James Cappy Smart
James was a firefighter. He was born in Scotland in 1865. After James’s dad was lost at sea James came to calgary in 1883 at the age of 16. James had 2 brothers, John who was a chemical wagon driver and Julian who was a horse wagon driver. In calgary James had many jobs such as a lumber jack, James also did surveying. James had been in the Calgary Stampede for 35 years. Soon James was known as the best fire fighter. James got injured several times, but he would never go to fight the fire he would send someone else. In 1933 James had died. But a year before he died he lead the Calgary Stampede parade, which was his one dream.
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