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ODESSA TEXAS |
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Odessa
started out like many West Texas towns, as a water stop for the Texas and
Pacific Railroad in the late 1800s. Farming and ranching were the main
occupations until the discovery of oil in the 1920s turned Odessa into the
headquarters for the vast petroleum industry of the Permian Basin. Odessa is home to the World's Largest Jackrabbit. Jack Ben Rabbit has become an Odessa landmark. You will find Jack at 802 N. Sam Houston. Odessa is also home to a couple presidents with the last name of Bush. And a couple First Ladies with the last name of Bush. In the Presidential Museum you will find the only museum in the U.S. dedicated solely to the office of the President. You can visit the Bush home, which is located on the grounds of the Presidential Museum, and see the little two bedroom, one bath home where George H.W. Bush, Barbara and son, George W. lived in their early days in West Texas. |
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On the campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin you will find a
replica of Stonehenge. A short distance Southwest of Odessa you can look at the Odessa Meteor Crater. The crater is around 550 feet across and 6 feet deep. It used to be deeper, but the 20 or 30 thousand years since the meteor desert winds have blown sand into the original 100 feet deep crater. The Odessa Meteor Crater is the 2nd largest in the U.S. and the 6th largest in the world. If you like your critters more lively than the World's Largest Jackrabbit you can go to Prairie Pete Park and watch the residents of a prairie dog town. |
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