A couple of weeks ago, I noticed this carte de vise photograph come up for sale on eBay. It was signed on the back and front saying it was a portrait of John P. Parker from December, 1877. I couldn't let it go and paid way too much for it. I am a sucker for … Continue reading John Peyton Parker
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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. Inside was a couple of handwritten pages compiled by J.B. Filhiol, Sr. with the date of August 1946. The pages listed the plantation homes he … Continue reading A List of Old Ouachita Parish Plantations
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 