Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Jared Daughenbaugh gets help from his son, Brodie, 3, laying the wreath at the 130 year anniversary of the Walter L. Main circus train wreck in Vail on Wednesday ...
VENICE — Retired circus performers, owners of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and local officials turned out recently to celebrate the new Circus Train Car Museum with a ribbon-cutting ...
Clowns Thom “Skootchee” Stevenson (left) of Milton, Del., and Jim “Poppo” Shores of Baltimore, Md., uncover the wreath during the dedication of the Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck monument and park ...
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What Happened to Mile-Long Circus Trains?
At one point in American history, the circus didn’t just come to town—it rumbled in like a thunderstorm on steel wheels. These mile-long trains carried everything: elephants, big tops, lion cages, and ...
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Historic cemetery honors circus performers and train victims
In Hugo, Oklahoma, you can visit the Showmen's Rest area of the Woodlawn Cemetery to see the graves of circus performers from ...
I received some nice reader feedback on our recent walking tour of old Pittston. Bob Devlin said he enjoyed reading about the circus trains. He remembered seeing them as a kid. His brother-in-law ...
The Venice Area Historical Society was recently honored by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation with a Florida Preservation Award for the Circus Train Car Museum and for its "significant ...
New circus train car museum in Venice Performers, dignitaries and owners of the ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus just celebrated the opening of a new 'circus train car museum.' ...
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