Circus Historical Society
Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros.
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Routes courtesy of Pfening collection.
Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros.,
America's Greatest Shows Consolidated, 1899
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April
18-29 - Madison Square Garden, New York City Sunday May 1-6 - Brooklyn, New York (under canvas) Sunday 8-13 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday 15 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 16 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17 - Wilmington, Delaware 18 - Trenton, New Jersey 19 - Newark, New Jersey 20 - Jersey City, New Jersey Sunday 22 - Paterson, New Jersey 23 - Newburgh, New York 24 - Kingston, New York 25 - Albany, New York 26 - Troy, New York 27 - North Adams, Massachusetts Sunday 29 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts 30 - Springfield, Massachusetts 31 - Worcester, Massachusetts June 1 - Providence, Rhode Island 2 - Lowell, Massachusetts 3 - Lynn, Massachusetts Sunday 5 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire 6 - Portland, Maine 7 - Augusta, Maine 8 - Bangor, Maine 9 - Waterville, Maine 10 - Lewwiston, Maine Sunday 11 - Lancaster, New Hampshire 13 - St. Johnsbury, Vermont 14 - Montpelier, Vermont 15 - Burlington, Vermont 16 - Rutland, Vermont 17 - Glens Falls, New York Sunday 19-20 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada 21 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 22 - Kingston, Ontario, Canada 23 - Belleville, Ontario, Canada 24 - Peterboro, Ontario, Canada Sunday 26 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada 27 - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 28 - Brantford, Ontario, Canada 29 - London, Ontario, Canada 30 - Chatham, Ontario, Canada July 1 - St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Sunday 3 - Niagara Falls, New York 4 - Buffalo, New York 5 - Jamestown, New York 6 - Erie, Pennsylvania 7 - New Castle, Pennsylvania 8 - McKeesport, Pennsylvania Sunday 10-11 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 12 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania 13 - Connellsville, Pennsylvania 14 - Washington, Pennsylvania 15 - Wheeling, West Virginia Sunday 17 - Columbus, Ohio 18 - Greenville, Ohio 19 - Indianapolis, Indiana 20 - Terre Haute, Indiana 21 - Danville, Illinois 22 - Logansport, Indiana Sunday 24 - Detroit, Michigan 25 - Ann Arbor, Michigan 26 - Owosso, Michigan 27 - Saginaw, Michigan 28 - East Tawas, Michigan 29 - Alpena, Michigan Sunday 31 - Cheboygan, Michigan August 1 - Petoskey, Michigan 2 - Traverse City, Michigan 3 - Manistee, Michigan 4 - Cadillac, Michigan 5 - Alma, Michigan Sunday 7 - Pontiac, Michigan 8 - Ionia, Michigan 9 - Grand Rapids, Michigan 10 - Kalamazoo, Michigan 11 - Benton Harbor, Michigan 12 - South Bend, Indiana Sunday 14 - Lincoln, Illinois 15 - Jacksonville, Illinois |
August
16 - Louisiana, Missouri 17 - Fulton, Missouri 18 - Mexico, Missouri 19 - Marshall, Missouri Sunday 21 - Kansas City, Missouri 22 - Paola, Kansas 23 - Warrensburg, Missouri 24 - Sedalia, Missouri 25 - Clinton, Missouri 26 - Ft. Scott, Kansas Sunday 28 - Joplin, Missouri 29 - Springfield, Missouri 30 - Pierce City, Missouri 31 - Vinita, Oklahoma September 1 - Chandler, Oklahoma 2 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Sunday 4 - Shawnee, Indian Territory 5 - El Reno, Oklahoma 6 - Enid, Oklahoma 7 - Wichita, Kansas 8 - Winfield, Kansas 9 - Perry, Oklahoma Sunday 11 - Newton, Kansas 12 - Emporia, Kansas 13 - Topeka, Kansas 14 - Clay Center, Kansas 15 - Belleville, Kansas 16 - Beatrice, Nebraska Sunday 18 - St. Joseph, Missouri 19 - Chillicothe, Missouri 20 - Carrollton, Missouri 21 - Columbia, Missouri 22 - Macon, Missouri 23 - Ottumwa, Iowa Sunday 25 - Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 26 - Galesburg, Illinois 27 - Mendota, Illinois 28 - Clinton, Illinois 29 - Havana, Illinois 30 - Champaign, Illinois October Sunday 2 - Kankakee, Illinois 3 - Mattoon, Illinois 4 - Greencastle, Indiana 5 - Bloomington, Indiana 6 - Bedford, Indiana 7 - Salem, Indiana Sunday 9-10 - Cincinnati, Ohio 11 - Lexington, Kentucky 12 - Frankfort, Kentucky 13 - Paris, Kentucky 14 - Falmouth, Kentucky Sunday 16 - Richmond, Kentucky 17 - Stamford, Kentucky 18 - Somerset, Kentucky 19 - Harrodsburg, Kentucky 20 - Lawrenceburg, Kentucky 21 - Shelbyville, Kentucky Sunday 23 - Louisville, Kentucky 24 - Elizabethtown, Kentucky 25 - Hopkinsville, Kentucky 26 - Mayfield, Kentucky 27 - Dyersburg, Tennessee 28 - Memphis, Tennessee Sunday 30 - Little Rock, Arkansas 31 - Russellville, Arkansas November 1 - Ft. Smith, Arkansas 2 - Muskogee, Indian Territory 3 - Mcalester, Indian Territory 4 - Denison, Texas Sunday 6 - Dallas, Texas 7 - Paris, Texas 8 - Terrell, Texas 9 - Ft. Worth, Texas 10 - Cleburne, Texas 11 - Temple, Texas Sunday 13 - Galveston, Texas 14 - Houston, Texas 15 - Beaumont, Texas 16 - Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 - Opelousas, Louisiana 18 - Alexandria, Louisiana Season Ends 19-20 - Enroute to Columbus, Ohio |
Winter quarters, Columbus, Ohio. Sells brothers and James A. Bailey, owners. Lewis Sells, Eph Sells, Peter Sells, W. W. Cole and James A. Bailey, equal owners.
Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Shows, 1904
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April
18-30 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May Sunday 2 - Reading, Pennsylvania 3 - Allentown, Pennsylvania 4 - Easton, Pennsylvania 5 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 6 - Scranton, Pennsylvania 7 - Binghamton, New York Sunday 9 - Schenectady, New York 10 - Troy, New York 11 - Albany, New York 12 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts 13 - Springfield, Massachusetts 14 - Worcester, Massachusetts Sunday 16-21 - Boston, Massachusetts Sunday 23 - Lynn, Massachusetts 24 - Salem, Massachusetts (four mile move) 25 - Lowell, Massachusetts 26 - Lawrence, Massachusetts 27 - Haverhill, Massachusetts 28 - Biddeford, Maine Sunday 30 - Portland, Maine 31 - Dover, New Hampshire June 1 - Manchester, New Hampshire 2 - Concord, New Hampshire 3 - Nashua, New Hampshire 4 - Fitchburg, Massachusetts Sunday 6 - Brockton, Massachusetts 7 - New Bedford, Massachusetts 8 - Taunton, Massachusetts 9 - Newport, Rhode Island 10 - Fall River, Massachusetts 11 - Woonsocket, Rhode Island Sunday 13 - Providence, Rhode Island 14 - Norwich, Connecticut 15 - New Haven, Connecticut 16 - Bridgeport, Connecticut 17 - Waterbury, Connecticut 18 - Meriden, Connecticut Sunday 20 - Hartford, Connecticut 21 - Winsted, Connecticut 22 - Poughkeepsie, New York 23 - Middletown, New York 24 - Newburgh, New York 25 - Kingston, New York Sunday 27-28 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada 29 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 30 - Brockville, Ontario, Canada July 1 - Belleville, Ontario, Canada 2 - Peterboro, Ontario, Canada Sunday 4 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada 5 - Guelph, Ontario, Canada 6 - Stratford, Ontario, Canada 7 - Woodstock, Ontario, Canada 8 - London, Ontario, Canada 9 - Chatham, Ontario, Canada Sunday 11 - St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada 12 - Brantford, Ontario, Canada 13 - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 14 - Barrie, Ontario, Canada 15 - Lindsay, Ontario, Canada 16 - Port Hope, Ontario, Canada Sunday 18 - Cornwall, Ontario, Canada 19 - St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada 20 - Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 21 - Berlin, New Hampshire 22 - Lewiston, Maine 23 - Waterville, Maine Sunday 25 - Bangor, Maine 26 - Augusta, Maine 27 - Bath, Maine 28 - North Conway, New Hampshire 29 - Lancaster, New Hampshire 30 - St. Johnsbury, Vermont Sunday August 1 - Newport, Vermont 2 - St. Albans, Vermont 3 - Burlington, Vermont 4 - Montpelier, Vermont 5 - White River Junction, Vermont 6 - Bellows Falls, Vermont Sunday 8 - Rutland, Vermont 9 - Saratoga, New York 10 - Amsterdam, New York 11 - Gloversville, New York 12 - Utica, New York 13 - Watertown, New York Sunday 15 - Syracuse, New York 16 - Auburn, New York |
August
17 - Rochester, New York 18 - Niagara Falls, New York 19 - Buffalo, New York 20 - Batavia, New York Sunday 22 - Ithaca, New York 23 - Geneva, New York 24 - Oswego, New York 25 - Cortland, New York 26 - Elmira, New York 27 - Williamsport, Pennsylvania Sunday 29 - Shamokin, Pennsylvania 30 - Pottsville, Pennsylvania 31 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania September 1 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 2 - Altoona, Pennsylvania 3 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania Sunday 5 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 6 - Washington, Pennsylvania 7 - Fairmont, West Virginia 8 - Clarksburg, West Virginia 9 - Connellsville, Pennsylvania 10 - Mckeesport, Pennsylvania Sunday 12 - New Castle, Pennsylvania 13 - East Liverpool, Ohio 14 - Canal Dover, Ohio 15 - Coshocton, Ohio 16 - Lancaster, Ohio 17 - Washington Court House, Ohio Sunday 19 - Louisville, Kentucky 20 - Lexington, Kentucky 21 - Richmond, Kentucky 22 - Paris, Kentucky 23 - Frankfort, Kentucky 24 - Shelbyville, Kentucky Sunday 26 - Lebanon, Kentucky 27 - Bowling Green, Kentucky 28 - Nashville, Tennessee 29 - Clarksville, Tennessee 30 - Brownsville, Tennessee October 1 - Memphis, Tennessee Sunday 3 - Greenwood, Mississippi 4 - Clarksdale, Mississippi 5 - Greenville, Mississippi 6 - Vicksburg, Mississippi 7 - Natchez, Mississippi 8 - Closter, Mississippi Sunday 10 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11-12 - New Orleans, Louisiana 13 - Bay St. Louis, Louisiana 14 - Mobile, Alabama 15 - Pensacola, Florida Sunday 17 - Montgomery, Alabama 18 - Columbus, Georgia 19 - Macon, Georgia 20 - Atlanta, Georgia 21 - Athens, Georgia 22 - Augusta, Georgia Sunday 24 - Savannah, Georgia 25 - Charleston, South Carolina 26 - Sumter, South Carolina 27 - Orangeburg, South Carolina 28 - Columbia, South Carolina 29 - Laurens, South Carolina Sunday 31 - Chester, South Carolina November 1 - Charlotte, North Carolina 2 - Shelby, North Carolina 3 - Wadesboro, North Carolina 4 - Raleigh, North Carolina 5 - Henderson, North Carolina Sunday 7 - Richmond, Virginia 8 - Norfolk, Virginia 9 - Petersburg, Virginia 10 - Wilson, North Carolina 11 - Fayetteville, North Carolina 12 - Bennettsville, South Carolina Sunday 14 - Florence, South Carolina 15 - Wilmington, North Carolina 16 - Goldsboro, North Carolina 17 - New Bern, North Carolina 18 - Greenville, North Carolina 19 - Tarboro, North Carolina Season ends |
Winter quarters, Philadelphia, PA. James A. Bailey, owner.
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