Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Ouachita Parish Schools

  • Gertrude Allen Ammons – Pioneer Educator

    I decided to end my Black History Month posts with a connection to one of my first posts this month. In that post, I told you about Ben Allen, who…

  • Pioneer West Monroe Figure Ben Allen

    Monroe Morning World, November 18, 1934, Page 6. Ben Allen was born enslaved in Alabama. According to his death certificate, he was the son of Fed Allen and Willie A.…

  • 1971 Burning of Crosley Elementary

    On June 9, 1971, fire broke out in the copy room of Crosley Elementary School, located at 700 Natchitoches Street. Due to the interior being of wood, the fire quickly…

  • Yearbooks Online at the Internet Archives

    Another thing I have noticed is that several Ouachita Parish High School Yearbooks have been digitized here, mainly from the 1960’s – 1980’s. You will find Ouachita, River Oaks, Carroll,…

  • Ouachita Parish Rosenwald Schools

    Just after the Civil War, the Freedmen’s Bureau, along with local African American churches, established the first schools in the south for the formerly enslaved. After Reconstruction ended, education for…

  • Schools of Ouachita Parish in 1969

    I found this map: https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A136 on the Louisiana Digital Library, which shows the sites of Ouachita Parish schools that were here in 1969. This was about when desegregation was beginning.…

  • West Ouachita High School Almost Called Something Else

    Back in 1987, a new school was being built to replace Calhoun High School. Instead of at Calhoun, it was being built in Cadeville. Some wanted to keep the name,…

  • A History of Swartz School – Part 3

    And here are the final pages about the history of the Swartz schools from the 1966 Swartz Elementary Gator yearbook.

  • A History of Swartz School – Part 2

    Swartz Elementary Gator Yearbook, 1966.

  • A History of Swartz School – Part 1

    Here are the 1966 Swartz Gator yearbook pages about Swartz Schools. There are so many pages, I will have to make three posts to cover it all! Enjoy!