Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Charles Edward Maple, known as Charlie Maple, was a journalist, chamber of commerce official, and state parks executive during the second half of the 20th century in the four-state region of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Maple was born in Oklahoma City to Clifford E. and Drusilla Maple. His family moved to Claude in the Texas Panhandle in 1948, and he graduated two years later from Claude High School.