The Jackrabbit
True plains Rabbit. Lives only in the west. Burro-like ears gave him his name. color is protective, blending with sand and dry grass. Very long legs make him a swift runner, clocked at speeds to 45 miles and hour. Object of hunts with Greyhounds. Was prized by plains Indians for food and fur. to white man a reminder of desert-hard life. In drouth and depression, meat source for thousands. Subject of tall tales. Actual hero of world's only Jackrabbit Rodeo, in Odessa, May 1932.
31.8497° N, 102.3744° W
Where to Find It
Corner of W. 8th & W. Sam Houston, Odessa
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi SW Odessa Odessa
- 0.2 mi E Odessa Petrochemical Complex Odessa
- 0.2 mi E Earl George Rodman, Sr. and William Douglas Noel Odessa
- 0.3 mi E First National Bank of Odessa Odessa
- 0.3 mi SE Waddell Pecan Tree Odessa
- 0.4 mi SE Site of The Odessa Sanitarium Odessa