#jackrabbittradingpost

[backroads66]

Finally...after many years of driving by this place, and never having a chance to stop... #hereitis ..the #iconic #jackrabbittradingpost along #historic #route66 in northern #arizona #SeeTheUSA #DoAmerica #getyourkicks #landmark #tradingpost #travelmyway #takehtehighway #weareroute66 #desert #southwest #roadtrip #roadtrippers https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwx1S4ElP9-/?igshid=1nwcmdm9qm8et

[kamescook]

Our Jack Rabbit Trading Post mileage sign is home! It’s 599 miles from Joseph City, AZ to our neck of the woods in San Diego. #route66explorer #jackrabbittradingpost (at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park)

[kamescook]

Flashback Friday from our road trip on #Route66 last June. We stopped at #jackrabbittradingpost for a selfie. 6/26/2017 #route66roadtrip (at Jack Rabbit Trading Post)

[kamescook]

Still hoppin' on Route 66! Established 1949. Family owned & operated since 1961! Great selection of Route 66 souvenirs & snacks. . . #roadtrip #headingwest #route66 #monkeysroadtrip #historicroute66 #arizona #jackrabbittradingpost (at Jackrabbit Trading Post)

[kamescook]

Here it is! Jackrabbit Trading Post established in 1949 and owned/operated by the same family since 1961! . . #jackrabbittradingpost #arizona #route66 #historicroute66 #roadtrip #headingwest #americana #carslandinspiration #carsmovieinspiration #familyowned #ladybugblog (at Jackrabbit Trading Post)

[midcenturyamericana]

The Jackrabbit Trading Post — Joseph City, Arizona

(Images from Wikimedia Commons, information from “Greetings from Route 66: The Ultimate Road Trip Back Through Time Along America’s Main Street" — article by Kathy Weiser)

A man named James Taylor built the Jackrabbit Trading Post in 1949

In the beginning, Taylor operated out of an asphalt-shingled shack that had formerly been used as a snake farm

Soon he began to revamp the building, with dancing chiefs painted along the front, thirty 12-inch jackrabbits hopping along the roofline, and a large rabbit painted on one side of the building

He then installed a three-foot high composition jackrabbit inside the trading post to welcome visitors

To entice roadside traffic, he and Wayne Troutner, owner of the “For Men Only” store in Winslow, traveled Route 66 to Springfield, Missouri, plastering billboards all the way

The billboards featured hopping rabbits paired up with a dancing cowgirl for more than 1,000 miles along Route 66, generating buzz among motorists and making the trading post a must-see destination on the famous road