Tag: Sterlington
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Beloved Sterlington Principal Leaves Behind a 43 Year Legacy in Education.
Some of you from the Sterlington area may have had this gentleman as a principal. Mr. O.K. Bailey, Sr. served for 43 years as principal of Sterlington’s Elementary, Jr. High…
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The Phillips Family of Sterlington
Going north on 165 to Sterlington, you may notice a large stone cross with a few low headstones around it. This is a family cemetery for a very powerful family…
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First Baptist Church Sterlington, 1940
How about another one from the Vernon Parish Library? (I had no clue they had so many photos from Monroe!) This shows the congregation of the First Baptist Church of…
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The Ledger Book of George Hamilton (1801 – 1839)
One of the jewels in our crown here at the Ouachita Parish Public Library is a ledger book. Back in 2016, if I remember correctly, a gentleman brought in a…
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A Description of Island DeSiard
The following beautiful article was written in 1890 by a female resident of the “Island” this area is roughly where Sterlington is now. The island is bordered by the Ouachita…
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History of Sterlington by Hazel Smith Short
Back in 1962, Mrs. Melvin B. Short (Hazel) compiled a history of the area and families that comprise the area we know as Sterlington, in northern Ouachita Parish. It had…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 