Hodag (Rhinelander)

    There is nothing like taking due precautions when a man goes into the wilderness; how can he tell but that bears, wolves, hyenas, wild cats, catamounts, lynx and hodags might bo encountered on every street. Such wild beasts have, however, been banished by ordinance of the city dads, and if any such invade the streets, the police officers will arrest them on an habeas corpus, so visitors need have no fears. In Alpena's streets they are safe from all wild animals — dogs alone excepted.

  1. 1884-09-24 No title [Part 1] [Part 2] Alpena Weekly Argus (Alpena, MI), p. 3 Chronicling America

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  2. 1889-11-16 That terrible Hodag againThe Arkansaw Traveler (Little Rock, AR), p. 10

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    The Hodag was sick

  3. 1889-11-16 No title The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), p. 3

  4. 1889-11-17 The Hodag was sick The Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA), p. 10 Chronicling America

  5. 1889-11-18 The Hodag was sick The Morning News (Savannah, GA), p. 4 Chronicling America

  6. 1889-11-18 The Hodag was sick The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN), p. 6

  7. 1889-11-18 He forgave him The Times (Philadelphia, PA), p. 3

  8. 1889-11-18 The Hodag was sick Buffalo Courier (Buffalo, NY), p. 3

  9. 1889-11-21 The Hodag was sick Burlington Daily Free Press (Burlington, VT), p. 7

  10. 1889-11-21 The Hodag was sick St. Johnsbury Republican (St. Johnsbury, VT), p. 1

  11. 1889-11-23 The Hodag was sick The Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, MT), p. 8

  12. 1889-11-24 The Hodag was sick [Part 1] [Part 2] The Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA), p. 1

  13. 1889-11-28 No title The Palmyra Spectator (Palmyra, MT), p. 1

  14. 1889-11-28 The Hodag was sick The Parsons Sun (Parsons, KS), p. 2

  15. 1889-11-28 Missed part of the show The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT), p. 9

  16. 1889-11-29 The Hodag was sick Hutchinson Daily News (Hutchinson, KS), p. 3

  17. 1889-11-29 A countryman who had not seen the show exit San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA), p. 6

  18. 1889-11-30 The Hodag was sick The Whiting Weekly News (Whiting, KS), p. 7

  19. 1889-11-30 The Hodag was sick Mills' Weekly World (Altamont, KS), p. 6

  20. 1889-11-30 The Hodag was sick Yates Center Tribune (Yates Center, KS), p. 8

  21. 1889-12-05 The Hodag was sick Indian Journal (Eufaula, IT), p. 6

  22. 1889-12-05 The Hodag was sick The Bryan Eagle (Bryan, TX), p. 2

  23. 1889-12-07 The Hodag was sick Nemaha County Republican (Sabetha, KS), p. 2

  24. 1889-12-08 No title [Part 1] [Part 2] Sunday Express (Buffalo, NY), p. 12

  25. 1889-12-10 The Hodag was sick The Daily Free Press (Marysville, KS), p. 3

  26. 1889-12-12 The Hodag was sick The Juniata Herald (Juniata, NE), p. 4

  27. 1889-12-13 The Hodag was sick Arlington Democrat (Arlington, NE), p. 3

  28. 1889-12-13 The Hodag was sick The Pioneer Express (Pembina, ND), p. 1

  29. 1889-12-14 The Hodag was sick The Eddy Argus (Eddy , NM), p. 3

  30. 1889-12-14 The Hodag was sick The Indian Citizen (Atoka, IT), p. 6

  31. 1889-12-14 The Hodag was sick The Oakdale Sentinel (Oakdale, NE), p. 4

  32. 1889-12-15 Too much of a hurry The Morning Star (Wilmington, NC), p. 4

  33. 1889-12-19 The Hodag was sick The Wahpeton Times (Wahpeton, ND), p. 7 Chronicling America

  34. 1889-12-19 The Hodag was sick The Owensboro Daily Messenger (Owensboro, KY), p. 2

  35. 1889-12-20 Too much of a hurry The Weekly Star (Wilmington, NC), p. 4

  36. 1889-12-22 He saw no Hodag Sacramento Sunday Union (Sacramento, CA), p. 2 Chronicling America

  37. 1889-12-23 The Hodag was sick Rock Island Daily Argus (Rock Island, IL), p. 4 Chronicling America

  38. 1889-12-23 The Hodag was sick Rock Island Daily Argus (Rock Island, IL), p. 4

  39. 1889-12-26 The Hodag was sick The Pick and Gad (Shullsburg, WI), p. 7

  40. 1989-12-26 The Hodag was sick The Sterling Standard (Sterling, IL), p. 7

  41. 1890-01-02 The Hodag was sick The Osage City Free Press (Osage City, KS), p. 3

  42. 1890-01-02 The Hodag was sick The Landmark (White River Junction, VT), p. 2

  43. 1890- 01-04 The Hodag was sick Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), p. 5

  44. 1890- 01-09 The Hodag was sick The Malvern Leader (Malvern, IA), p. 3

  45. 1890-01-17 The Hodag was sick Keith County News (Ogallala, NE), p. 5

  46. 1890-01-23 The Hodag was sick Minneapolis Messenger (Minneapolis, KS), p. 5

  47. 1890-01-23 The Hodag was sick Ness City Times (Ness City, KS), p. 6

  48. 1890-01-24 The Hodag was sick Jewell County Republican (Jewell City, KS), p. 6

  49. 1890-02-01 The Hodag was sick The Herald (Eagle, NE), p. 2

  50. 1890-03-01 The Hodag was sick The Gaily Free Press (Marysville, KS), p. 3

  51. 1890-03-03 The Hodag was sick The Gaily Free Press (Marysville, KS), p. 3

  52. 1890-05-04 The Hodag was sick Sunday Morning News (Jersey City, NJ), p. 5

  53. 1892-11-10 Better than the Hodag [Part 1] [Part 2] The Manchester Journal (Manchester, VT), p. 1

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    How it was played on dad

  54. 1892-06-10 How it was played on dad The Canton Press (Canton, MO), p. 1

  55. 1892-07-18 How it was played on dad South Omaha Daily Stockman (Omaha, NE), p. 3

  56. 1892-07-20 How it was played on dad Our Mountain Home (Talladega, AL), p. 7

  57. 1892-07-26 How it was played on dad The Daily Yellowstone Journal (Miles City, MT), p. 1 Chronicling America

  58. 1892-07-29 How it was played on dad The Nortonville News (Nortonville, KS), p. 5

  59. 1892-08-01 How it was played on dad Evening Capital Journal (Salem, OR), p. 1 Chronicling America

  60. 1892-08-03 How it was played on dad Queen City Mail (Spearfish, SD), p. 4

  61. 1892-08-05 How it was played on dad Buffalo County Beacon (Gibbon, NE), p. 8

  62. 1892-08-31 How it was played on dad The Hartford Harold (Hartford, KY), p. 4 Chronicling America

  63. 1892-09-16 How it was played on dad New Washington Herald (New Washington, OH), p. 3

  64. 1892-09-08 How it was played on dad The Lima Daily Times (Lima, OH), p. 5

  65. 1892-10-12 How it was played on dad Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ), p. 1 Chronicling America

  66. 1892-11-25 A joke on dad Ferndale Enterprise (Ferndale, CA), p. 7

  67. 1892-12-10 How it was played on dad Elmore Bulletin (Mountain Home, ID), p. 1 Chronicling America

  68. 1892-12-22 How it was played on dad Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), p. 1

  69. 1892-12-22 How it was played on dad Arizona Weekly Star (Tucson, AZ), p. 1

  70. 1893-01-07 How it was played on dad The Hutchinson Times (Hutchinson, KS), p. 8

  71. 1893-01-07 How it was played on dad Weekly Interior Herald (Hutchinson, KS), p. 8

  72. 1893-01-11 How it was played on dad [Part 1] [Part 2] The Public Ledger (Memphis, TN), p. 2

  73. 1895-01-11 All is well that ends well Weekly Graphic (Kirksville, MO), p. 1 Chronicling America

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  74. 1893-10-22 A Wisconsin Valley Hodag The Sunday Leader and Weekly Edition (Eau Claire, WI), p. 4

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    1893-10-28 Capture of a Hodag The New North (Rhinelander, WI), p. 2

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  75. 1893-12-17 No title The Sunday Leader and Weekly Edition (Eau Claire, WI), p. 12

  76. 1894-01-14 No title The Sunday Leader and Weekly Edition (Eau Claire, WI), p. 3

  77. 1894-01-18 The Hodag haulerThe New North (Rhinelander, WI), p. 1

  78. 1894-02-23 No title The Little Falls Transcript (Little Falls, MN), p. 3

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    The history of the American Spotted Hodag

  79. 1896-03-28 No title The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune (Centralia, WI), p. 8
    What has become of the Centralia Lumber Co. 'a spotted hodag? We miss its inspiring presence. Did it get away or has it died a natural death and being the last of its kind, is the species now extinct? If it died a natural death accept our heartfelt sympathy in this the hour of your affliction.

    1897-10-23 No title The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune (Centralia, WI), p. 8
    1897-10-23 No title The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune (Centralia, WI), p. 8

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    1896-10-26 Here is the Hodag The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), p. 10

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    Monster with many horns


    1897-02-07 Monster with many horns [Part 1] [Part 2] [Illustration] The Sunday Chronicle (Chicago, IL), p. 31

  80. 1897-02-19 The Black Hodag from Wisconsin Wilkes-Barre Times (Wilkes-Barre, PA), p. 7

  81. 1897-03-07 A monster with many horns The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), p. 30
  82. 1900-07-12 Monster with many horns [Part 1] [Part 2] Northern Wisconsin Advertiser (Wabeno, WI)m p. 1 Chronicling America

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  83. 1896-10-01 No title The New North (Rhinelander, WI), p. 1

  84. 1896-10-14 No title Livingston Republican (Howell, MI), p. 8
  85. 1896-11-12 A day with the kid [Clipping] The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), p. 10

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  86. 1897-02-05 No title The Wayne Democrat (Wayne, NE), p. 8
  87. 1897-02-12 No title Battle Creek Enterprise (Battle Creek, NE), p. 3

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  88. 1899-02-02 No title Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), p. 2

  89. 1897-02-12 Captured a Hodag The Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, WS), p. 3

  90. 1897-02-19 The Black Hodag from Wisconsin Wilkes-Barre Times (Wilkes-Barre, PA), p. 7

  91. 1897-02-21 The Hodag, A monster with many horns The Examiner (San Francisco, CA), p. 32

  92. 1897-05-14 A Hodag The Hamilton County Ledger (Noblesville, IN), p. 1

  93. 1898-07-26 No title The Atchison Daily Globe (Atchison, KS), p. 4
  94. 1898-09-29 No title The New North (Rhinelander, WI), p. 1
  95. 1898-09-29 No title The New North (Rhinelander, WI), p. 1

  96. 1899-09-25 Toney enterprise Vilas County News (Eagle River, WI), p. 5

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    A Hodag

  97. 1900-06-07 A Hodag The Bemidji Pioneer (Bemidji, MN), p. 3 Chronicling America

  98. 1900-07-19 No title The Bemidji Pioneer (Bemidji, MN), p. 3 Chronicling America

  99. 1900-07-19 No title The Bemidji Pioneer (Bemidji, MN), p. 3 Chronicling America

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  100. 1930-08-14 Claim Hodags in Arizona The New North (Rhinelander, WI), p. 4

  101. 1902-10-07 Imitation fables Wausau Pilot (Wausau, WI), p.1

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  102. 1913-02-05 A Bit 'O Nothin' The Vilas County News (Eagle River, WI), p. 5 Geneaology Bank

  103. 1913-02-12 A Bit 'O Nothin' The Vilas County News (Eagle River, WI), p. 5 Geneaology Bank

  104. 1913-02-13 Will also raise Hodags The New North ((Rhinelander, WI), p. 2

  105. 1913-03-26 Feed him to the Hodags [Part 1] [Part 2] The Vilas County News (Eagle River, WI), p. 5 Geneaology Bank [Part 2]

  106. 1913-04-30 “Judge” won medal The Vilas County News (Eagle River, WI), p. 4

  107. 1913-06-25 A Bit 'O Nothin' The Vilas County News (Eagle River, WI), p. 4 Geneaology Bank

  108. 1913-07-23 A Bit 'O Nothin' The Vilas County News (Eagle River, WI), p. 5 Geneaology Bank

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  109. 1915-05-23 Wisconsin Hodag exposed as hoax The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), p. 10 Geneaology Bank
  110. 1915-05-23 Wisconsin Hodag exposed as hoax The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), p. 10

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  111. 1944-11-24 Out of the woods by James Stevens Eugene Guard-Register (Eugene, OR), p. 4

  112. 1932-06-28 Discovery here of Hodag recalled The Rhinelander Daily News (Rhinelander, WI), p. 12
  113. 1952-08-02 Men needed to capture Hodag The Rhinelander Daily News (Rhinelander, WI), p. 2

  114. 1960-07-16 Kennedy prizes his Hodag gift The Rhinelander Daily News, p. 3

    Hodag Tall Tales (Hodag Liars) Contest, Rhinelander Daily News

  115. 1984-05-01 Whose Hodag is it? Winona Daily News (Winona, MN), p. 12
  116. 1997-04-12 Mythical beast born of prankster's wit Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, WI), p. 3A

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    Cultural Impact

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    Shcp's Hodag promises to become a national character. They want It at the annual Hoo-Hoo concatenation in Memphis next week.

    1896-09-03 No title The New North (Rhinelander, WI), p. 4

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    E. S. Sheppard of Rhlnelander, the man who became famous because he discovered the animal known as the hodag, Is ii the city visiting friends.

    1899-07-25 No title The Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI)m p. 2

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  117. 1898-11-05A thriving town Minneapolis Times (Minneapolis, MI), p. 9

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    The mayor said he regarded the aldermen as the "head posh" and one of the aldermen, he saidl, resided in the vicinity of the viaducts. This little rebuke wan the result of Mr. Smith's remark that the approaches looked worse than "Shep's" Hodag.

    1899-11-16 No title [Part 1] [Part 2] [Clipping] The New North (Rhinelander, WI), pp. 1 & 9

  118. 1900-02-01 No title Eagle River review (Eagle River, WI), p. 1

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    Hodag Cos.

  119. 1906-01-04 Stevens Point’s mayor talks Wood County Reporter (Grand Rapids, WI), p. 2

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    Hodag Holidays

  120. 1972-06-22 Hodag makes 'holiday' official The Rhinelander Daily News (Rhinelander, WI), p. 1

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    Hodag Snipe Hunt

  121. 1922-04-02 Spring camp is scout magnet [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), p. 4-8

  122. 1958-02-27 Area scouts attend weekend winter camp [Part 1] [Part 2] The Brockway Record (Brockway, PA), p. 1

    Food

  123. 2012-11-30 Cheezheadz in Peoria loves its Packer backers The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), p. Z22

    miscellaneous

  124. 1915-07-06 Got somebody's Goat The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), p. 3 Geneaology Bank
  125. 1915-07-06 Got somebody's Goat The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), p. 3

    Politics

  126. 1915-09-06 A new party The Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ), p. 2 Geneaology Bank
  127. 1915-09-06 A new party The Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ), p. 2

    State Mythical Beast

  128. 1993-12-01 Watch out for Hodag The Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ), p. B7

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  129. 1989-04-13 Ad The Daily Press (Escanaba, MI), p. 6
  130. 1969-11-20 Chippewa High debate teams bring home trophies Chippewa Herald-Telegram (Chippewa Falls, WI), p. 6
  131. 1981-07-28 Gin mill wins title in Rhinelander tourney Herald-Times-Reporter (Manitowoc, WI), p. 13
  132. 1988-05-25 Rhinelander is home to the Hodag The Reporter (Fond du Lac, WI), p. 2-12