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Toonerville Trolley
Toonerville may refer to: * Toonerville Folks, a 20th-century comic strip * Toonerville, Colorado Toonerville is an unincorporated community in Bent County, Colorado, in the United States. History The community was named after ''Toonerville Folks ''Toonerville Folks'' ( ''The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains'') was a popular new ..., an unincorporated community * Toonerville, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Toonerville, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Toonerville, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toonerville Folks
''Toonerville Folks'' ( ''The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains'') was a popular newspaper cartoon feature by Fontaine Fox, which ran from 1908 to 1955. It began in 1908 in the ''Chicago Post'', and by 1913, it was syndicated nationally by the Wheeler Syndicate. From the 1930s on, it was distributed by the McNaught Syndicate. Characters and story The single-panel gag cartoon (with longer-form comics on Sunday) was a daily look at Toonerville, situated in what are now called the suburbs. Central to the strip was the rickety little trolley called the "Toonerville Trolley that met all the trains", driven in a frenzy by the grizzly old Skipper to meet each commuter train as it arrived in town. A few of the many richly formed characters included Suitcase Simpson, Mickey McGuire, the Powerful Katrinka, the Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang, Aunt Eppie Hogg, Little Woo-Woo Wortle, The Little Scorpions, and "Stinky" Davis. Origin Fox described the inspiration for the cartoon series i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toonerville, Colorado
Toonerville is an unincorporated community in Bent County, Colorado, in the United States. History The community was named after ''Toonerville Folks ''Toonerville Folks'' ( ''The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains'') was a popular newspaper cartoon feature by Fontaine Fox, which ran from 1908 to 1955. It began in 1908 in the ''Chicago Post'', and by 1913, it was syndicated national ...'', a comic strip. References Unincorporated communities in Bent County, Colorado Unincorporated communities in Colorado {{Colorado-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toonerville, Kentucky
Toonerville is an unincorporated community in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It in located in United States - some 301 mi (or 485 km) West of Washington, the country's capital. It is part of a bigger unincorporated community called Mouthcard History The community was named after ''Toonerville Folks ''Toonerville Folks'' ( ''The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains'') was a popular newspaper cartoon feature by Fontaine Fox, which ran from 1908 to 1955. It began in 1908 in the ''Chicago Post'', and by 1913, it was syndicated nationall ...'', a comic strip. References Unincorporated communities in Pike County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{PikeCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toonerville, Missouri
Toonerville is an unincorporated community in St. Charles County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Toonerville has its start as a roadside gas station whose owner included the image of a popular comic in his sign. The community was named after ''Toonerville Folks'', a comic strip. In the 1930s, Weldon Spring was isolated from the greater St. Louis area due to the Missouri River. Three towns: Hamburg, Howell, and Toonerville, were connections to the outside world as the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroads had stops in Hamburg. Southern St. Charles county gained direct access to the St. Louis area because of the completion of the Daniel Boone Bridge in 1937. Locals had intended this project to increase opportunities for the county, however it gave the U.S. Army an area in rural Missouri, to develop weapons for the anticipated WWII. Before the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army wanted to utilize an isolated spot to develop explosive weapons such as TNT and DNT explosive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
