Missing America’s Pastime: The Community of Sport

May 6, 2020

Story by Roger Moore It was a random Wednesday – or so it seemed. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz had completed warm-ups and were ready to tip-off in a National Basketball Association contest […]

From the Editor (July 2019)

July 1, 2019

by Ammie Bryant As we enter Stillwater Living Magazine’s sixteenth year, I want to take the opportunity to thank our readers and advertisers for their continuing loyalty and support. Each of you is an integral […]

Finding a room at the inn

January 11, 2018

Story by Roger Moore There was a time, not too long ago actually, when finding a hotel room in Stillwater required plenty of advanced planning. But in 2018, it seems, much like the frequency of […]

While waiting at a traffic light ….

August 10, 2017

Story by Roger Moore, photos courtesy of the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History For much of the summer, motorists entering Stillwater from the east on Highway 51 experienced a delay or two due to a […]

Historic Stillwater at the Movies

July 5, 2017

Story by Roger Moore A small boy, bored while his mother shops in Depression-era downtown Stillwater, meanders up and down Main Street. Something catches his eye as he walks by an older building with a […]

Grand Opera House Returns

February 14, 2017

Story and Photos provided by Roger Moore, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Director If the walls at 116 East Ninth Avenue could talk, they would tell stories of fireworks from the roof, hypnotists, theatre groups […]

G.I.s and the Growth of Stillwater in the Late 1940s

October 17, 2016

Story by Roger Moore, Director of Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History Photos Courtesy of OSU Library Special Collections and University Archives Seventy years ago in the immediate aftermath of World War II, Stillwater and Oklahoma […]

New Leadership for Local History

July 13, 2016

Story provided by Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History The Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History welcomes new leadership this month as Roger Moore takes over as the Director of the facility. Moore is a Stillwater native […]