Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: South Grand Street

  • Turn of the Century South Grand

    I found this postcard for sale online. I have never seen that angle before. To give you an idea of where you are, the lady on the right is standing…

  • South Grand Street, circa 1873

    This is the third oldest photo of Monroe I have ever seen. Only the two photos of the 1871 fire are older. It shows South Grand Street, where a parade…

  • Drawing of the old ONB/Central Bank Building

    I found this copy of a drawing of the old Ouachita National Bank and Central Bank & Trust building, stuck in a ratty binder down in south Louisiana this weekend.…

  • 1930 Roarer – Downtown Monroe

    The above photo is an ad for the Monroe Engraving Company published on the last page of the yearbook. It shows DeSiard Street from the Endom Bridge. Wow!

  • 1932 Flood photos

    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…

  • Lover’s Lane

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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

    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…