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If you like unusual, out of the
way places,
full of history and a friendly atmosphere, Lawrence and Ada Ruth
Whitmore have just the place for you, the Whoop-N-Holler Museum.
 Lawrence
and Ada Ruth Whitmore's Whoop-N-Holler Museum is located 11 miles north
of Roosevelt, Washington on East Road leading to Bickleton. The rolling
hills and surrounding farmland give no clue to the interesting cache of
curios, antiques and fine artifacts the Whitmores have collected over
the years.
Lawrence has one of the largest antique and classic auto collections in
the state, featuring Model T Fords, pickups, and even an ancient horse
drawn hearse on sled runners. Some of the oldest cars have names now
relegated to the history books, like Maxwell, Edsel, and Studebaker.
  The
Whoop-N-Holler Museum also highlights memorabilia used by area
pioneers. Ask the Whitmores where they got their pipe organ, or about
a particular display, and you'll get a colorful story of the history
of east Klickitat County.
Some of the most valuable pieces have been handed down in the family.
 Mounted
on the wall is the tin bath tub that Lawrence and Ada Ruth used the
first three years they were married. There's the 1926 Studebaker they
courted in and there's a sepia-tinted photograph of a heavily
mustached man with snakes draped around his arms and neck:
"Lawrence's grandfather Churchill and 13 live rattlesnakes,"
according to the caption. Ada Ruth says he often carried snakes
around, and they never bit him.
At the Whoop-N-Holler, you can see everything from hand-carved rock
doll furniture to an electrified metal lunch box-plug it in and it
heats your food.
 The
Whitmore ranch was affectionately named "Whoop-N-Holler"
after the antics of the now-grown children. The place is somewhat
quieter now, except when young visitors discover the museum's play and
picnic area.
The Whoop-N-Holler Closed (509-896-2344).
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