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Be Kind…Volunteer

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on March 4, 2017 by Meghan DorsettMarch 4, 2017

March is such a good, forceful, energetic verb (and the name of the month), so what better month to focus on volunteerism. March 13th is Good Samaritan Day, although we tend to celebrate things by the week, by the month, and … Continue reading →

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Another calendar attraction (Curiosity Calendar, January 29-February 4)

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on February 3, 2017 by Meghan DorsettFebruary 3, 2017

If you haven’t noticed, American’s love kitsch. Pink Flamingos. Genuine souvenir plates from places like Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. Black velvet paintings of Jesus and Elvis on top of a semi with flames shooting out of the tail pipes. … Continue reading →

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January Geek Week: Physics, Michio Kaku, Lewis Carroll, and Legos.

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on January 24, 2017 by Meghan DorsettJanuary 24, 2017

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Newton! If you have stopped in Whistle Stop Books or the Cambria Toy Station in the last few years, there is a good chance you stopped for a minute and  played with the … Continue reading →

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Inventors All…Automatons, Da Vinci’s Mechanics, and a hint of Steampunk (January 8-14, 2017)

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on January 8, 2017 by Meghan DorsettJanuary 8, 2017

Before robots… Before computers… There were clockmakers… The next time you are driving north through eastern Pennsylvania, add a trip to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and take a look at the Automaton by machinist and clockmaker Henri Maillardet, c. … Continue reading →

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Maps are Us (January 1-7, 2017)

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on December 30, 2016 by Samuel T. MacTavishDecember 30, 2016

In 1562, Diego Gutierrez and Hieronymus Cock created a map of the Spanish Empire for King Phillip II. Gutierrez was a cartographer and cosmographer for the Casa de Contración (a government agency tasked with trying to control Spanish exploration and settlement); Cock … Continue reading →

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Creative Pages:

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on October 30, 2016 by Meghan DorsettOctober 30, 2016

If you have stopped in the Cambria Toy Station, you already know that we are a very small store (although we do manage to pack a lot in to the available space). When we started the shop, we wanted to … Continue reading →

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The Art of Color

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on May 24, 2016 by Meghan DorsettMay 30, 2016

Feeling stressed?  There is a simple solution that will cost you a whole lot less than stress-related medical bills or years of therapy. Try coloring. Go to you local toy store or book store and pick up a coloring book; swing by … Continue reading →

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Colored Chalk

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on May 24, 2016 by Meghan DorsettMay 30, 2016

Disney, best known for magic, had a particular method of magic in Mary Poppins that has always fascinated me…chalk art…sidewalk art…street art. In the movie, Mary Poppins and company fall through the art and into a land where carousel horses … Continue reading →

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The Lowly ABC Block

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on May 24, 2016 by Meghan DorsettMay 30, 2016

My parents didn’t buy me a set of alphabet blocks when I was a kid. They didn’t have to. I played with my mother’s set of blocks, blocks dating from the early 1930s. They were wonderful blocks. In addition to … Continue reading →

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Summer Pastimes

Cambria Toy Station & Whistle Stop Books Posted on May 24, 2016 by Meghan DorsettJune 14, 2016

My grandparents had a large concrete pad behind their house that was routinely marred by chalk from the last snow to the first snow. Hopscotch and foursquare lines in white chalk, lines that had to be redrawn a couple of … Continue reading →

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Important News

We do not buy books and at this time we have no room for contributed books.

Christians Historic Depot

This is where you will find our stores.
630 Depot St. NE
Christiansburg, VA 24073

Help Support the Depot

We are dependent upon your contributions in order to maintain the Historic Depot. It is privately owned and we could manage the upkeep before the railroad increased the rent of the land upon which it sits from $660/yr to $7,300/year.
That has made a huge dent in our maintenance budget.

Please click the depot bldg. below to contribute using PayPal or your credit/debit card.
THIS IS NOT A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION.
Please help if you can.





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