The ULM Special Collections Department has many of the Griffin Studio negatives of the 1932 flood. They are all online at the Louisiana Digital Library site and on the ULM Library catalog. One of the more interesting flood pictures (to me) shows the river side view from the back of the buildings on South Grand … Continue reading 1932 Flood photos
Tag: South Grand Street
Lover’s Lane
Lover's Lane in Monroe Last week's post from that 1835 trip, had me thinking about the legend of those Catalpa trees on Lover's Lane. I did some hunting on the newspapers.com website and found the two below articles. Sure enough, the legend is wrong! The trees were NOT planted by Pargoud, but by Henry Bry … Continue reading Lover’s Lane
Journal of the Rev. Timothy Flint part IV
The soil on the surface is generally light, fertile, and of a black colour, except in the oaklands, where it is whitish, and rather stiff and meagre clay. At intervals we see masses of those triturated marine shells mixed with the soil, which constitute such a geological puzzle to the investigation of the dwellers, … Continue reading Journal of the Rev. Timothy Flint part IV
South Grand Street
What strikes me about this view is how crowded it looks! Buildings as far as the eye can see. Dirt road and hitching posts for your horse (no cars or streetcars yet!). Very few people though.
Birdseye View of Monroe
Taken circa 1920, this shows a view of the heart of Monroe from the old City Hall. The street in front of the bank building is South Grand.
South Grand Street
South Grand Street circa 1908. The above photo shows a trolley on South Grand Street turning down Wood. This really shows the old Monroe Hotel and the Riverwalk area quite well! Notice the courthouse lot is covered in a lot more trees!
South Grand Street
Another postcard found online. This one was taken at the turn of the century near the intersection of DeSiard and Grand streets. To give you an idea of the view, the building on the far right is known today as the Austin's Restaurant building.
