In 1819, the Louisiana State Legislature created the town of Lewiston in Ouachita Parish. It was just up the Ouachita from Monroe. No maps of it exist. The description of it was, "...blocks or Squares fronting DeSiard or St. George Street four block and extending North up Walnut Street seven blocks..." T.C. Lewis and Patrick … Continue reading Lewiston, LA – The Ouachita Town That Never Was
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Homes on Walnut
North Grand and Walnut
This area looks a tad different today. What you are looking at is the intersection of North Grand and Walnut Streets around 1920. The Bohemia Hotel sits where a parking lot is now. I call it the triangular lot. In the foreground is the Southern Hardware and Sugar Brothers Opera House, which is now undergoing … Continue reading North Grand and Walnut
