Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Ouachita Parish History

  • Ouachita Parish brochure

    This is another Monroe booklet that I have posted photos from. It was printed circa 1930. The whole thing can now be viewed here: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A9 .

  • The Tensas Delta brochure

    A few months back, I told you about a pamphlet I found in the Tensas Parish file that turned out to be about 120 years old. It covered the Northeast…

  • The Cold-Blooded Murder of Little Francis Winston Baker

    In my time working in the Genealogy Department, I have heard of the tale of a little ten year old boy, son of Wesley John Quincy Baker, walking along the…

  • A Detailed Description of the Old Fenner Road

    The following five pages were found in the files of Dr. E. Russ Williams. It is a wonderful history that Courtland Frantom Landreaux and her father John Robert Frantom wrote…

  • How the Community of Luna Got It's Name.

    When you drive south down Highway 557 in Southwest Ouachita Parish, you may see a sign for the unincorporated community of Luna. Have you ever wondered how the community got…

  • Ouachita and Monroe History

    I like this WPA document! I can’t vouch for the veracity of some of the information the WPA collected, but most of it is correct. It is a fairly large…