George Elias Tuckett was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1896. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Nickname: Ambitious City, Steeltown, The Hammer Area: 1,117. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Tuckett later stated that the boys were more afraid of highwaymen than they were of the Indians.
Lelia Tuckett Freeze, daughter of Henry Tuckett, remembers as a child she was permitted to go to the old Salt Lake House with her father and see him off on his run.
Tuckett was one of the last surviving Pony Express riders, being 93 years of age at the time of his death, January 30, 1924.