Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Ouachita Parish History

  • From Indian Trails to Modern Highways: A History of (the) Ouachita Parish Road System

    In 1939, a little informational magazine was put together about the history of Ouachita Parish roads and their development. Sprinkled throughout the document are Griffin photos taken all over the…

  • A Historical Author With Deep Roots in Monroe

    Sylvester Q. Breard, “Syl” to his friends, was a regular patron of the library. Being descended from one of Monroe’s earliest families, he had a deep love of local history.…

  • Ouachita Parish History In a Calendar

    These were done in the 1980’s by the West Monroe Historic Preservation Project. Each month featured a photo and info about the area’s past. They are rare, but if you…

  • Reported Lynchings in Ouachita Parish

    I have posted before, listing reports of lynchings that have been found in Ouachita Parish newspapers. I can see the stats that show what articles are looked at and at…

  • History in a booklet

    In the 1980’s Monroe was celebrating it’s bicentennial. Dr. E. Russ Williams, Jr. was asked to put together some pamphlets on the early history of the area. The above is…

  • A Tantalizing Civil War Map

    I was exploring the National Archives online catalog, when I found some Confederate maps they have in their collection. One in particular intrigued me: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/171031936 A big problem is that…

  • Census Help for the 1940 and 1950 Censuses.

    In 2022, the 1950 census will be released. It will be several months before all the names will be indexed by the big databases. When the 1940 census was released…

  • Miscellaneous Photos and Documents on Ouachita Parish

    And to go along with yesterday’s post, Vernon Parish Library also has a collection of miscellaneous photos and documents they have put on Flickr. There are some things on here…

  • The Ledger Book of George Hamilton (1801 – 1839)

    One of the jewels in our crown here at the Ouachita Parish Public Library is a ledger book. Back in 2016, if I remember correctly, a gentleman brought in a…

  • Inventory of the Parish Archives of Louisiana

    This is a great little history book, done in 1942, that gives a short history of the parish along with some statistics and a list of every Parish and City…