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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
30
The president travels through Butte and Anaconda with large crowds. Thousands of school children cheer as he passes Finlen Hotel banquet Thornton Gardens and other venues with repeated ovations and speeches during a daylong tour of the Montana metropolis.
President Roosevelt's arrival in the western city drew a vast crowd from Anaconda and Helena. The procession along Main Street featured a decorated carriage, continuous cheers, and the president greeting citizens while secret service and police kept order.
President Roosevelt rode through Butte amid near universal cheers as crowds lined Wyoming Street to Gold and Main, then Park and Montana to Granite and the county courthouse. A gala escort of police and Secret Service guarded the president while John Jones, known as Fat Jack, drove the governor to the Finlen hotel in a striking white hat and tan livery.
The procession honored President Roosevelt featured Col Seth Bullock guiding the president in the National Park visit. Bullock wore a tan overcoat and black hat while the parade showcased Rough Riders Spanish American War veterans Civil War vets and National Guard applause followed. The fire of the event included a Boston & Montana band and a police platoon led by Thomas S. Dillon with Lloyd as marshal and Bullock among aides.
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