Toonerville Trolley Accidents in Pelham Manor

To this day Pelhamites chuckle fondly when they reminisce about the tiny little Pelham Manor Trolley that met all the trains and that inspired cartoonist Fontaine Fox to create the "Toonerville Trolley" that also met all the trains as part of the long-running comic "Toonerville Folks." Though the Pelham Manor trolley made its final run in 1937, more than eighty years later most residents of Pelham know of the trolley and the role it played in inspiring Fontaine Fox.

News of Pelham Published February 12, 1875

... of publication. In its earliest days, the newspaper occasionally carried news of Pelham. In those early days, Pelham Manor had not been settled much. The settlement of Pelhamville was tiny and, as one might expected, generated little interest or ...