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John Chacartegui, also known as "Tacolo" or "Tac" (Lekeitio, 16 may of 1899 - Mountain Home, 28 may of 1986) was a prominent member of the basque american community of Idaho.

Biography
Son of Felipe and Hipolita, he started working as a fisher in the Basque Country when he was 13. At the age of 20, he took a ship (Niagara) in Bordeaux and he moved to the United States of America, where his father already was. He arrived to New York the 4th may of 1920. Then he went to Mountain Home. During the decades of 1920 and 30 he worked in a ranch of White Rock (Elko), the railways, as a cook and as a miner in Utah. In 1938 he married Zoila Etxeberria, an american whose parents were from Lekeitio They had three children: Joanna, Frank andTheresa. In 1959 he owned a part of the Stockman's Pastime Bar, and also the Bouquet Bar of Mountain Home. He worked there until he retired in 1965.

Basque community
He was the announcer of 1950 Boise Music Week. He was one of the founders of Mountain Home basque center in 1960; he was member of the Boise basque center too,and become very well known at the basque festivities of Idaho. In Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color series he appeared in the chapter named "Greta, the misfit Greyhound", 9th year, chapter 18, broadcasted in 3 february of 1963). "Tacolo" represented a character called Domingo, who stands out of a shepherd's hut with Jimmy Jausoro and Jose Mari Sangroniz playing music and having fun. In 1985, he danced with Maria Uberuaga in the show "Nondik nora: Basques in America", celebrating the 25 th anniversary of Oinkari Basque Dancers.