An eye-popping exhibit at the Winifred Museum captures three generations of everything Tonka with a display of about 3,000 unduplicated toys. They are owned by John and Darleene Thompson. John ...

For years after the Tonka Toys plant shut down in Mound, Lloyd Laumann worked to keep the memory and history of the famous company alive. Laumann, 78, of Waconia, who died Nov. 22 after years of heart ...

DEER LODGE, Mont. — As Santa starts filling orders from youngsters' wish lists, the hottest toys of the season may spark memories of toys past. In our Montana Moment, we visit 'Yesterday's Playthings' ...

It’s perhaps too easy to get all misty-eyed and wistful about the past, especially when it concerns our old toys, but there really is something different about Tonka. Here were tough trucks, cranes, ...

The Ford F-750 Tonka dump truck on July 17 at Science City at Union Station. David Boyce As Stephanie King posed for a picture in front of the Ford F-750 Tonka dump truck in mid-July at Science City, ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) _ A World War II scientist was looking for ways to produce synthetic rubber when, by accident, he invented a classic American toy. The pinkish, stretchy stuff that became known as ...