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The Jackrabbit |
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Odessa,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 51' 11.35463000004",
-102° 22' 20.7733000008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
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.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
The Jackrabbit Historical Marker Location Map, Odessa, Texas
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