Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: steamboat

  • The Interior of the Steamboat Bob Blanks

    My jaw dropped when I saw this photo! I have never seen an interior shot of the Bob Blanks. The Blanks was one of the most important steamboats on the…

  • The Clipper Docked at Pine Street

    Earlier this month I bought this postcard from Ebay. It shows the Clipper sternwheel packet, wood hull boat docked at (what I think is) the Pine Street landing in Monroe.…

  • Steamboat Bob Blanks

    This is a beautiful postcard of the steamboat Bob Blanks docked at Monroe. You can find another picture and information on the steamboat here: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ABLXI2MJPJH2ZA8Z .

  • River Landings and Ferry Locations Along the Ouachita River

    Have you ever been curious as to where some of the steamboat landings were along the Ouachita river? Back in 1976, the Ouachita Council of Governments and the Monroe-Ouachita Regional…

  • Steamboats at a Monroe Landing

    Here is my newest postcard I have added to my collection! It was mailed in 1907. It shows two steamboats docked probably about where the Children’s Museum is now. It…

  • The Ouachita Belle

    Tulane has a very impressive steamboat collection. Among the collection is this beauty: https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane:75015 I think they have the date wrong though. The Ouachita Belle was built in Louisville, KY…

  • Steamboat Landing on the Ouachita – Circa 1905

    This is a postcard I bought on Ebay. It shows the steamboat Frank B. Hayne at a landing somewhere in Monroe (Pine street maybe?). The postcard was written on the…

  • Steamer America

    This steamboat was a familiar sight up and down the Ouachita river. The Steamer America was a Cooley boat, captained by L.V. Cooley, brother of G.B.

  • Ad for the Steamboat James Monroe

    This ad appeared in the Louisiana State Gazette newspaper (New Orleans, LA) on the front page of the Feb. 19, 1820 issue. Only a few months before, this boat landed…

  • The First Female Pilot on the Ouachita River

    This lost little piece of Ouachita history comes to us all the way from an Iowa newspaper. It details the fight for the right of a woman to pilot a…