Johnny J. Jones

Who was Johnny J. Jones?

Johnny J. Jones, billed as "The Mighty Monarch of the Tented World" and "The Midway King”', was a prominent showman in the America's carnival industry. Jones founded and managed the Johnny J. Jones Exposition, one of the largest collective amusements in the United States. The Exposition was a traveling railroad show of midway entertainment stages, rows of concessions and amusement rides. Jones was of the first showmen to purchase steel railroad cars, and his collective amusements in America were the first to reach the 30-car size. During the prosperous 1920s, the Exposition consisted of 50 steel cars carrying 100 wagons. The Johnny J. Jones Exposition traveled to fairgrounds throughout the continental United States and Canada for over 50 years. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was the only show in America that was bigger than the Johnny J. Jones Exposition.