Marker Inscription
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.
About this site
Jackrabbit is a historical marker in Odessa, Ector County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Ector County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 39 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.8548, -102.3724 near Odessa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Odessa, Texas (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Odessa Petrochemical Complex, Earl George Rodman, Sr. and William Douglas Noel, and Ector County Newspapers.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5135005362. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
