Newspaper Articles

The General Store is always in the press. They love to talk about us! The following list is only a small sample of some of the articles you'll find in various local newspapers about Rabbit Hash and the General Store.

MSN CIty Guide - Welcome to Hell (as part of an article about unusually named towns)

February 21, 2008 --  Rabbit Hash, KY and the Rabbit Hash General Store was featured in an article about US towns with unusual names and characteristics. Evidently we keep good company with other places mentioned such as: Hell, Michigan; Hot Coffee, Mississippi.; Toad Suck and Pickles Gap, Arkansas; Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; Tightwad, Missouri; and Chicken, Alaska. 

The Cincinnati Post - Flood of '37 Left Behind Collapsed Buildings, Mud

January 15, 2007 -- The flooded area completely covered Silver Grove, Melbourne, Brent, and Rabbit Hash, Ky. One local farmer, Frank Rouse, wrote in his diary, "Rabbit Hash washed off of the map." This turned out to be a slight exaggeration. The Rabbit Hash General Store had survived, though it was completely covered by water. Read the article.

The Enquirer - Davis to Recognize Rabbit Hash Store
December 6, 2006 -- Rep. Geoff Davis will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Rabbit Hash General Store during a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives at 10 a.m. today. Read the article.

The Cincinnati Post - Preservation Prize Has Ironic Twist
November 25, 2006 -- It might seem ironic that the Cincinnati Preservation Association awarded its individual achievement award this year to a Northern Kentuckian who hated history class while attending college. Read the article.

The Enquirer - It's Donkey Against Pig for Rabbit Hash Mayor
September 3, 2004 -- This 3.5-acre town along the Ohio River has been without a mayor since Goofy the dog died, but that's about to change. Read the article.

The Kentucky Post - Film Tries to Capture Charm of Rabbit Hash
March 23, 2004 --  The little community along the Ohio River in Boone County could be a star some day soon in Tinsel Town. Rabbit Hash, a Boone County hamlet long celebrated for its picturesque setting and its colorful characters, is the subject of a new 80-minute feature that a Los Angeles writer/producer is trying to sell to Hollywood. Read the article.

Movie puts Rabbit Hash in spotlight
March 22, 2004 --  The Ohio River hamlet known as Rabbit Hash could be going Hollywood. The town's offbeat history - from early settlers eating rabbits to a 19th-century general store open to this day, to electing a dog as mayor - has become the subject of a documentary film called Rabbit Hash: The Center of the Universe. Read the article.

The Enquirer - Residents Watch Safely as Flood Engulfs Business Area
March 6, 1997 -- A lot of folks have stopped by the Rabbit Hash General Store this week, but nobody has bought a thing. Visitors have come only to gawk at the flood water engulfing the tiny rural community's several buildings that are grouped together on Lower River Road near the Ohio River in western Boone County. Read the article.

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