Woodchuck Mayhem: The Rodent War of La Porte County

In the late 19th century, the small town of La Porte County, Indiana, was plagued by a peculiar crime wave. The culprit? A seemingly innocuous rodent known as the woodchuck. Between 1883 and 1886, these furry critters wreaked havoc on the local farmland, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. The damage was so extensive that the county officials were forced to offer a bounty of twenty cents per scalp to encourage residents to take up arms against the marauding woodchucks.