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1. The Great Rabbit Hunt of White Bluffs

   When ammunition ran low during a massive local rabbit drive, hunters resorted to clubs, rocks, and sheer chaos to secure their harvest.

   Jul 18, 1924White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs, Benton CountyStrange But True

2. The Great Rabbit Drive: Blood, Snow, and the Hunt for Sport in Yakima

   Hundreds of men, boys, and ladies converged on a four-mile line to corral hundreds of jackrabbits into a killing field, resulting in more broken bones than dead rabbits.

   Jan 30, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerYakima, Yakima CountyStrange But True

3. The Great Rabbit Invasion of 1897

   Farmers and settlers in the Palouse region faced a desperate agricultural crisis as a massive swarm of rabbits descended upon their fields.

   Jul 29, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerPalouse, Whitman CountyDisasters

4. The Great Rabbit Scourge of 1916

   A brutal winter and lack of food drives starving jackrabbits into the heart of Richland's orchards.

   Feb 10, 1916The Kennewick Courier-ReporterRichland, Benton CountyStrange But True

5. The Great Burbank Rabbit Drive

   Nearly 300 hunters organized a massive cull to clear local agricultural lands, with the bounty destined for charity.

   Jan 7, 1915The Kennewick Courier-ReporterBurbank, Walla Walla CountyStrange But True

6. The Great Richland Rabbit Roundup

   Community members organize a massive drive to protect orchards from an overwhelming pest invasion.

   Sep 30, 1915The Kennewick Courier-ReporterRichland, Benton CountyStrange But True

7. The Great Richland Rabbit Drive

   Citizens and local youth organize a massive, community-wide rabbit hunt to curb the population explosion of jackrabbits in Benton County.

   Aug 27, 1914The Kennewick Courier-ReporterRichland, Benton CountyStrange But True

8. Tragedy in the Rabbit Woods

   A quiet hunting excursion near Fairfax ends in a lethal accident for a local man, leaving his friend in despair.

   Mar 11, 1904The Tacoma TimesFairfax, Pierce CountyDisasters

9. The Great Valley Rabbit Drive

   Valley residents prepare for a mass culling of rabbits, which have devastated local melon fields and gardens.

   Jul 11, 1924White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs, Benton CountyStrange But True

10. The Jackrabbit Plague of Fruitvale

    Farmers in the Fruitvale district are calling for organized rabbit drives as pests devastate alfalfa fields.

    Sep 3, 1914The Kennewick Courier-ReporterRichland, Benton CountyStrange But True

11. The Great Jack Rabbit Roundup

    Over 250 hunters converged on the Two Rivers country for a massive, organized drive against the jack rabbit population.

    Nov 26, 1914The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick, Benton CountyStrange But True

12. 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

13. The Night the Coal Ran: How a Company Outsmarted Strikers with Negro Labor and Winchester Rifles

    In a brazen move to break the Koslyn coal strike, company managers smuggled in replacement workers from Illinois under cover of darkness, escorted by armed deputies who fired through the sleeping village of Seattle.

    Jan 31, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMine No. 1, Roslyn, Kittitas CountyWork & Pay

14. The Great Yakima River Fish War

    Local leaders are locked in a standoff with the state government over salmon rights during food shortages.

    Sep 13, 1917The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick, Benton CountyFollow the Money

15. Six Men Climbed a Smoking Rainier in Midwinter

    When Mount Rainier seemed to erupt in 1894, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sent Maj. E. S. Ingraham and five companions up the Carbon River in deep winter to find out what was really happening.

    Jan 6, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMount Rainier, Pierce CountyStrange But True

16. The Great Finley Coyote Hunt

    When a rabid animal terrorized a local farmyard, the community mobilized with every firearm in their possession to track it down.

    Mar 29, 1917The Kennewick Courier-ReporterFinley, Kennewick, Benton CountyStrange But True

17. A Desperate Encounter Near Bald Butte

    A hunter's brush with death ends in a struggle for survival against wolves.

    Mar 1, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerUniontown, Whitman CountyStrange But True

18. The Desert Blooms: Yakima’s Canal Vision

    A delegation of Tacoma investors returns from Yakima enchanted by the transformation of arid scrubland into flourishing, frost-resistant orchards.

    Feb 25, 1892The Yakima HeraldYakima, Yakima CountyBoom & Bust

19. She Rode 2,000 Miles from Wisconsin to Seattle — Alone, in a Dress

    Emma Larson, a 31-year-old Seattle woman, crossed the continent on horseback with only her mare Kitty for company, sleeping under the stars and going days at a stretch on nothing but water.

    Nov 25, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyLocal Legends · Strange But True

20. Camp Kelpie: A Seattle Hunting Party in the Last Great Bear Country

    In 1895, Seattle sportsmen pitched camp on Hood Canal between the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma rivers and found a wilderness thick with black bear, salmon, and one very unlucky tenderfoot.

    Mar 3, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBrinnon, Jefferson CountyStrange But True

21. The War Effort Shifts to the Orchard

    With food scarcity looming, state extension leaders urge Washington farmers to plant wheat between their fruit trees to combat the national shortage.

    Jan 10, 1918The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick, Benton CountyWork & Pay

22. A Minister Takes a Geologist's Hammer to Genesis

    Rev. Napoleon Hoagland tells a packed hall that the rocks do not show six days of creation, and that reason — not an infallible book — is the believer's best authority.

    Oct 13, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyStrange But True

23. The Night the Chickens Sang Backup: Spokane’s Poultry Show

    Spokane’s annual poultry exhibition drew hundreds of birds, a towering silver trophy, and an orchestra the chickens refused to let finish alone.

    Jan 22, 1898Ranche and RangeSpokane, Spokane CountyStrange But True

24. The Great Wenatchee Maze: Why You Can’t Find Your Own House

    A scathing editorial on July 17, 1905, lambasts the city’s chaotic street naming and lack of house numbers, calling it a 'conundrum' that leaves visitors and locals equally lost.

    Jul 17, 1905The Wenatchee Daily WorldWenatchee, Chelan CountyCity Hall

25. Hunger Drives Coyotes to the Front Porch

    A harsh winter in Benton County leaves wildlife starving and emboldened, leading to strange encounters in White Bluffs.

    May 12, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs, Benton CountyStrange But True

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