Downtown Silverton has an awesome Bobby the Wonder Dog mural. (photos here: http://www.silvertonian.com/bobby-the-wond…) He was Silverton's most famous resident until Mayor Stu came along!
The really amazing part of the "Bobby the Oregon Wonder Dog" story isn't that he walked 2,000 miles or that he's a dog. But that someone named "Bobby" actually did something worth remembering.
There's surprisingly little information about Bobby in the Oregonian Historical Archive (accessible via the library's website), but an article from 02-12-1928 mentions that he was buried in the Oregon Humane Society's then-new Animal Cemetery, "and so is Jiggs, the bulldog who died of a broken heart."
That's the saddest thing I've ever read! Equally sadly, I could find no more information about Jiggs. Sarah, you're a reporter. Can you dig up more information about the tragic story of Jiggs?
Still, I bet Bobby wouldn't look as fetching in a dress a Stu.
The really amazing part of the "Bobby the Oregon Wonder Dog" story isn't that he walked 2,000 miles or that he's a dog. But that someone named "Bobby" actually did something worth remembering.
That's the saddest thing I've ever read! Equally sadly, I could find no more information about Jiggs. Sarah, you're a reporter. Can you dig up more information about the tragic story of Jiggs?