Christy Bros. routes

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Christy Bros. Circus Routes

1927 1929 1930

Christy Bros. Big Five Ring Wild Animal Exposition, 1927

April
1 - Houston, Tex.
2 - Galveston, Tex.
3 - Sunday, enroute
4 - Beaumont, Tex.
5 - Orange, Tex.
6 - Lake Charles, La. (blowdown)
7 - Alexandria, La.
8 - Monroe, La.
9 - Bastrop, La.
10 - Sunday, enroute
11 - El Dorado, Ark.
12 - Camden, Ark.
13 - Fordyce, Ark.
14 - Pine Bluff, Ark. (storm wrecked big top)
15 - Hot Springs, Ark. (night show only)
16 - Little Rock, Ark.
17 - Sunday, enroute
18 - Murphysboro, Ill. (lost, due to flood)
19 - Carbondale, Ill.
20 - Du Quoin, Ill.
21 - Johnson City, Ill.
22 - Pickneyville, Ill. (Crazy Ray's home town)
23 - Granite City, Ill.
24 - Sunday, enroute
25 - Hillsboro, Ill.
26 - Taylorsville, Ill.
27 - Pontiac, Ill.
28 - Streator, Ill.
29 - Kewanne, Ill.
30 - La Salle, Ill.
May
1 - Sunday, enroute
2 - Freeport, Ill.
3 - Rockford, Ill.
4 - Waukegan, Ill.
5 - Evanston, Ill.
6 - Elgin, Ill.
7 - Dekalb, Ill.
8 - Forest Park, Ill. (Sunday date)
9 - Maywood, Ill. (Melrose Park)
10 - Kenosha, Wis.
11 - Beloit, Wis.
12 - Janesville, Wis.
13 - Madison, Wis.
14 - Waukesha, Wis.
15 - Sunday, enroute
16 - Sheboygan, Wis. (Seils-Sterling winter quarters)
17 - Fond du Lac, Wis.
18 - Oshkosh, Wis.
19 - Appleton, Wis.
20 - Manitowoc, Wis.
21 - Green Bay, Wis.
22 - Sunday, enroute
23 - Menominee, Mich.
24 - Antigo, Wis.
25 - Wausau, Wis.
26 - Merrill, Wis.
27 - Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
28 - La Crosse, Wis.
29 - Sunday, enroute to Baraboo
30 - Baraboo, Wis. (Ringling Bros. home town)
31 - Ft. Atkinson, Wis.
June
1 - Woodstock, Ill.
2 - Aurora, Ill. (Clint W. Finney's home town)
3 - Indiana Harbor, Ind.
4 - Gary, Ind.
5 - Sunday, enroute
6 - Danville, Ill.
7 - Terre Haute, Ind.
8 - Bedford, Ind.
9 - New Albany, Ind.
10 - Columbus, Ind.
11 - Newcastle, Ind.
12 - Minster, Ohio (Sunday date)
13 - Portland, Ind.
14 - Richmond, Ind.
15 - Hamilton, Ohio
16 - Middletown, Ohio
17 - Wilmington, Ohio
18 - Xenia, Ohio
19 - Sunday, enroute
20 - Coshocton, Ohio
21 - Alliance, Ohio
22 - Wellsville, Ohio
23 - Ambridge, Pa.
24 - Sewicksley, Pa.
25 - Windbur, Pa.
26 - Sunday, enroute
27 - Altoona, Pa.
28 - Huntingdon, Pa.
29 - Lewiston, Pa.
30 - Sunbury, Pa.
July
1 - Milton, Pa.
2 - Bloomsburg, Pa.
3 - Sunday, enroute
4 - Tamaqua, Pa.
5 - Pottsville, Pa.
6 - Lykens, Pa.
7 - Mahanoy, Pa.
8 - Mt. Carmel, Pa.
9 - Leighton, Pa.
10 - Sunday, enroute
11 - Pittston, Pa.
12 - Towanda, Pa.
13 - Sayre, Pa.
14 - Ithaca, N.Y.
15 - Geneva, N.Y.
16 - Auburn, N.Y.
17 - Sunday, enroute
18 - Herkimer, N.Y.
19 - Cohoes, N.Y.
20 - Hudson, N.Y.
21 - Westfield, Mass.
22 - Gardner, Mass.
23 - Northampton, Mass.
24 - Sunday, enroute
25 - Haverhill, Mass.
26 - Woburn, Mass.
27 - Malden, Mass.
28 - Beverly, Mass.
29 - Clinton, Mass.
30 - Milford, Mass.
31 - Sunday, enroute
August
1 - Brockton, Mass.
2 - New Bedford, Mass.
3 - Newport, R.I.
4 - Pawtucket, R.I.
5 - Woonsocket, R.I.

August
6 - Putnam, Conn.
7 - Sunday, enroute
8 - Manchester, Conn.
9 - Meriden, Conn.
10 - South Norwalk, Conn.
11 - Port Chester, N.Y.
12 - Stamford, Conn.
13 - Danbury, Conn.
14 - Sunday, enroute
15 - Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
16 - Peekskill, N.Y.
17 - White Plains, N.Y.
18 - Mt. Kisko, N.Y.
19 - Ossining, N.Y.
20 - Beacon, N.Y.
21 - Sunday, enroute
22 - Rome, N.Y.
23 - Oswego, N.Y.
24 - Cortland, N.Y.
25 - Corning, N.Y.
26 - Canandigua, N.Y.
27 - Lockport, N.Y.
28 - Sunday, enroute
29 - Dunkirk, N.Y.
30 - Titusville, Pa.
31 - Oil City, Pa.
September
1 - Bradford, Pa.
2 - Salamanca, N.Y.
3 - Kane, Pa.
4 - Sunday, enroute
5 - Erie, Pa.
6 - Greenville, Pa.
7 - Sharon, Pa.
8 - New Castle, Pa.
9 - Salem, Ohio
10 - Mt. Vernon, Ohio
11 - Sunday, enroute
12 - Zanesville, Ohio
13 - Athens, Ohio
14 - Gallipolis, Ohio
15 - Charleston, W. Va.
16 - Huntington, W. Va.
Huntington (lost, quarantine, substituted for Ashland)
17 - Louisa, Ky.
18 - Sunday, enroute
19 - Winchester, Ky.
20 - Richmond, Ky.
21 - Lebanon, Ky.
22 - Glasgow, Ky.
23 - Central City, Ky.
24 - Owensboro, Ky.
25 - Sunday, enroute
26 - Evansville, Ind.
27 - Washington, Ind.
28 - Vincennes, Ind.
29 - Eldorado, Ill.
30 - Cairo, Ill.
October
1 - Jackson, Mo.
2 - Sunday, enroute
3 - Walnut Ridge, Ark. (Art Miller's home)
4 - Batesville, Ark.
5 - Newport, Ark.
6 - Conway, Ark.
7 - Morrillton, Ark.
8 - Clarksville, Ark.
9 - Sunday, enroute
10 - Ft. Smith, Ark.
11 - Nowata, Okla.
12 - Coffeyville, Kan.
13 - Bartlesville, Okla.
14 - Cushing, Okla.
15 - Drumright, Okla.
16 - Sunday, enroute
17 - Guthrie, Okla.
18 - Alva, Okla.
19 - Woodward, Okla.
20 - Elk City, Okla.
21 - Hollis, Okla.
22 - Frederick, Okla.
23 - Sunday, enroute
24 - Lawton, Okla.
25 - Bowie, Tex.
26 - Graham, Tex.
27 - Olney, Tex.
28 - Mineral Wells, Tex.
29 - Denton, Tex.
30 - Sunday, enroute
31 - Terrell, Tex.
November
1 - Mineola, Tex.
2 - Henderson, Tex.
3 - Crockett, Tex.
4 - Huntsville, Tex.
5 - Navasota, Tex.
6 - Sunday, enroute
7 - Marlin, Tex.
8 - Caldwell, Tex.
9 - Elgin, Tex.
10 - Schulenburg, Tex.
11 - La Grange, Tex.
12 - Richmond, Tex.
13 - Sunday, enroute
14 - Livingston, Tex.
15 - Rusk, Tex.
16 - Athens, Tex.
17 - Gilmer, Tex.
18 - Sulpher Springs, Tex.
19 - Jefferson, Tex.
20 - Coeshatta, La. (Sunday)
21 - Winnfield, La.
22 - Minden, La.
23 - Haynesville, La.
24 - Homer, La.
25 - Raysville, La.
26 - Winnsboro, La.
27 - Sunday, enroute
28 - Columbia, La.
29 - Oakdale, La.
30 - Bunkie, La.
December
1 - Opelousas, La.
2 - Lafayette, La.
3 - Crowley, La.
4 - Rayne, La. (Sunday)
5 - Jennings, La.
6 - Port Arthur, Tex.
7 - Goose Creek, Tex.
8 - Bay City, Tex.
9 - Freeport, Tex.
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Christy Bros. Big Five Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1929

March
30 - Cameron, Tex.
31 - Sunday
April
1 - San Angelo, Tex.
2 - Hamlin, Tex.
3 - Abilene, Tex.
4 - Ranger, Tex.
5 - Colorado, Tex.
6 - Big Springs, Tex.
7 - Odessa, Tex. (Sunday)
8 - Midland, Tex.
9 - Pecos, Tex.
10 - Carlsbad, N. Mex.
11 - Roswell, N. Mex.
12 - Lubbock, Tex.
13 - Plainview, Tex.
14 - Sunday
15 - Borger, Tex.
16 - Pampa, Tex.
17 - Hereford, Tex.
18 - Albuquerque, N. Mex.
19 - Socorro, N. Mex.
20 - Deming, N. Mex.
21 - Lordsburg, N. Mex. (Sunday)
22 - Clifton, Ariz.
23 - Claypool, Ariz.
24 - Globe, Ariz.
25 - Safford, Ariz.
26 - Mesa, Ariz.
27 - Ajo, Ariz.
28 - Yuma, Ariz. (Sunday)
29 - Brawley, Cal.
30 - san Bernardino, Cal.
May
1 - Pasadena, Cal.
2 - Bakersfield, Cal.
3 - Taft, Cal.
4 - Porterville, Cal.
5 - Coalinga, Cal. (Sunday)
6 - Visalia, Cal.
7 - Tulare, Cal.
8 - Pittsburg, Cal.
9 - Palo Alto, Cal.
10 - San Mateo, Cal.
11 - Colusa, Cal.
12 - Mt. Shasta, Cal. (Sunday)
13 - Klamath Falls, Ore.
14 - Eugene, Ore.
15 - Marshfield, Ore.
16 - Astoria, Ore.
17 - Longview, Wash.
18 - Centralia, Wash.
19 - Auburn, Wash. (Sunday)
20 - Aberdeen, Wash.
21 - Olympia, Wash.
22 - Cle Elum, Wash.
23 - Ellensburg, Wash.
24 - Yakima, Wash.
25 - Walla Walla, Wash.
26 - Pasco, Wash. (Sunday)
27 - Lewiston, Ida.
28 - Moscow, Ida.
29 - Spokane, Wash.
30 - Missoula, Mont.
31 - Butte, Mont.
June
1 - Great Falls, Mont.
2 - Shelby, Mont. (Sunday)
3 - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
4 - Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
5 - Swift Current, Sask. Canada
6 - Moose Jaw, Sask. Canada
7 - Regina, Sask. Canada
8 - Estevan, Sask. Canada
9 - Sunday
10 - Assiniboia, Sask. Canada
11 - Shaunavan, Sask. Canada
12 - Weyburn, Sask. Canada
13 - Melville, Sask. Canada
14 - Humboldt, Sask. Canada
15 - Prince Albert, Sask. Canada
16 - Sunday
17 - Melfort, Sask. Canada
18 - Rosetown, Sask. Canada
19 - Biggar, Sask. Canada
20 - Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
21 - Stettler, Alberta, Canada
22 - Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
23 - Sunday
24 - Hanna, Alberta, Canada
25 - Kindersley, Sask. Canada
26 - Watrous, Sask. Canada
27 - Kamsack, Sask. Canada
28 - Dauphin, Man. Canada
29 - Neepawa, Man. Canada
30 - Sunday
July
1 - Selkirk, Man. Canada
2 - Kenora, Ont. Canada
3 - Winnipeg, Ont. Canada
4 - Fort Franicis, Ont. Canada
5 - Fort William, Ont. Canada
6 - Schrieber, Ont. Canada
7 - Sunday
8 - Sault Ste Marie, Ont. Canada
9 - Sudbury, Ont. Canada
10 - North Bay, Ont. Canada
11 - Pembroke, Ont. Canada
12 - Arnprior, Ont. Canada
13 - Perth, Ont. Canada
14 - Sunday
15 - Lindsay, Ont. Canada
16 - Guelph, Ont. Canada
17 - Brantford, Ont. Canada
18 - Kitchener, Ont. Canada
19 - Owen Sound, Ont. Canada
20 - Hanover, Ont. Canada
21 - Sunday

July
22 - Goderich, Ont. Canada
23 - Sarnia, Ont. Canada
24 - St. Thomas, Ont. Canada
25 - Simcoe, Ont. Canada
26 - St. Catherines, Ont. Canada
27 - Niagara Falls, N.Y.
28 - Sunday
29 - Lockport, N.Y.
30 - Batavia, N.Y.
31 - Auburn, N.Y.
August
1 - Oneida, N.Y.
2 - Amsterdam, N.Y.
3 - Kingston, N.Y.
4 - Sunday
5 - Port Jervis, N.Y.
6 - Stroudsburg, Pa.
7 - Dover, N.J.
8 - Palmerton, Pa.
9 - Perth Amboy, N.J.
10 - Red Bank, N.J.
11 - Sunday
12 - Hempstead, L.I., N.Y.
13 - Glencove, L.I., N.Y.
14 - Bay Shore, L.I., N.Y.
15 - Southampton, L.I., N.Y.
16 - Patchogue, L.I., N.Y.
17 - Freeport, L.I., N.Y.
18 - Sunday
19 - South Norwalk, Conn.
20 - Wallingford, Conn.
21 - Middletown, Conn.
22 - Meriden, Conn.
23 - Bristol, Conn.
24 - Torrington, Conn.
25 - Sunday
26 - Waterburg, Conn.
27 - Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
28 - Beacon, N.Y.
29 - Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
30 - White Plains, N.Y.
31 - Peekskill, N.Y.
September
1 - Sunday
2 - Camden, N.J.
3 - Coatesville, Pa.
4 - Carlisle, Pa.
5 - Hagerstown, Md.
6 - Chambersburg, Pa.
7 - Huntington, Pa.
8 - Sunday
9 - Altoona, Pa.
10 - Cumberland, Md.
11 - Somerset, Pa.
12 - Connellsville, Pa.
13 - Morgantown, W. Va.
14 - Fairmont, W. Va.
15 - Sunday
16 - Charleston, W. Va.
17 - Ashland, Ky.
18 - Maysville, Ky.
19 - Lexington, Ky.
20 - Danville, Ky.
21 - Somerset, Ky.
22 - Sunday
23 - Dalton, Ga.
24 - Cartersville, Ga.
25 - Cedartown, Ga.
26 - Carrollton, Ga.
27 - Newnan, Ga.
28 - La Grange, Ga.
29 - Sunday
30 - Cordele, Ga.
October
1 - Fitzgerald, Ga.
2 - Moultrie, Ga.
3 - Tifton, Ga.
4 - Blackshere, Ga.
5 - Brunswick, Ga.
6 - Sunday
7 - Hazelhurt, Ga.
8 - Swainsboro, Ga.
9 - Vidalia, Ga.
10 - Dublin, Ga.
11 - Douglas, Ga.
12 - Montezuma, Ga.
13 - Sunday
14 - Thomaston, Ga.
15 - Dawson, Ga.
16 - Cuthbert, Ga.
17 - Andalusia, Ala.
18 - Pensacola, Fla.
19 - Atmore, Ala.
20 - Sunday
21 - Houma, La.
22 - Thibodeaux, La.
23 - New Iberia, La.
24 - Crowley, La.
25 - Minden, La.
26 - Raysville, La.
27 - Sunday
28 - Bastrop, La.
29 - Lake Providence, La.
30 - Tallulah, La.
31 - Ruston, La.
November
1 - Marshall, Tex.
2 - Terrell, Tex.
3 - Sunday
4 - Jacksonville, Tex.
5 - Henderson, Tex.
6 - Palestine, Tex.
7 - Crockett, Tex.
8 - Huntsville, Tex.
9 - Madisonville, Tex.
10 - Sunday
11 - Bryan, Tex.
12 - Goose Creek, Tex.
13 - Freeport, Tex.
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Christy Bros. Circus, 1930

April
4 - Galveston, Texas
5 - Goose Creek, Texas
7 - Port Arthur, Texas
8 - Beaumont, Texas
9-10 - Lost, tick quarantine in Louisiana
11 - Eldorado, Arkansas
12 - Camden, Arkansas
14 - Hot Springs, Arkansas
15 - Russellville, Arkansas
16 - Fort Smith, Arkansas
17 - Muskogee, Oklahoma
18 - Tulsa, Oklahoma
19 - Chandler, Oklahoma
21 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
22 - Clinton, Oklahoma
23 - Borger, Texas
24 - Pampa, Texas
25 - Amarillo, Texas (reduced to 10 cars here)
26 - Clovis, New Mexico
27 - Vaughn, New Mexico
28 - Santa Fe, New Mexico
29 - Las Vegas, New Mexico
30 - Raton, New Mexico
May
1 - Trinidad, Colorado
2 - Pueblo, Colorado
3 - Colorado Springs, Colorado
5 - Boulder, Colorado
6 - Laramie, Wyoming
7 - Cheyenne, Wyoming
8 - Kimball, Nebraska
9 - North Platte, Nebraska
10 - Lexington, Nebraska
12 - Grand Island, Nebraska
13 - Norfolk, Nebraska
14 - Bonesteel, South Dakota
15 - Winner, South Dakota
16 - Gregory, South Dakota
17 - Niobrara, Nebraska
19 - O'Neill, Nebraska
20 - Valentine, Nebraska
21 - Gordon, Nebraska
22 - Lusk, Wyoming
23 - Douglas, Wyoming
24 - Casper, Wyoming

May
25 - Thermopolis, Wyoming
26 - Greybull, Wyoming
27 - Powell, Wyoming
28 - Billings, Montana
29 - Hardin, Montana
30 - Sheridan, Wyoming
31 - Gillette, Wyoming
June
1 - New Castle, Wyoming
2 - Hot Springs, South Dakota
3 - Deadwood, South Dakota
4 - Bellefourche, South Dakota
5 - Rapid City, South Dakota
6 - Murdo Mackinzie, South Dakota
7 - Chamberlain, South Dakota
9 - Mitchell, South Dakota
10 - Redfield, South Dakota
11 - Mobridge, South Dakota
12 - Linton, North Dakota
13 - Glen Ullin, North Dakota
14 - Glendive, Montana
15 - Wibaux, Montana
16 - Sidney, Montana
17 - Watford City, North Dakota
18 - Williston, North Dakota
19 - Plentywood-Bamville, Montana
20 - Wolf Point-Glasgow, Montana
21 - Malta, Montana
22 - Chinook, Montana
23 - Havre, Montana
24 - Great Falls, Montana
25 - Helena, Montana
26 - Bozeman, Montana
27 - Livingston, Montana
28 - Deer Lodge, Montana
29 - Anaconda, Montana
30 - Dillon, Montana
July
1 - Black Foot, Idaho
2 - Soda Springs, Idaho
3 - Kemmerer, Wyoming
4 - Rock Springs, Wyoming
5 - Rawlings, Wyoming
6 - Hanna, Wyoming
7 - Greeley, Colorado
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Christy Bros. Big Five Ring Wild Animal Exposition, 1927

Christy Bros. Big Five Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1929

Christy Bros. Circus, 1930

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