A Busy Stop in Monroe, LA Our Stay in Monroe, LA Packed Days with Monroe Moments After we arrived in Monroe, we checked into our comfortable Red Roof Inn hotel and quickly went to the grocery store to stock up on essentials. Monroe started as a French settlement called “Prairie de Canots” (“Prairie of the […]
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Unveiling the Biedenharn Legacy Our Stay in Monroe, LA Unveiling Coca-Cola’s Beginnings Our tour at the Biederharn Museum & Gardens began with a fascinating story about Coca-Cola’s early days. We learned that the company initially only delivered syrup in glass containers. It was Joe Biedenharn’s ingenious idea to mix the syrup with carbonated water, bottle
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A Day at Black Bayou Lake Our Stay in Monroe, LA Swamps, Alligators, and Cypress Knees We were ready for a day to be entirely surrounded by nature. So we headed to the Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, one of Louisiana’s 23 national wildlife refuges. The first refuge for migratory birds was established by
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