Roselle looked ordinary from the road, which is usually when a place is easiest to underestimate.

Union County keeps a lot of its memory in street names, rail crossings, old storefront shapes, and the odd bend of traffic.

I try not to make big claims without doing the work. Still, a person can notice how the past keeps showing up in practical things.

Some history sits in books. Some of it waits at the corner while everyone is trying to make the light.