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Location of Ouachita Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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 ...
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 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.
2) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Encyclopedia of Individuals and Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley of Louisiana From 1785 to 1850: Organized into Family Groups with Miscellaneous Materials on Historical Events, Places, and Other Important Topics, Part Oe A – K, Williams Genealogical and Historical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1996.
Arnold's photos of Monroe on the set of 1961's The Misfits are some of her most famous images of the actress. This never-before-seen photo shows Marilyn between takes on the film's Nevada set in 1960.
The three Winster hobby horses and other performers, c. 1870. A possibly unique custom involving three hobby horses is known only from a photograph taken at Winster Hall, Derbyshire, in about 1870. [22] (The picture appears to have been taken in winter, as the climbing plants on the wall are leafless.)
Oak Alley Plantation, looking towards the main house from the direction of the Mississippi River. Old Live Oak in the Oak Alley. Oak Alley Plantation is a historic plantation located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, in the community of Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana, U.S. Oak Alley is named for its distinguishing visual feature, an alley (French allée) or canopied path ...