We tried to see as much as we could find in Midland while visiting our daughter & her family.... we were surprised at some of our finds. The first was George W. Bush childhood home... we stopped and visited this home but didn't get a chance to see The Presidential Museum in the Midland/Odessa area - We found it amusing that the house was also occupied George H. Bush, Jeb Bush & Barbara and thought that it should be just called Bush Presidential Home.
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| Bush's Boyhood Home |
George W. Bush Childhood Home is a historic house that was home to former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush from 1951 to 1955. It is located at 1412 W. Ohio Ave. in Midland, Texas.
The home was built in 1940 and was purchased by the Bush family in 1951 for $9,000. They lived in the 1,400-square-foot home until late 1955. It was also the earliest childhood home of Governor Jeb Bush. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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| Information Signs & Childhood photos |
We also went out to find the
"World's Largest Jackrabbit" which is mentioned in Roadside America.
Built in 1962, the eight-foot-tall rabbit was the idea of Odessa Chamber of Commerce president John Ben Shepperd, hence the rabbit's official name of "Jack Ben Rabbit." It was Shepperd's way to pay tribute to the city's unique
jackrabbit roping competition, held every year during the Odessa Rodeo. The competition ended in 1978, when The Humane Society shut it down for good.
The jackrabbit was displayed for years at the old Prairie Pete Park, then moved into storage in a maintenance yard -- until the public raised a fuss and forced it to be returned to a new location, in front of the downtown Ector County Independent School District Administration Building. Someone tried to steal the jackrabbit in 1997, so it's been bolted to the sidewalk ever since.
Several official Texas historical markers flank the rabbit, including one with a recipe for Jackrabbit and Dumplings. Click on pictures to enlarge. Still way behind on my post but will try to catch up soon. Thanks for following ♥
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We also went out to find the "World's Largest Jackrabbit" which is mentioned in Roadside America.
3 comments:
With all the warm temperatures you are in right now it wouldn't be too hard to make rabbit stew out of that big guy. Be Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
I thibk that Jackrabbit is cool. :)
That's probably the only house in the world that's been the home of two presidents and a governor. We visited Jimmy Carters childhood home and found it interesting.
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