U.S. Rabbit Experimental Station

The U.S. Rabbit Experimental Station was the first and only facility in the United States set aside for the study of breeding and raising of rabbits. Started in 1928, in Fontana, California the station studied rabbits until it closed in 1965. The U.S. Rabbit Experimental Station was designated a California Historic Landmark on June 9, 1982. A marker was placed in Fontana at the site. The station was built on land donated by A. B. Miller, the founder of Fontana. The five-acre property in Fontana developed procedures for rabbit care and breeding. The City of Fontana purchased the property and turned it in to a senior citizens facility in 1965.
Azariel Blanchard Miller is the founder of the city of Fontana. In 1905, he brought 200 head of horse, mules, plows, scrapers and tents into the area and began transforming 17,000 acres of sand, sage brush and rock into a citrus fruit, poultry and livestock farm. Miller called his ranch Rosena. The town was renamed Fontana in 1913. )

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