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Don Iuan Filhiol, Pounder of Monroe Don luan Filhiol, a Frenchman, about 1782 was appointed commandant ot the Ouachita District by Don Estevan Miro, Spanish pro- visional governor of Louisiana. ln 1785 he de- scended the Ouachita River from Camden, Arkansas, to what was then called Prairie des Canots, subsequently renamed the Ouachita Post. Upon a petition of the inhabitants in 1790, Fort Miro Was built. Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Lieutenant Ioseph Bomar took possession ot the Ouachita District for the United States. ln honor of the fames Monroe, first steamboat to ascend the Ouachita, the settlement in 1819 assumed the name Monroe. Miro, Filhiol, Ludwig, and Linderman, streets in Monroe and West Monroe, reveal historic association with the founder. ur Community S l:'ilhio1 ' Plantation Home Picking Cotton on a Ouachita Plantation Page Six
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Aerial View ot Arkansas Villagee-Sterlington FGIQEWORD l Because l949 marks Ouachita's igy- fiith anniversary-its emerald yearee, the Roarer Staff has endeavored to re-X' llect this year's events at our Alma Mater and also to record something oi the past and present oi the School, the Parish, and the Riverfall endeared to us by the name Ouachita. The result we submit proudly, hoping that any short-comings may be re- garded leniently, since We have been prompted in our undertaking by the lotty purpose of depicting features ot the three beloved Ouachitas, and have labored unceasingly in accomplishing our aim. May the Hoarer oi l949 be such that in years to come it will touch gently and delightfully the tender chords ot Memory. ' Monroe Skyline Page Five ' ,
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South Monroe boasts two places of special historic interest+Lovers' Lane and Layton Place. Lovers' Lane was originally an ave- nue of catalpa trees running through the lower Pargoucl Plantation, the prop- erty of Hypolite and lean Francois Pargoud. Layton Place is associated hristori- cally With Iudge Henry Bry, responsible for the naming ot Monroe, Vtlhen John I. Audubon was collecting materials for his Birds of America, he tramped the forest swamps of North Louisiana, so- journed tor months at the Bry horne, and left there many of his original drawings. Beginnings ln the days when cotton was king, Old Trenton, a thriving port, situated along the west banks of the Ouachita, teemed with commission merchants. Here steamboats landed, loaded their bales, and unloaded cargoes from New Orleans. Lovers' Lane 'QD f rv' 4 'Lv' A, 'V' tr Page Seven Shipping Cotton on the Ouachita Bell from the West Monroe Landing in By-gone Days
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