Fat Jack the Montanan Cab Driver Dies in California
John Codman Jones known as Fat Jack, famed Butte Montana cab driver and Civil War veteran, died at 76 in Los Angeles days after leaving the Soldiers' Home. He traveled Montana mines from Deadwood to Fort Benton and Butte, entertaining presidents and celebrities with his silk plug hat.
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Fat Jack
California
John Codman Jones
Butte
Montana
Los Angeles
W. A. Clark, Jr
Mr. Clark
Jack
Deadwood
S. D
Fort Benton
Park Street
Bangor
New England
Thirteenth
Maine
New Orleans
Washington
Black Hills
Roosevelt
Taft
W. J. Bryan
Sarah Bernhardt
H. H. Rogers
Will Clark
Roose
Fat Jack the stage coach driver of Butte celebrated by Bret Harte
A tribute to Fat Jack, Butte's top stage coach driver, famed for western humor and dignified service. The text recalls his towering height, polite manner, and celebrated rides for notable visitors like Bryan, Taft, Roosevelt, Bernhardt, Jeffries, Hobson, Sullivan, and Twain, highlighting his warm, generous nature and western hospitality.
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Bret Harte
Fat Jack
Butte
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Sarah Bernhardt
James J. Jeffries
Richmond P. Hobson
John L. Sullivan
Mark Twain
Bill
Fat Jack’s life of risk and a fatal Arizona street accident
A narrative recalls Jack’s reckless charm and a fatal collision on Arizona Street in which a woman was killed but he was exonerated. It notes his 1885 marriage to Miss Mariah Finnegan, her death five years ago in Butte, and his solitary later years. It mentions lineage to New England stock and a wide circle of surviving relatives. Fat Jack loved games of chance, once drawn by Homer Davenport in a cartoon for placing his bets on the square.
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Deer Lodge
Arizona Street
Mariah Finnegan
Butte
New England
John Tower
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William T. Carey
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Helmville
Ed Fitzpatrick
P. E. Lee
Spokane
Harold Smith
Livingston
Bert Hickey
William Finnegan
Henry Wiggin
Bellingham
Wash
Porter Wiggin
Stockton
Cal
Fat Jack
Homer Davenport
Davenport
Montana
Montreal
Cat Creek
Ragged Point
East Brush Creek
Elk Basin
Frantz
Mid-Northern
Mid- West
Standard Oil
Montaeal
Hover-Schwartz
Lucky Strike
Unit Petroleum
Montana Superior
Bitter
Great
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