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July 7, 1995 (111 Stone Ave. Monroe: 10: First United Methodist Church: First United Methodist Church: June 12, 2001 (101 N. 2nd St. West Monroe: 11: Isaiah Garrett Law Office
The original name of the Louisiana Purchase Gardens Zoo was Bernstein Park Zoo, named after Mayor Arnold Bernstein who was Mayor of Monroe in 1919 until his death in 1937. Much of the development of the zoo came during the long-term administration of Mayor W. L. "Jack" Howard who made the facility a centerpiece of his campaign for municipal ...
The Ike Hamilton Expo Center is a 2,900-seat multipurpose, indoor arena located in West Monroe, Louisiana.It is used primarily for rodeos [1] and horse shows; however, in keeping with the arena's name, it can also be used for conventions, dog agility trials, monster truck rallies [2] and trade shows. [3]
Monroe is served by two African-American-owned weekly newspapers: the Monroe Free Press and the Monroe Dispatch. The Free Press was founded in 1969 by Roosevelt Wright, Jr., and The Dispatch was founded in 1975 by Irma and Frank Detiege. The Ouachita Citizen is a locally owned and operated weekly newspaper that was founded in 1924.
In 1916, the Monroe natural gas field was discovered. The field stretched more than 500 square miles (1,000 km 2) and was estimated to have 6,500,000,000,000 cubic feet (180 km 3) of natural gas in it. As a result, for a time the city of Monroe was known as the natural gas capital of the world. The new industry generated many jobs.
Monroe: Ouachita: 92001566 Whitney Plantation Historic District: November 24, 1992: Wallace: St. John the Baptist: Site of a slavery museum, opened to the public in December 2014. French colonial main house dates from 1803. 88000977 Wildwood Plantation House: June 30, 1988: Jackson: East Feliciana: 98000702 Woodland Plantation: June 18, 1998 ...
Pecanland Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. The mall was named Pecanland because the land on which the mall is located was formerly a pecan farm. The mall is on Interstate 20 near U.S. Highway 165 , the two major highways in the area.
The Monroe metropolitan area, officially the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, is a metropolitan statistical area in Northern Louisiana that covers three parishes—Ouachita, Union, and Morehouse. According to the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 207,104.