Bobbie the Wonder Dog.

Grave of Bobbie the Wonder Dog

Portland, Oregon

Bobbie was a farm collie who was lost by his owners while they were all on vacation in Wolcott, Indiana. Unfortunately for Bobbie, his family lived 2,500 miles away, in Silverton, Oregon. Everyone figured that it was bye-bye Bobbie. Except for Bobbie. Exactly six months to the day after he was lost -- February 15, 1924 -- he turned up at the family home in Silverton. How he did it, no one could say.

Bobbie became an instant local celebrity, and when he died in 1927 he was buried at the Oregon Humane Society in Portland, behind a white picket fence under the white and red dog house that was given to Bobbie after he returned.

His tombstone, at one time visible inside through the window, now stands to one side of the dog house.

Grave of Bobbie the Wonder Dog

Address:: 1067 NE Columbia Ave., Portland, OR
Directions:: North edge of the city just south of the river. FROM THE SOUTH: I-5 exit 306A, then east one mile on Columbia Blvd. At the corner of 11th Ave. FROM THE NORTH: I-5 exit 307 onto Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. South two miles, then left onto Columbia Blvd for one-half mile. At the corner of Columbia and 11th Ave. The grave is behind the Humane Society building, and can only be reached by walking through the building during business hours.
Phone:: 503-285-SPCA

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November 24, 2009