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These stories from the 1980s and '90s capture fleeting fads, holiday frenzies and some traditional trinkets you may remember - or want to forget.

Heritage Museums & Gardens opens for the season tomorrow on Saturday, April 24, with the extended special exhibit, “Let’s Play! New England Toy Stories” through October 17. What do Monopoly, Erector sets, and cornhusk dolls have in common? They were all produced in New England. This exhibit shares the stories about the people who created these games and toys. Another exhibit, “From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed America” through October 17, presents th...

From Staff Reports Many a young man woke on Christmas morning to find that Santa Claus had left an Erector Set for him under the Christmas tree. The young man’s imagination ran wild as he opened the wooden — or later metal — case with an array of girders, wheels, beams, nuts and bolts (and a motor!). His thoughts were in full bloom as he envisioned building a ferris wheel, a skyscraper, or a “robot.” George Logue was one of those young men. Born Jan. 30, 1927, in Williamsport, Logue ...

12/16/2020 The Catwalk National Recreation Area in the Gila National Forest serves as a testament to man’s ingenuity, tenacity, and engineering acumen. This recreation area provides today’s visitors to the Glenwood River District site with a glimpse into western New Mexico’s mining past of more than a century ago and the natural splendor of a slot river canyon. The Catwalk, as it is commonly known, derives its name from the original plank-board walkway placed atop a three-mile steel pipe...