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Alaska yukon pacific Exposition,
Seattle, WA
Scenic Railway - 1909-1909
Columbia Gardens, Butte, MT
Roller Coaster - 1906-1974
Council Crest, Portland, OR
Scenic Railway - 1905-1926
gayway park, seaside, OR
Roller Coaster - 1953-1983?
Wild Mouse - 1953?-1983?
gayway/Fun Forest, Seattle, WA
Broadway Trip - 1962-1962
Wild Mouse - 1962-1964
Wild Mouse - 1965-1971
Happyland, Vancouver, BC
Giant Dipper - 1925-1947
Baby Dipper - 1928-1944
Hastings park, Vancouver, BC
Coaster (Dip The Dips) - 1915-1924
Jantzen Beach, Portland, OR
Big Dipper - 1928-1970
Whirlwind - 1929-195?
julia davis fun depot, boise, id
Mad Mouse - 1991-2002
Lotus Isle, Portland, OR
Alpine Scenic Railway - 1930-1931
Luna Park, Seattle, WA
Great Figure 8 - 1905-1913
Nat Park, Spokane, WA
Figure 8/Scenic Railway - 1905-1919
Jack Rabbit - 1920-1968
Oaks Park, Portland, OR
Scenic Railway - 19?-19?
Figure 8 - 1905?-19?
Zip - 1927-1934
Mad Mouse - 1959-1976?
Monster Mouse - 1977-1994
Playland, Coeur d'Alene, ID
Kiddie Coaster - 1942-1974
Playland, Seattle, WA
Dipper - 1930-1961
Playland, Vancouver, BC
Little Dipper - 1958-197?
Mad Mouse - 1958-1964?
Monster Mouse - 1965-1971?
Super Big Gulp - 1972-1994
Wild Mouse - 1979-2008
puyallup fair, puyallup, wa
Mad Mouse - 195?-196?
Mad Mouse - 196?-197?
(Both coasters no longer run at fair)
Santafair, federal way, wa
Stratoboggan - 1961-1973
(Later operated at Puyallup Fair as
Mad Mouse)
Stanley Park , Vancouver, BC
Dips - 1913-1923?
White City, Bellingham, Wa
Roller Coaster - 1906-1912
White City, Seattle, WA
Roller Coaster - 1908-1912
White City, Vancouver, bc
Dips - 1926-19?
(Operated at Hastings Park)
Jack Rabbit, Natatorium Park, Spokane, WA
 Jack Rabbit profile |
 Riders on Jack Rabbit |
The Jack Rabbit (pictured above), was a John Miller design and opened in 1920 and replaced the Figure 8/Scenic Railway coaster. For 10 cents you could have "the ride of your life" on the Jack Rabbit.
Jack Rabbit was described by some fans as Natatorium's best ride. In the book Dear Old Nat..Spokane's Playground, a detailed description of the ride is outlined:
"The ride went something like this:
Thrill seekers enter a building, where they climb into cars set on a metal track - six people to a car, two or three cars to each train. "The brake is released, the car starts rolling, turns left into a tunnel, picks up speed...faster and faster, then bang! It cracks to the left and out of the tunnel!" says Mark Blumhagen. From there, the train engages a chain hoist to begin its tantalizing ascent, followed by the heart-stopping free fall and a series of smaller undulations. The trains pulls into the station one-and-a-half minutes after setting out on it harrowing journey."
Though Jack Rabbit was considered the park's most popular ride and was enjoyed by many patrons, it was also considered "unsturdy" and "unsafe". Some said that the trains reached a speed of 70 miles an hour and was billed as "the fatest racing coaster in the world." The coaster was eventually razed and burned on site when the park closed in the spring of 1968.
To learn more about Nat Park and its rides and attractions visit NatPark.org.