JACKALOPE SQUARE
Folklore Monument — Douglas, Wyoming
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Town-square sculpture celebrating jackalope tall tales.

Jackalope Square is a folklore monument in Douglas, Wyoming. Town-square sculpture celebrating jackalope tall tales. The square was dedicated in 1990; the Herrick brothers created their horned-rabbit taxidermy in 1934. Local lore holds that Wyoming Office of Tourism recounts comic jackalope traditions, including creatures mimicking human songs.

Jackalope is the accident — the 'late dinner' that's the '34 night, the 'rabbit by antlers' that's the floor's joke. The 'Herricks mounted' is the born — the 'taxidermy shop' that's the birthplace, the 'LaBonte sold' that's the hotel's draw. The 'stolen first' is the lost — the 'original gone' that's the theft's mark, the 'culprit free' that's the crime's end.
The 'trademarked' is the owned — the '1960 filed' that's the Chamber's claim, the 'Home of' that's the '70 add. The 'licenses sold' is the played — the 'June 31st' that's the date's joke, the 'IQ under 72' that's the hunter's bar. Jackalope is the smashed — the 'drunk driver' that's the '84 end, the 'day before Days' that's the timing's irony.
The file keeps Jackalope Square: the accident made, the stolen original, the trademark filed, and the smashed statue.
Jackalope Square is the archive's Wyoming file — the joke a state trademarked.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Jackalope Square is the archive's Wyoming file — where a dinner-time accident became state property.
A square keeps its joke — the file's suggestion being that Jackalope's hold is the played: the 'floor accident' that's the birth's truth, the 'June 31st' that's the license's wink, and the 'statue smashed' that's the love's cost.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] folklore creature: Wyoming Office of Tourism recounts comic jackalope traditions, including creatures mimicking human songs. Jackalope Square in Douglas, Wyoming carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Sources including 'What is a Jackalope? Creature Amazes Visitors of…' keep the claim in circulation. The creature is part of the place's name now — whatever it was.
  source: What is a Jackalope? Creature Amazes Visitors of Douglas, Wyoming (https://travelwyoming.com/blog/stories/post/jackalope-amaze-visitors-of-douglas-wyoming/)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· The square was dedicated in 1990; the Herrick brothers created their horned-rabbit taxidermy in 1934. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The press recorded it; the detail stands as reported history. Sources including 'What is a Jackalope? Creature Amazes Visitors of…' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· What is a Jackalope? Creature Amazes Visitors of Douglas, Wyoming — Wyoming Office of Tourism
  https://travelwyoming.com/blog/stories/post/jackalope-amaze-visitors-of-douglas-wyoming/

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