In 1965 the Great Circus Parade returned to Milwaukee for the third time, but it was the first time the antique wagons, ...

For Rochester, 1917 was the year the circus almost didn’t come to town. “The red wagons will come tomorrow,” the Rochester Daily Bulletin said on June 21, 1917. “That dear old institution, old but ...

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 ...