Tag: Ouachita Parish History
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The Architecture of the North Louisiana River Parishes
I have seen this book several times before. If you are interested in the architecture styles of some of the buildings in Ouachita parish, this book is for you! It…
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Russians Visit Ouachita Parish
I was flipping through Gilbert Faulk’s book “Twain” when a cute little section he apparently wrote in 1973 caught my attention. He talks about a visit from a group of…
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For the Love of History Blog
My favorite Halloween blog has been posting this month! “For the Love of History” posts every October daily stories of North Louisiana murders. She has already told a few that…
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A List of Old Ouachita Parish Plantations
A coworker of mine is working on organizing our vertical file materials and I got nosy last week and opened one of the vertical files she had on her desk.…
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My 1,000th Post With Some Important Announcements!
First of all, thank all of you who have stopped by my little corner of the internet to read my ramblings! I wanted an outlet for all my little Ouachita…
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A “Hurricane” in Monroe
One of the regular readers of this blog suggested I check out this article posted to another blog about a “Hurricane” that struck the area in the 1800’s. I really…
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A 1938 Speech Study in Monroe
I have found that LSU has digitized some of their thesis books and have made them available for free download. One in particular has caught my attention. In about 1937,…
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Isaiah Garrett’s Ledger Book and Business Records 1838 – 1861
A few years ago, I told you that the University of Alabama had a Ledger book that once belonged to Isaiah Garrett. The library has digitized his materials and you…
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Fort Miro
I found the above drawing of the layout for Fort Miro in our vertical files. A newspaper clipping in another file showed the same drawing and states it was found…
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Using Dynamite to Farm…
This is a little bit frightening. This ad was run in the News-Star in 1912.
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 