Rochelle Grant Parish Louisiana

We are currently seeking names and comments from people who once lived at Rochelle. Thie saw mill town was once located on the MOP railroad near Georgetown, LA., about 40 miles north of Alexandria, LA and 60 miles south of Monroe, LA. The mille closed in 1945 and reopened at Joyce ,La., near Winnfield, LA.

By larkjgb at 2008-05-03

Submited by Jayme Berry

I’m not sure if anyone here will be interested in this or not, but me and a friend of mine are just getting into metal detecting. His father was raised in Rochelle (Mr. Jennings). We are planning an excursion to the Rochelle site to see what type of relics we might be able to find left over from the old mill. Whatever we find (if anyone is interested) we would be glad to post pictures of on this site.

Panarama of mill. Click on image to load.

Crew photo

The old black cemetery is located on the right side of us 165 at what was the back of the mill.

You can watch the video on this link at the KALB website.

The photo on the left is a air photo from the 30s. Click on a image to enlarge.

Please upload any photos of Rochelle you would like to share with others. A image upload link has been added to the comment form.

I have compiled a list from all the markers I found in the cemetery it is listed here rochelle-cem.txt

If you know of a unmarked grave please let me know. This info is used by distant relatives that do not know where there grandparents are buried.