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| Jackalope Fort Worth, TX |
Jackalope Mitchell, SD |
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This eight foot tall Fort Worth Jackalope was created in 1982 for the Jackalope Store, a pottery and gardening store. The statue is made with chicken wire, paper mache and fiberglass. It is now installed on the roof of RLB Sales and Leasing, a car dealership. The mythical Jackalope is a jack rabbit with antelope horns. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.
The Mitchell Jackalope stands in front of the Thunderbird Lodge, previously named the Thunderbird Motel. This photo is from 2006 when he was missing an antler. By 2010, the other antler had been removed. There is also a totem pole next to this statue. There was also a Bigfoot behind him which is now gone. For more, see this website. |
| Jackalope Douglas, WY |
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| The original Douglas Jackalope was built in 1965 and stolen in 1977. The replacement was destroyed by a pickup truck in 1984. In 1985, it was replaced with this eight foot tall statue which was installed securely in a park. Douglas proclaims itself as the "Home of the Jackalope". Douglas has another portable Jackalope with a saddle for photo-ops that is used at the State Fair. There are plans to install an even larger Jackalope statue next to I-25 at some point. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Jackalope & Jackrabbit South of the Border Dillon, SC |
Jack Rabbit Joseph City, AZ |
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The South of the Border Jackalope was modeled (with horns added) after either the Stop Again Rabbit or, more likely, the Jack Rabbit in Joseph City. He is one of many statues at South of the Border, including this Jackrabbit, available for tourist photo-ops. For more about SOB, see this page.
This Jack Rabbit is 12 feet tall and actually a replacement - the first one was worn out by tourists climbing on his back. The Jack Rabbit Trading Post opened in 1949 and sells souvenirs at the store and at their website. The fence behind the Jack Rabbit has wood cut-out rabbit silhouettes on top of its posts. This billboard is across the street (old Route 66) and there are other ones on I-40. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. [second photo thanks Glenda Campbell] |
| Jackrabbit Staunton, IL |
Jackrabbit [gone] Caseville, MI |
Jackrabbit Bellflower, CA |
Jackrabbit Odessa, TX |
Jackrabbit Lake Ozark, MO |
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The Staunton Jackrabbit is located at Henry's Rabbit Ranch. It is nicknamed Big Bernie. For more, see this website.
The Caseville Jackrabbit was about eight feet tall. It was located at the Lemon Tree Marketplace. This photo is from 2008. By 2011, the statue was gone. [photo thanks Mark Comstock] The Bellflower Jackrabbit is installed on the roof of Blacksmith's Corner, a pet food/supply store. The Odessa Jackrabbit was built in 1962. It is eight feet tall and made of fiberglass. It was produced by International Fiberglass. The statue was nicknamed John Ben Rabbit after John Ben Shepperd, former President of the Chamber of Commerce and the man responsible for the statue's creation. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. The Lake Ozark Jackrabbit is located at Two-Bit Town. |
| Wall Drug Jackalope, Rabbits & Other Animals Wall, SD |
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| The Wall Drug Back Yard, right behind the gigantic souvenir shop, is filled with all sorts of animals and tourist photo-ops. For more about Wall Drug and the Dinosaur, see this page. |
| Stop Agan Service Rabbit Texarkana, TX |
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The Stop Agan Service gas station caught attention with a WWII surplus Cessna Bobcat airplane on its roof. The owner, L.E. Agan, had three or four other stations around town with planes on their roofs. They are all gone. This station opened in 1945 and featured a saddled-up, six foot tall jackrabbit. At that point, the statue was brown and had a fur coat.
The station closed in the late 1950s. In 1968, another building replaced it to house Big Daddy's Pawn Shop, run by Agan's daughter. Although the plane was removed, the rabbit remained for tourists to pose with for the camera. The pawn shop closed in 2000 and still remains vacant. The rabbit was still there in 2003 when the second photo in the top row above was taken. By 2007, the rabbit was moved behind the building and restored. As of 2011 (bottom photos), the rabbit is in storage. He will be restored and installed permanently in front of a hardware store in town. A new saddle has already been purchased. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Giant Rabbit Austin, TX |
Giant Rabbit Rabbittown, GA |
Giant Jackrabbit Forney, TX |
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The Austin Rabbit is mounted above the Uncommon Objects store. The fiberglass rabbit was rescued from dump in Dallas and the cowboy was made from a car muffler. This sculpture was produced around 1992 by Evan Voyles whose other creations are scattered around Austin. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.
The Rabbittown Rabbit was installed in 1993 in front of the Rabbittown Café. The 20 foot tall rabbit waves to passing motorists from his pedestal. The statue is made from styrofoam and coated with fiberglass. He is a tribute to the town's survival through the Depression by raising rabbits for meat. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. The Forney Jackrabbit is mounted on a pole downtown. The Jackrabbit is the local sports teams' mascot. |
| Giant Rabbit Queens, NY |
Dancing Hares Dublin, OH |
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This Queens Rabbit is about six feet tall. The statue stands in Harvey Park which was named after George Harvey in the 1950s. Harvey served as the Queens borough president from 1928-1941. This rabbit, a reference to the 1950 movie "Harvey", was installed in 1995. For more, see this website.
The 15 foot tall Dancing Hares statue was created by Sophie Ryder. It was installed in Ballantrae Park in 2007. For more, see this website. |
| Hare Des Moines, IA |
Rabbit Gateway, AR |
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The Des Moines Hare sculpture is entitled "Thinker on a Rock". It was created by Barry Flanagan in 1997. The sculpture is installed in the Des Moines Art Center's Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
This Gateway Rabbit was originally painted pink and used on a parade float in the late 1980s. Later, the six foot tall fiberglass statue turned up at R.C.'s Family Style Restaurant. Around 2007, after the restaurant closed, a neighbor adopted the statue. He has been painted white and installed in her front yard. "Jack Rabbit" is decorated for various holidays. The rabbit's eyelids can be opened and closed from a rope inside the statue. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Jack Rabbits Tempe, AZ |
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| These three Jack Rabbits are 8 to 14 feet tall and posed around a water fountain downtown. One is resting, one is grooming and one is on guard. I am partial to fiberglass or cement when it comes to statues but feel compelled to include these guys even if they are bronze and rather "arty". The sculpture group created by Mark Rossi is entitled "Caitlin" and was created in 1993 in the memory of Caitlin Robb who died of cancer. |
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