Maplewood History: The Bruno Farm
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John Baptiste Bruno once had a farm adjacent to and just north of James Sutton’s. Lucky for us area historian, Esley Hamilton had done his homework on this one.
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John Baptiste Bruno once had a farm adjacent to and just north of James Sutton’s. Lucky for us area historian, Esley Hamilton had done his homework on this one.
In 2008, I produced a book for the 100th anniversary of the founding of our town called The First 100 Years, Maplewood, MO. It was a fundraiser for the Maplewood Community Betterment Foundation. Still is. If you would like a copy of that book, you can pick one up at Scheidt Hardware (True Value to those of you recently arrived) at 7320 Manchester. I don’t know what they get for one nowadays.
The business offering cooking classes from beginner to gourmet, Kitchen Conservatory, is moving from Clayton to a new location in Brentwood on Manchester Road — the location of the now demolished Brentwood Lanes and the smaller contiguous lot to the west.
Now for something completely different.
More stunning photos from the collection of Laura Varilek
We’ve struck another vein of gold in the mountain of historic Maplewood photographs.
Let’s try this again. The first post has evaporated somehow. I’m thankful that it was just this one. Most of my posts I have copied and pasted into PDFs but I am way behind. Hopefully having to redo this one will inspire me to keep up with the task.
Maplewood city council member, Shana Jones announced on Facebook, Sept. 23, that she was stepping down from the council.
In my neighborhood, the Shields subdivision in south Maplewood, a couple of 12 foot tall skeletons have been up for quite awhile now. They preceded the yard inflatables. Not sure why. They seem to be the cutting edge in Halloween decorations this year. Perhaps the owners just want them to get maximum air time?
A Maplewood resident reports that around 9:30 Wednesday morning a street crew at Piccadilly Avenue and Oxford Boulevard chopped through a large bundle of fiber optic cable providing Internet service for AT&T customers.