In October of 1913. thousands of unidentified hawks flew over Stephenville heading south. They roosted for the night along Green Creek where alarmed farmers killed over 300. Stephenville Empire

Squirrels, once abundant in Stephenville were hunted out before 1900. In October of 1921 a rare squirrel was seen in the city limits which was soon shot and eaten. Later it turned out that it was the pet of a local physician. Stephenville Tribune