Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Ouachita Parish History

  • The Baron de Bastrop

    Bastrop is more closely associated with Morehouse Parish and Texas, but did interact with Ouachita parish and is an early settler of Colonial Ouachita Parish. The Texas State Historical Association…

  • Ouachita Parish Runaway Slave ads

    These have been collected over the years from area newspapers. It was quite common for the local law enforcement to advertise captures of runaway slaves in local newspapers, and hope…

  • Crystal Springs

    The above photo, taken around 1922, was used on the front cover of the “Images of America: Monroe and West Monroe Louisiana” book. This spring was located between Kiroli Park…

  • Gas Well Fire Near Monroe

    A few weeks back, I bought from ebay three photo postcards of well fires. One of them was labeled “Gas Well Fire Monroe La.”. On the back were the dates…

  • A New Found Map Website

    If you are interested in old maps, take a look at the website oldmapsonline.org . You can type in the name of a town and then scroll through different time…

  • “FRIENDS”: A weekly News-Star Column

    Back in October 1979, the News-Star decided to create a regular column where a local citizen would be profiled each day. It was called “Friends” and lasted till about 1987.…

  • The Voter Purge of 1956

    Imagine getting a notice from the Voter’s Registration Office that there is something wrong with your voting registration and you need to come in to the office at the courthouse…

  • A Pioneer’s Tale

    As told by Daniel Armand Breard, Sr. to the News-Star, December 4, 1925, Page 5. BREARD HAS SEEN CITY GROW FROM VILLAGE OF 350Octogenarian Tells of Early Days in Ouachita…

  • Oldest Camellia Trees in Ouachita Parish

    I found a fun little article in the September 29, 1963 Monroe Morning World, describing the oldest known Camellia plants in the parish. Three were documented. The oldest was a…

  • Early 20th Century Ouachita Parish Ward Map

    I was given this little Ward map back in late October. There is no date on it, but Mr. J. Wilbur Kilbourne, written on the top left of the map,…