Lee
and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies
in downtown Monroe, Louisiana
with painted storks and more
September 9 - 10, 2022 |
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Below: Water tower in Start,
Louisiana |
University of Louisiana
Monroe water tower |
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Below: Cheniere-Drew
Water System - Water Tower in West Monroe, Louisiana |
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Below: Entering The City
of Monroe, Louisiana |
KD - Karen Duquette - smile - here I
am !!! |
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Monroe is the eighth-largest
city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and parish seat of Ouachita Parish.
With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal
city of the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, the second-largest
metropolitan area in North Louisiana.
As governor of Louisiana, Esteban RodrÃguez Miró had Fort Miro built
in 1791. Fort Miro changed its name to Monroe to commemorate the first
arrival of the steamboat James Monroe in the spring of 1820.The ship's
arrival was the single event, in the minds of local residents, that
transformed the outpost into a town.
Credit for the name is indirectly given to James Monroe of Virginia,
the fifth President of the United States, for whom the ship was named.
The steamboat is depicted in a mural at the main branch of the Ouachita
Parish Public Library, but not in the mural shown below. |
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Below: Passing
a a pick up truck with a unique paint job |
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Below: Wow
- what a great football display in someone's front yard |
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Below: Bulldog
and USA flag flying high in downtown Monroe, Louisiana |
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Below: There were lots of
painted storks in downtown Monroe, Louisiana, but Karen Duquette was
only able to photograph a few of them as Lee drove by them. They were
scattered throughout the town. |
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