Details for The Jackrabbit
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5135005362
Data
| Marker Number | 5362 |
| Atlas Number | 5135005362 |
| Marker Title | The Jackrabbit |
| Index Entry | Jackrabbit, The |
| Address | |
| City | Odessa |
| County | Ector |
| UTM Zone | 13 |
| UTM Easting | 748621 |
| UTM Northing | 3527169 |
| Subject Codes | animals |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Corner of W. 8th & W. Sam Houston, Odessa |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | 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. |