Appalachian History

How Tinkertoys got started

Construction toys of the early 20th century helped kids learn by exercising what we now think of as “spatial intelligence.”

We open today’s show with the tale of how Aaron Burr, former Vice President of the United States, hatched a plan to form a new country.

Most folks don’t know anything about an Appalachian Shivaree, but it is not something a groom wants to face on his first night of marriage.

They armed themselves with wooden mauls to meet the meal man. He was unwilling to allow them an early portion. Aunt Sally drew her heavy maul.

An excerpt from Michael Abraham’s newly published “Harmonic Highways; Motorcycling Virginia’s Crooked Road.”