Mark and Lucille Jackson - Barber, Musician and Hanna Showman
Page by Bob Leathers
Rawlins Daily Times, May 12,1959
1924
Mark Jackson started his Hanna barbershop when he was about 20 years old.
Mark Jackson's Barber Shop (UPCCEM, April 1924)
Mark Jackson Barbershop was building #4 in the picture below, next to the Hanna Photo Shop.
Front Street and Other Buildings (While Family Collection from Bob Leathers, Labeled by Bob Leathers)
1928
Mark Jackson's Dance Band (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken)
Mark Jackson's Dance Band (UPCCEM, October 1928)
1935
1935. Hanna. Jackson's Dance Band. Mark Jackson. (Hanna Miner)
1935 Band Members: Mark Jackson, Joe Jackson, Erick Lepponen, Bert Tavelli, Waco Kandolin, Kat Kandolin, and Bill Bullock
1935
1935. Hanna. Jackson's Barber Shop (Hanna Miner)
1935. Hanna. Mark Jackson Bus Service. (Hanna Miner)
1938
Jackson's Dance Band. Hanna. 1938. (Hanna Miner. 1938)
1939
The first Mark Jackson Barber Shop was located on Front Street, just east of the post office.
1939: "Old Timer" Nel Eckman in front of the Jackson Barber Shop (Hanna Basin Museum Collection)
1949
Elk Mountain's Garden Spot Pavilion
Garden Spot Pavilion. Elk Mountain. 1949 (Hanna Miner)
1959
Mark Jackson and His Music (Gert Milliken Collection from Gary Milliken)
A Great Trumpet is Stilled
Rawlins Daily Times May 12, 1959
There will be no more “Music by Mark Jackson” at the dances in Carbon County. The golden-toned trumpeter played his last dance Saturday night in Sinclair and died - probably as he had always hoped he would die - suddenly, from a heart attack the following morning. He enjoyed life up to the very last with the instrument he loved most, his trumpet. For more than 35 years he brought happiness, rhythm and entertainment to thousands of persons with his great trumpet playing and his inimitable entertainment. His style, his tones and his arrangements will be stilled forever because they were such a part of him - trumpet playing that was typical Mark Jackson; an artistry that is not to be copied or mimicked. And, as such, will be missed by thousands in Carbon County. Of Mark Jackson it can be unqualifiedly stated that he brought to Carbon County more dance music than any other person. He not only furnished much of the music himself throughout the years, but also succeeded in bringing most of the nation’s top dance bands to his Garden Spot Pavilion in Elk Mountain. Mark Jackson was always available and willing to furnish music and entertainment-no matter where of what the occasion might be. His jaunty, gayly colored model T ford, a familiar part of nearly every celebration in Carbon County will be missed. It was another Mark Jackson innovation that had won widespread fame and favor. To his popular and well-known musical associate down through the years, nimble-fingered banjoist, Leo Schinkel, Mark Jackson’s death will be an irretrievable loss. The two made up a great team, both in music and entertainment and the many laughs and haws of fun they furnished will live in the memories of thousands. Yes, there will be no more “Music by Jackson”- and all of Carbon County will be sadder for the passing of the fine musician and his golden-toned trumpet. (Rawlins Daily Times May 12, 1959)
Mark Jackson Dies Here Early Sunday
Rawlins Daily Times, May 12,1959
Mark Jackson, 56, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and one of Carbon county’s most widely known and popular business and civic leaders, died Sunday morning at Carbon County Memorial Hospital. He suffered a heart attack Saturday night and died at 7:20 a.m. Sunday. Jackson was born in Lancastershire, England, March 1, 1903 and came with his parents as an infant to the United States. They lived for a while in Carbon and later moved to Hanna where he attended schools. He worked for a few years in the Hanna coal mines and also delivered coal and later learned the trade of a barber, which he followed in Hanna for many years. On July 21, 1924, he married the former Lucille Crawford in Littleton, Colo. He originated his band, known well throughout the county, in 1928 and has run the band since that time. He and his band furnished the music for the annual spring Rotary Ladies night shortly before he became ill. For the past 25 years he ran the school bus. He also was a member of the Hanna school board and the Hanna city council. He was elected to his post as county commissioner in 1956 for a four-year term and was elected chairman of the county board last January. He also served as a member of the welfare board the first two years as county commissioner. In 1947 he purchased the Elk Mountain Hotel and Bar and then in December of 1952 the Home Ranch was opened by Jackson. Survivors include his widow, of Hanna; a daughter, Mrs. E. R. MacGarvey of Hawthorne, Calf., two sons, Robert D. Jackson of Hanna and Joseph Jackson of Hanna; four sisters, Mrs. Vern Scott and Mrs. May Bumgarner of Medicine Bow, Mrs. Bert Tavelli of Denver and Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson of Salt Lake City, Utah, and five grandchildren. He was a member of St, Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hanna, a member of the BPO Elks and a life member of the FOB Eagles. Recitation of the rosary will be this evening, (Tuesday) at 8 p.m. at the Rasmusson-Shriner Mortuary with Father John Meyer officiating. Solemn high mass will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. (Rawlins Daily Times, May 12,1959)
1959: Rawlins Daily Times (Hanna Basin Museum Collection)
1960
Jackson's Bar, Lounge and Hotel. Elk Mountain. 1960. (Hanna Miner. 1960)
2018
Music by Mark Jackson (Exhibit at the Hanna Basin Museum)
Jackson, Mark
Cemetery: Hanna
Plot: 86
Born: Mar. 1, 1903
Died: May 10, 1959
Age: 56 y's, 2 m's, 9 d's
Note: Mark Jackson was born March 1, 1903 in Chorley, Lancashire, England. He married Lucille Crawford on July 21, 1924. They had three children Robert "Bob", Betty Ann, and Joseph "Joe". He died May 10, 1959 in Rawlins, Wyoming at the age of 56. He was buried in the Hanna cemetery. (Ancestry)
Note: Mark Jackson Dies Here Early Sunday. Mark Jackson, 56, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and one of Carbon County’s most widely known and popular business and civic leaders, died Sunday morning at Carbon County Memorial Hospital. He suffered a heart attack Saturday night and died at 7:20 a.m. Sunday. Jackson was born in Lancashire, England, March 1, 1903, and came with his parents as an infant to the United States. They lived for a while in Carbon and later moved to Hanna where he attended schools. He worked for a few years in the Hanna coal mines and also delivered coal and later learned the trade of a barber, which he followed in Hanna for many years. On July 21, 1924, he married the former Lucille Crawford in Littleton, Colo. He originated his band, known well throughout the county, in 1928 and has run the band since that time. He and his band furnished the music for the annual spring Rotary Ladies night shortly before he became ill. For the past 25 years he ran the school bus. He also was a member of the Hanna school board and the Hanna city council. He was elected to his post as county commissioner in 1956 for a four-year term and was elected chairman of the county board last January. He also served as a member of the welfare board the first two years as county commissioner. In 1947, he purchased the Elk Mountain Hotel and Bar and then in December of 1952 the Home Ranch was opened by Jackson. Survivors include his widow, of Hanna; a daughter, Mrs. E. R. MacGarvey of Hawthorne, Ca., two sons, Robert D. Jackson of Hanna and Joseph Jackson of Hanna; four sisters, Mrs. Vern Scott and Mrs. May Bumgarner of Medicine Bow, Mrs. Bert Tavelli of Denver and Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson of Salt Lake City, Utah, and five grandchildren. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hanna, a member of the B. P. O. Elks and a life member of the F. O. B. Eagles. Recitation of the rosary will be this evening, (Tuesday) at 8 p.m. at the Rasmusson-Shriner Mortuary with Father John Meyer officiating. Solemn high mass will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rawlins with Father Meyer officiating. Burial will be in the Family plot in the Hanna Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. All offices in the county courthouse will be closed all day Wednesday in respect for Jackson and to allow employees to attend the services. (Rawlins Daily Times, May 12, 1959)
Cemetery: Hanna
Plot: 86
Born: Mar. 1, 1903
Died: May 10, 1959
Age: 56 y's, 2 m's, 9 d's
Note: Mark Jackson was born March 1, 1903 in Chorley, Lancashire, England. He married Lucille Crawford on July 21, 1924. They had three children Robert "Bob", Betty Ann, and Joseph "Joe". He died May 10, 1959 in Rawlins, Wyoming at the age of 56. He was buried in the Hanna cemetery. (Ancestry)
Note: Mark Jackson Dies Here Early Sunday. Mark Jackson, 56, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and one of Carbon County’s most widely known and popular business and civic leaders, died Sunday morning at Carbon County Memorial Hospital. He suffered a heart attack Saturday night and died at 7:20 a.m. Sunday. Jackson was born in Lancashire, England, March 1, 1903, and came with his parents as an infant to the United States. They lived for a while in Carbon and later moved to Hanna where he attended schools. He worked for a few years in the Hanna coal mines and also delivered coal and later learned the trade of a barber, which he followed in Hanna for many years. On July 21, 1924, he married the former Lucille Crawford in Littleton, Colo. He originated his band, known well throughout the county, in 1928 and has run the band since that time. He and his band furnished the music for the annual spring Rotary Ladies night shortly before he became ill. For the past 25 years he ran the school bus. He also was a member of the Hanna school board and the Hanna city council. He was elected to his post as county commissioner in 1956 for a four-year term and was elected chairman of the county board last January. He also served as a member of the welfare board the first two years as county commissioner. In 1947, he purchased the Elk Mountain Hotel and Bar and then in December of 1952 the Home Ranch was opened by Jackson. Survivors include his widow, of Hanna; a daughter, Mrs. E. R. MacGarvey of Hawthorne, Ca., two sons, Robert D. Jackson of Hanna and Joseph Jackson of Hanna; four sisters, Mrs. Vern Scott and Mrs. May Bumgarner of Medicine Bow, Mrs. Bert Tavelli of Denver and Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson of Salt Lake City, Utah, and five grandchildren. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hanna, a member of the B. P. O. Elks and a life member of the F. O. B. Eagles. Recitation of the rosary will be this evening, (Tuesday) at 8 p.m. at the Rasmusson-Shriner Mortuary with Father John Meyer officiating. Solemn high mass will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rawlins with Father Meyer officiating. Burial will be in the Family plot in the Hanna Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. All offices in the county courthouse will be closed all day Wednesday in respect for Jackson and to allow employees to attend the services. (Rawlins Daily Times, May 12, 1959)
Jackson, Lucille
Cemetery: Hanna
Monument: "Feb. 6, 1904 - Aug. 29, 1988"
Plot: 357
Born: Feb. 6, 1904
Died: Aug. 29, 1988
Age: 84 y's, 6 m's, 23 d's
Note: Lucile was born February 6, 1904 in Sunnyside, Utah. Her father was William Crawford and her mother was Mary Crawford. She married Mark Jackson on July 21, 1924 at the age of 20. They had three children Robert "Bob", Betty Ann and Joseph "Joe". She was buried in the Hanna cemetery at age 84. (Ancestry)
Cemetery: Hanna
Monument: "Feb. 6, 1904 - Aug. 29, 1988"
Plot: 357
Born: Feb. 6, 1904
Died: Aug. 29, 1988
Age: 84 y's, 6 m's, 23 d's
Note: Lucile was born February 6, 1904 in Sunnyside, Utah. Her father was William Crawford and her mother was Mary Crawford. She married Mark Jackson on July 21, 1924 at the age of 20. They had three children Robert "Bob", Betty Ann and Joseph "Joe". She was buried in the Hanna cemetery at age 84. (Ancestry)
