Routes courtesy of Bob Cline.

Bailey Bros. Circus Route, 1944

May 16 - Bowling Green, OH 17 - Fremont 18 - Elyria 19 - Ravena 20 - Salem 22 - East Liverpool 23 - Ellwood City 24 - Greenville, PA 25 - Clarion 26 - Punxsutawney 27 - Ridgeway 29 - St. Marys 30 - Dubois June 1 - Clearfield, PA 2 - Tyrone 3 - Belfonte 5 - Lock Haven 6 - Milton 7 - Sunbury 8 - Berwick 9 - Hazelton 10 - Leighton 12 - East Stroudsburg 13 - Port Jervis, NY 14 - Carbondale, PA 15 - Sidney, NY 16 - Norwich 17 - Cortland 19 - Ithaca 20 - Sayre 21 - Corning 22 - Hornell 23 - Canandagua 24 - Penn Yan 27 - Newark 28 - Auburn 29 - Oswego 30 - Watertown July 1 - Carthage, NY 3 - Fulton 4 - Oneida 5 - Little Falls 6 - Fort Plains 7 - Amsterdam 8 - Gloversville 10 - Glens Falls 11 - North Adams, MA 12 - Greenfield, VT 13 - Brattleboro 14 - Springfield 15 - Claremont, NY 17 - Rutland, VT 18 - Whitehall, NY 19 - Ticonderoga 20 - Port Henry 21 - Plattsburg

July 22 - Malone 24-25 - Rome 26 - Gouverneur 27 - Massena 28 - Ogdensburg 29 - Lowville August 1 - Owega, NY 2 - Wellsboro, PA 3 - Olean, NY 4 - Bradford, PA 5 - Kane 7 - Warren 8 - Titusville 9 - Greenville 10 - Ashtabula, OH 11 - Warren 12 - Barberton 14 - Wooster 15 - Mansfield 16 - Mt. Vernon 17 - Marion 18 - Findlay 19 - Lima 21 - Huntington, IN 22 - Warsaw 23 - Elkhart 24 - Michigan City 25 - Logansport 26 - Kokomo 28 - Lafayette 29 - Danville, IL 30 - Champaign 31 - Bloomington September 1 - Kankakee, IL 2 - La Salle 4 - Galesburg 5 - Burlington, IA 6 - Macomb, IL 7 - Quincy 8 - Hannibal, MO 9 - Jacksonville, IL 11 - Alton 12 - Belleville 13 - Centralia 14 - Marion 15 - Cape Girardeau, MO 16 - Poplar Bluff 17 - Sikeston 18 - Malden 19 - Paragould, AR 20 - Jonesboro 21 - Newport 22 - Batesville [missing data] 25 - Pine Bluff

September 26 - De Witt 27 - Brinkley 28 - Mariana 29 - Helena 30 - Forest City October 2 - Dyersburg, TN 3 - Union City 4 - Paris 5 - Humboldt 6 - Jackson 7 - Corinth, MS 9 - Florence, AL 10 - Decatur 11 - Huntsville 12 - Guntersville 13 - Gadson 14 - Anniston 16 - Rome, GA 17 - Dalton 18 - Marietta 19 - Griffin 20 - Newman 21 - La Grange 23 - Columbus 24 - Americus 25 - Albany 26 - Tifton 27 - Fitzgerald 28 - Nashville 30 - Moultrie 31 - Bainbridge November 1 - Thomasville, GA 2 - Valdosta 3 - Waycrosse 4 - Baxley [missing data] 7 - Waynesboro 8 - Augusta 9 - Columbia, SC 10 - Camden 11 - Hartsville 13 - Florence 14 - Sumter 15 - Lancaster 16 - Monroe, NC 17 - Concord 18 - Lexington Season ends

Distance traveled, 10,262 miles. States visited, 18. Towns visited, 161. Performances given, 326. Performances missed, 3. Length of season, 27 weeks.

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Bailey Bros. Circus Route, 1947

April 3-4 - Newberry, SC 5 - Hendersonville, NC 6-7 - Ashville 8 - Newport, TN 9 - Morristown 10 - Greenville 11 - Bristol, VA 12 - Marion 14 - Pulaski 15 - Bluefield, WV 16 - Beckley 17 - Oak Hill 18-20 - Charleston 21 - Huntington 22 - Ashland, KY 23 - Portsmouth, OH 24 - Chillicothe 25 - Lancanster (cancelled) 26 - Logan 28 - Parkersburg, WV 29 - Clarkesville 30 - Fairmount May 1 - Connellsville, PA 2 - Washington 3 - E. Liverpool, OH 5 - New Castle, PA 6 - Oil City 7 - DuBoise 8 - Punxtawney 9 - Clearfield 10 - Lock Haven 12 - Williamsport 13 - Sunbury 14 - Shenandoah 15 - Lebanon 16 - Pottsville 17 - Reading 19 - York 20 - Lancaster 21 - Coatesville 22 - Pottstown 23 - Bethlehem 24 - Hazelton 26 - W. Pittston 27 - Scranton 28 - Binghamton, NY 29 - Elmira 30 - Ithaca 31 - Geneva June 2 - Auburn, NY 3 - Oswego 4 - Watertown (3 shows) 5 - Ogdensburg 6 - Massena 7 - Malone 9 - Burlington, VT 10 - St. Johnsbury 11 - Montpelier 12 - Lebanon, NH 13 - Keene 14 - Bennington, VT 16 - Nashua, NH 17 - Manchester

June 18 - Concord, NH 19 - Dover 20 - Sanford, ME 21 - Sacco 23-24 - Portland 25 - Bath 26 - Rockland 27 - Ellsworth 28 - Bar Harbor 30 - Machias July 1 - Calias, ME 2 - Presque Isle (no show) 3 - Presque Isle 4 - Van Buren 5 - Houlton (cancelled) 7 - Millinocket 8 - Lincoln (cancelled 9 - Skowhegan 10 - Waterville 11 - Augusta 12 - Rumford 14 - Newburyport, MA 15 - Lowell 16 - Lawrence 17 - Glouster 18 - Wakefield 19 - Salem 21 - Peekskill, NY 22 - N. Plainfield, NJ 23 - Penns Grove 24 - Baltimore, MD 25 - Waynesboro, PA 26 - Meyersville 28 - Wheeling, WV 29 - Brownsville, PA 30 - Grafton, WV 31 - Elkins August 1 - Weston, WV 2 - Spencer 4 - Morehead, KY 5 - Winchester 6 - Bardstown 7 - Glasgow 8 - Bowling Green 9 - Clarksville, TN 11 - Hopkinsville, KY 12 - Maysfield 13 - Paducah 14 - Cape Giardeau, MO 15 - Sikeston 16 - Poplar Bluff 18 - West Palins 19 - Lebanon 20 - Nevada 21 - Ft. Scott, KS 22 - Iola 23 - Chanute 25 - Coffeyville 26 - Independence 27 - Parsons 28 - Pittsburg 29 - Joplin, MO 30 - Carthage

September 1 - Springfield, MO 2 - Monett 3 - Fayetteville, AR 4 - Ft. Smith 5 - Clarkesville 6 - Morrilton 8 - Searcy 9 - Malvern 10 - Arkadelphia 11 - Hope 12 - Magnolia 13 - El Dorado 15 - Clarkesville, TX 16 - Bonham 17 - McKinney 18 - Denton 19 - Waxahachie 20 - Ennis 22 - Marshall 23 - Henderson 24 - Lufkin 25 - Jacksonville 26 - Athens 27 - Mexia 29 - Bryan (3 shows) 30 - Navasota October 1 - Brenham, TX 2 - Cameron 3 - Taylor 4 - Lampasas 6 - Temple 7 - Hillsboro 8 - Cleburne 9 - Mineral Wells 10 - Graham 11 - Breckenridge 13 - Big Springs 14 - Lameses 15 - Odessa 16 - Monohans 17 - Kermit 18 - Hobbs, NM 20 - Brownsfield, TX 21 - Littlefield 22 - Portales, NM 23 - Roswell 24 - Artesia 25 - Carlsbad 27-28 - El Paso, TX 29 - Los Cruse, NM 30 - Deming 31 - Silver City November 1 - Lordsburg, NM 3 - Tuscon, AZ 4 - Casa Grande 5 - Coolidge 6 - Superior 7 - Mesa 8 - Buckeye 10 - Yuma

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