Doug Houser

Retired autoworker. Maplewood resident since 1975. Advocate of the Arts and Historic Preservation.

Perhaps it is because this is the very coldest time of the year for us that this previous post came to mind? This is...

As the long-time historian of our small town, Maplewood MO, the unfamiliar might think that I have to dig hard to keep coming up...

About two years ago, cancer took the life of a joyful and wonderful person. She was a former Maplewoodian named Nancy Fennell Hawkins. Her...

A tintype of Samuel F. Silence from 1870. Samuel Fisher Silence was the father of Charles S. Silence who was featured in an earlier post. ...

Dear Readers, A while back, for a decade or so, Esley Hamilton (the historian working out of the St. Louis County Parks Dept., now retired)...

This is a reshare (new word for me) of an annual Maplewood event that my wife and I and many others enjoy. You've still...

The following post is 100% AI free. I have known for 23 years or so that someone with the last name Silence was somehow connected...

It is Halloween once again. No new ghosts have been reported in the past year. That's either good news or bad depending on your...

A Tale of Two Albums - Part Seven Summer is a distraction from my self-appointed position as historian of Maplewood. Long hours of daylight, the...

Apologies to Ray Charles. Nine years ago, I posted a six part series called Let’s Go Get Stoned! Even though fall isn’t here yet, it...

Every year since 2012, except this one (due to a frozen pipe), I have produced a composite image of historic Maplewood photographs to be...

The subject of our train stations is always popular. Here is another summer rerun that you latecomers may enjoy and my regular followers might...

And sparked our interest in Route 66! An Appreciation of Elmer Wind Jr Elmer Wind Jr was born in the upstairs living quarters of the building...

Here is another summer rerun. I first ran this post in 2016. I think you'll enjoy having another look at it. The Hawaiian Swim Team...

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