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1. The Boy Who Ran Away with His Dog

   A nine-year-old runaway and his loyal canine companion are locked in a jail cell after a brief, desperate spree of petty theft.

   Jun 25, 1904The Tacoma TimesPacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

2. The Trial of the $12,000 Yellow Dog

   A vicious canine’s habit of biting pedestrians leads to a massive civil lawsuit that leaves a judge weighing the legal definition of a trespasser.

   Oct 29, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyStrange But True

3. The Tragic End of a Wishkah River Dog

   A local Aberdeen canine displays an unsettling, deliberate act of self-destruction in a town where human-interest stories often took a dark turn.

   Sep 20, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyStrange But True

4. The War on Stray Dogs at Wright Park

   Park commissioners order police to shoot all canines found loose in the city's green space.

   Jun 21, 1904The Tacoma TimesWright Park, Tacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

5. The Battle of the West End

   Neighbors in Tacoma's West End are calling for city intervention after a wave of poisonings fails to curb the local dog population.

   Apr 27, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

6. Vengeance at the Dog Show

   A Fox Island rancher executes a bloodhound on the streets of Tacoma to avenge his wife's previous injury.

   Apr 28, 1909The Tacoma TimesYakima Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

7. The Bread Wrapping War: Tacoma Women Take On City Hall

   With 1,500 club members, city doctors and a health inspector behind them, Tacoma women demand that bakery bread be wrapped—and that dogs be barred from groceries.

   Feb 15, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

8. The Judge, The Dog, and the Mystery of the Missing Pet

   A Tacoma judge’s peaceful afternoon nap is interrupted by a miraculous reunion with his beloved terrier, who vanished months ago.

   Jun 10, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

9. Children Buried Alive in Snow Slide

   A faithful dog saves four children after a massive snow slide in Antelope Valley leaves them buried beneath the drifts.

   Mar 2, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyDisasters

10. The Dog Who Drowned Twice: A Seattle Tragedy in the Slip

    A large black Newfoundland met a bizarre and fatal end at Stone & Wharf last week, plunging into the water twice in a spasm of terror before being rescued by witnesses.

    Sep 14, 1876The Daily IntelligencerCommercial Street, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

11. The Sad End of Seattle's National Symbol

    An American eagle, formerly an ornamental storefront display, escaped into the streets of Seattle, only to meet a tragic fate at the hands of those who couldn't handle its fierce independence.

    Jan 7, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerYesler Way, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

12. The Electric Gate: An Olympia Father Declares War on Front-Gate Courting

    A gadget-minded Eastside householder wires his front gate to deliver a jolt to lally-gagging sweethearts — and proves it first on an unwitting dog and a cabbage-loving cow.

    Nov 18, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyStrange But True

13. The Faithful Mourner of Front Street

    A beloved local dog known for attending every funeral in the city passes away.

    Nov 12, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

14. The Trial of Prince the Dog

    A Seattle jailhouse standoff erupts when two men both claim ownership of a local canine, forcing a judge to decide who the dog really belongs to.

    Oct 14, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerCounty Jail, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

15. Trapped by the Tide on the Road to Queets

    In 1892, poet Herbert Bashford joined a camping party for a walk up Washington’s wild Olympic coast—and found the rising tide more dangerous than any highwayman.

    Jul 24, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerQueets, Grays Harbor CountyStrange But True

16. Two Tacoma Papers Go to War Over a Bank Blackmail Charge

    The Ledger accuses the News of shaking down local banks, both dailies dare each other to sue for libel, and the insults turn spectacularly personal.

    Mar 28, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Scandal

17. Dog Poisoner Terrifies Everett Neighborhood

    Local pets are dying after a series of cruel attacks in the south end of Everett, prompting a police investigation.

    Sep 26, 1924White Bluffs SpokesmanEverett, Snohomish CountyTrue Crime

18. The Hero of the Smalley Home

    A family bulldog loses its life defending its mistress from a rabid dog, exposing a community crisis over local muzzle laws.

    Jan 18, 1917The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick, Benton CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

19. A Thousand Dogs for the Klondike

    A Seattle syndicate imported stray dogs by the carload from Chicago, trained them to haul gold-rush supplies, and kenneled the pack in an abandoned brickyard.

    Nov 18, 1897Ranche and RangeSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

20. The Dog Who Defied Gravity (and the Mayor)

    A canine visitor to Seattle’s Tremont Hotel proves that while political patronage is hard to shake, a dog’s instinct for self-preservation is stronger.

    Apr 20, 1877The Daily IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

21. The City Council's Dog Catching Dilemma

    Seattle's municipal politics get messy as aldermen debate the ethics of canine control and the cost of public service.

    Apr 30, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

22. The Great White Bluffs Dog Panic of 1907

    A stray cur triggered a frantic scramble for safety, sending townspeople up ridge poles and onto the riverboats.

    Aug 17, 1923White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs, Benton CountyStrange But True

23. City Marshal Vows to Clear Streets of Unlicensed Dogs

    Marshal C. E. Copeland warns Kennewick dog owners that their pets will face the 'bone yard' if license fees aren't paid by July 1.

    Jun 11, 1914The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick, Benton CountyCity Hall

24. When the Prey Fights Back

    A hunter discovers an unusually aggressive colony of rabbits in Whatcom County.

    Aug 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBellingham, Whatcom CountyStrange But True

25. The High-Stakes Weekend Hunt at Lake Washington

    A Saturday excursion for deer turned into a chaotic, hilarious, and ultimately bloody race for glory on the lake in 1885.

    Oct 3, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerLake Washington, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

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