At one time the jackrabbit was seemingly ubiquitous on Western highways. Both the two and three dimensional varieties dotted the landscape. Drawn to highways by the reflective warmth, green vegetation, and the promise of romantic liaisons, the reckless rabbits were sent to the great beyond in large numbers by speeding cars.
Rabbit at Pompey's Pillar
This jackrabbit surveys the sandstone rock formation visited and defaced by Captain William Clark in July, 1806. The outcropping was not named for the Roman general or the brothel-filled city destroyed by Vesuvius but for Jean Baptiste "Pompy" Charbonneau--the infant son of expedition member Sacagawea.
Now a National Monument the landmark was in private hands until the BLM (Bureau of Land Management, not Black Lives Matter) purchased it from the Foote family in 1991.
Our visit was in the mid to late Sixties. The rock was closed for no apparent reason. We ate cold fried chicken outside the gates.
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