Ouachita Parish High … Continue reading 1930 Roarer →

Ouachita Parish High School Faculty, 1914 – 1915

Solemn bunch aren't they? This is the faculty that taught at Ouachita Parish High School over 100 years ago! No order of the names was given, but the above people are: Superintendent T.O. Brown, Principal H.E. Hays, Assistants: Mrs. S.W. Harris, Miss Christine Pohlman, Miss Mary E. Donaldson, Miss Eva Scott, Miss Lamy Wetzel and … Continue reading Ouachita Parish High School Faculty, 1914 – 1915 →

1915 Ouachita Parish High School Girls Basketball Team

The oldest area yearbook in the Ouachita Parish Public Library collection is a 1915 Ouachita Parish High School "Pelican". It is kept upstairs in Special Collections due to it's rarity. It was the first yearbook OPHS ever published. One of the things I found interesting in it was the photo of the girls basketball team! … Continue reading 1915 Ouachita Parish High School Girls Basketball Team →

Yearbooks in the Genealogy Department

Did you know that the Ouachita Parish Public Library's Genealogy department has a large collection of elementary/secondary/college yearbooks? Over the next couple of days, I'll post the list of what is available. Today we will start with elementary/secondary yearbooks. Yearbook TitleYearSchoolNoteThe Smithy1952A. L. Smith - Monroe, LAGrades 1-9The Smithy1953A. L. Smith - Monroe, LAGrades 1-9The … Continue reading Yearbooks in the Genealogy Department →

I 20 Overpass Construction Circa 1966

This photo is from the Ouachita Parish Public Library photo collection. It shows the I 20 overpass over the Ouachita River during construction. Students are walking to the "new" Ouachita Parish High School building in the background. The "old" high school building had already been torn down to make way for the overpass. The new … Continue reading I 20 Overpass Construction Circa 1966 →

The Old Ouachita Parish High School

Most people when you mention the old Ouachita Parish High School, they think of the senior housing now known as Ouachita Grand Plaza. That building was the Parish High School at one time, but it was the second one built. The above building, which was the first, stood next to the Ouachita Grand Plaza, where … Continue reading The Old Ouachita Parish High School →